With Boogie Nights and Magnolia, Paul Thomas Anderson pushed the limits of modern cinema's size and scope, using massive ensemble casts to explore weighty themes with extended running times -- so it was perhaps only natural that for his fourth film, he decided to scale things down. The result, 2002's Punch-Drunk Love, weighed in at a slender 95 minutes -- and with Adam Sandler in the lead, even gave the appearance of a mainstream romantic comedy.
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