Film

Punch-Drunk Love 2002

Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson

  • Romance, Drama, Comedy
  • 96 min
  • R

I have a love in my life. It makes me stronger than anything you can imagine.

A socially awkward and volatile small business owner meets the love of his life after being threatened by a gang of scammers.

RomanceDramaComedydepressionsibling relationshipbusinessmanshynesshawaiidysfunctional familypsychological abuselos angeles, californiaburlesquenostalgicscam artisttelephone sex

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Prestige, contemporary, intimate and spare.

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  • contemporarynostalgic
  • intimateepic
  • sparerichly built
  • character-ledplot-driven

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