Part 4 of Boogie Mikes is our film study of PTA’s Punch-Drunk Love, starring Adam Sandler, Emily Watson and Philip Seymour Hoffman, and we immediately have to reckon with the RomCom genre before even starting our conversation on this one.

NON-SPOILER REVIEW OF PUNCH-DRUNK LOVE

Production Story, A Mostly Positive Reception + Hard Pivots for Sandler & PTA - 3:18 The Historical Significance & Non-Spoiler Story Thoughts - 10:51 Review of the Performances - 20:21 The Production Values - 26:01 Final Non-Spoiler Sales Pitch - 28:05

SPOILER WARNING: 29:55

Why this plot is so PTA - 31:00 Themes of the Film - 41:46 That Ending - 48:45 More Worst Scenes - 51:20 More Best Scenes - 53:58 Final Grades - 57:01

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