I loved the cinematography in this film. One of the best Paul Thomas Anderson films I've seen

| Feb 27, 2025

It has a pulse, while Sandler’s full array of acting chops is put on display with vulnerability and nuance.

| Feb 15, 2025

The reinvention of Sandler, of course, is the big sell and it takes a film-maker of Anderson’s vision to see in his cartoonish oeuvre the potential for softness and sympathy.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Feb 14, 2025

... still packs the same punch, sending one reeling with the sense of isolation and desperation of just trying to connect with someone about anything. Connection is key to survival, as is finding your people. Do that, and you can accomplish anything.

| Feb 3, 2025

A romantic comedy that operates by the rules of its own self-contained universe.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jun 20, 2023

There’s also no overestimating how jarring it was at the time for Sandler to appear in a film like this- not only a non-comedy but something with such a weird, unconventional tone and pace (20th anniversary)

| Original Score: 4/5 | Nov 8, 2022

Punch-Drunk Love marks an evolution in Adam Sandler's career because it showed that he was capable of more than just the typical comedy fare that he was in at the time.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Oct 12, 2022

While likely to be a little too weird for some tastes, Punch-Drunk Love will equally be a refreshing delight for those who like their romance and comedy offbeat.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 25, 2022

This may be P.T.A. and P.S.H.'s least successful pairing, but it's still great fun.

| Sep 14, 2021

I recognize that I'm likely the minority voice when it comes to the opinions about what has been called his most accessible film and a romantic comedy unlike any other...

| Apr 15, 2021

Starting out to be original, without any genuinely original conceptions ... well, there is nothing new about that.

| Feb 16, 2021

This is a romance in which the lovers exchange such endearments as 'Your face is so adorable, I'd like to scoop out your eyes and eat them'. It won't be to everyone's taste.

| Nov 30, 2020

[T]here's very little to hold onto in this lackluster, uninspiring film with the disappointing inertness of a deflated balloon.

| Feb 4, 2020

Although shot through with realism... Punch-Drunk Love comes off as a fractured millennial riff on the old-fashioned MGM musical.

| May 17, 2018

This is a genius romantic comedy.

| Original Score: A- | Jan 4, 2018

Paul Thomas Anderson has done the impossible; he has written a romantic leading role for Adam Sandler that functions well on a dramatic level.

| Original Score: B | Mar 22, 2017

Perhaps overshadowed by Anderson's other more ostensibly serious work, Punch-Drunk Love nevertheless represents both a highlight for the director and for its star.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Jan 16, 2017

... weird in all the best ways, a film of unexpected bounces and unusual shadings.

| Jan 13, 2017

Anderson knows precisely how to convey his ideas, but the ideas themselves often feel slight once delivered.

| Feb 26, 2012

Odd romantic journey for adults and older teens.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Dec 28, 2010