Punch-Drunk Love4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray (Restored)Genre: ComedyLabel: The Criterion CollectionDescription: Chaos lurks in every corner of this giddily off-kilter foray into romantic comedy by Paul Thomas Anderson. Struggling to cope with his erratic temper novelty-toilet-plunger salesman Barry Egan (Adam Sandler demonstrating remarkable versatility in his first dramatic role) spends his days collecting frequent-flier-mile coupons and dodging the insults of his seven sisters. The promise of a new life emerges when Barry inadvertently attracts the affection of a mysterious woman named Lena (Emily Watson) but their budding relationship is threatened when he falls prey to the swindling operator of a phone sex line and her deranged boss (played with maniacal brio by Philip Seymour Hoffman). Fueled by the careening momentum of a baroque-futurist score by Jon Brion the Cannes-award-winning Punch-Drunk Love channels the spirit of classic Hollywood and the whimsy of Jacques Tati into an idiosyncratic ode to the delirium of new romance. Film InfoUnited States200295 minutesColor2.35:1 (4K UHD) 2.39:1 (Blu-ray and DVD)EnglishSpine #843
