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{{quote|"I have a love in my life. [[The Power of Love|It makes me stronger than anything you can imagine]]."|'''Barry Egan'''}}
 
'''[[Punch -Drunk Love']]'' (2002) tells the story of Barry Egan ([[Adam Sandler]]), an introverted, sweet but socially inept [[Man Child]], whose life revolves around his novelty plunger business (''Fun-gers'') and attempts to extricate himself from the domineering influence of his seven sisters. His interests mainly include buying up large quantities of pudding to take advantage of their air miles offer, and using phone sex lines to alleviate his loneliness.
 
Then one day, [[Alliteration|Lena Leonard]] ([[Emily Watson]]) walks into his life, and everything changes.
 
'''Punch -Drunk Love''' is notable as one of [[Paul Thomas Anderson|P.T. Anderson's]] low-key works, made between the epics ''[[Magnolia]]'' and ''[[There Will Be Blood]]'', and for showcasing the dramatic chops of [[Adam Sandler]] while simultaneously being a warped [[Post Modern]] take on the [[Romantic Comedy]] and [[Adam Sandler]] movies in general.
 
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* [[Cannot Spit It Out]]: Lena has to take the initiative. A lot.
* [[Cluster F-Bomb]]: Most of Mattress Man Dean's dialogue when he's not shooting ads.
* [[Competition Coupon Madness]]: The pudding-for-air-miles thing. [[Truth in Television|Surprisingly, it's based on an actual incident]] -- see the "Real Life" section of that page for details.
* [[Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass]]: See [[The Power of Love]] below.
* [[Deconstruction]]: The movie takes the typical [[Billy Madison]]/[[Happy Gilmore]]-style [[Adam Sandler]] character and almost brutally deconstructs him, showing the real-life consequences of his behavior, and how dangerous such a person would feel to you if you actually met one.
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