U.S. Comic Sandler Crashes Art House Circuit
The accident-prone comic hero of not particularly clever U.S. hits including ***"Big Daddy"*** and ***"The Waterboy"***, Sandler performs a 180-degree turn in "Punch-Drunk Love", a romantic comedy.
With a twist from cult independent director Paul Thomas Anderson, ***"Punch-Drunk Love"*** is battling for the coveted Palme d'Or at Cannes, Reuters reported.
The Brooklyn-born New Yorker is emotionally wrenching as Barry Egan, a small business owner brow-beaten by his seven sisters and unable to fall in love until he meets Lena, a mysterious woman played b
Critics showed up en masse to check out the newcomer.
Anderson, whose last movie was the three-hour lyrical opus ***"Magnolia"***, told a news conference he wanted to try his hand at a completely different genre. But he was in no mood for deep explanatio
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"He really just made me laugh, and he walks very funny and his head is kind of funny, and his ear is a little bit funny" he said jokingly.
The movie also gives Watson a chance to break free from the tragic characters she has played in films like ***"Breaking the Waves"*** and ***"Hilary and Jackie"***.
"I said I didn't want to cry and I didn't want to die," she said. "It's very delicious being in a romantic film." Although the message of ***"Punch-Drunk Love"*** is ultimately redeeming, it is a dark
"I think he's (Egan) a bit confused, he's a bit angry, and a lot of it has to do with how he grew up," said Anderson.
"It's about that feeling when you can't say something, and you just start to throw punches." Sandler had reassuring words, however, for any of his fans expecting him to follow in the footsteps of fell
Sandler is currently working on a comedy about a man who orders a catalogue bride from China -- a project that promises comic relief all around.
(caption)American actor Adam Sandler poses for photographers during a photocall for American director Paul Anderson Thomas' film 'Punch Drunk Love' at the Cannes film festival.