What is Punch-Drunk Love about?
A socially awkward and volatile small business owner meets the love of his life after being threatened by a gang of scammers.
Does it have a happy ending? (spoiler-safe)
Yes. It lands on a happy note.
A volatile man's isolated life turns whimsical and romantic after a phone scam unravels his world.
Absurdist and intimate, with dry wit. A date-night pick at a measured pace. Emotionally it is heavy.
Streaming on Kanopy (free) and Hoopla (free).
Punch-Drunk Love parents guide
Nothing past what an R promises: some innuendo or implied sex and some violence.
- Scare
- Not scary
- Jump scares
- None noted
- Gore
- No gore
- Violence
- Some violence
- Some fighting or peril.
- Sex and nudity
- Mild
- Mild means innuendo, or sex implied off screen, with no nudity.
- Language
- Moderate
- Some strong profanity, a few f-words.
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Cast and crew
Directed byPaul Thomas Anderson
StarringAdam Sandler, Emily Watson, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Luis Guzmán, Mary Lynn Rajskub, Robert Smigel
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