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Punch-Drunk Love (2002)

★ 7.1 · 2,725 ratings on TMDB

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

Punch-Drunk Love poster★ 7.1

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

DirectorPaul Thomas Anderson
CastAdam Sandler, David Schrempf, Don McManus, Emily Watson, Jason Andrews, Luis Guzmán
GenresComedy, Drama, Romance
The emergence reading

Punch-Drunk Love keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8/E9 of the E0–E14 reality ladder.

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Same rung, same subject

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Same subject, different rung

The same preoccupations examined at another scale — one mind versus a nation.

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Same people

Shared director or cast.

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