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This Had Oscar Buzz

355 – Punch-Drunk Love (with Katie Walsh!)

This Had Oscar Buzz

Joe and Chris

Tv & Film

4.8 β€’ 1.2K Ratings

πŸ—“οΈ 18 August 2025

⏱️ 133 minutes

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Summary






We are so excited to welcome back Tribune News Service film critic Katie Walsh to discuss one of the most beloved American filmmakers! When will “Oscar for Sandman” happen? Well, in 2002, Adam Sandler had his first attempt at the Gold with an esoteric, anxious romantic comedy by Paul Thomas Anderson, Punch-Drunk Love. While the film perfectly matches Anderson’s sensibility with Sandler’s manic comedic chops, this bittersweet and left-of-center romance was ultimately more of a (still not unanimous) critical darling, too odd for the Academy’s tastes.



This week, we talk about PTA’s pivot into the film’s small-scale specificity after the sprawl of Magnolia and Boogie Nights. We also discuss how past brushes with Oscar-friendly fare position Sandler for this year’s Jay Kelly, Jack Nicholson as Sandler’s champion at the Cannes Film Festival, and the MTV Movie Awards Best Kiss.



Topics also include Jon Brion’s score, supermarket movies, and the former green color of Healthy Choice.

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0:00.0

Oh, oh, wrong house.

0:12.8

No, the right house.

0:13.6

I didn't get that.

0:14.7

We want to talk to Marilyn Hack, Maryland Hack and French. I'm from Canada water.

0:27.6

Dick, Dick Poop This is Barry

0:43.1

You canceled your credit card

0:44.4

That's a bunch of bull

0:45.9

Get your supervisor on the phone

0:48.0

Yeah

0:48.5

What's your name, sir?

0:50.2

You're sick

0:50.7

No, no, no

0:51.5

Shut up!

0:52.9

Shut up! Shut! Shut!

0:54.4

Shut!

0:55.4

Shut!

0:56.6

Are you threatening me?

0:58.8

Yes.

0:59.8

That wasn't good.

1:01.1

You were dead.

1:04.0

Out!

1:04.3

And all at once I knew, I knew it at once I knew I knew it in me.

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