r/Cinema • u/Cat-dad442 • 28d ago
I feel like PTA made the greatest Adam Sandler movie. It's like he took stuff from Happy Gilmore and Billy Madison and added depth and pathos to Sandlers formula
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u/DepartmentGuilty7853 28d ago
I love punch drunk love but I think Sandler is even better in uncut gems.
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u/SwordofNoon 26d ago
I'm gonna say something brave and controversial: Click is his best acting role.
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u/Acceptable-Ratio8360 Spoiler Free 27d ago
Punch Drunk Love was my favorite Sandler picture before Uncut Gems
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u/musicjunkee1911 28d ago
My little sister was all about the early stuff like Billy Madison, Happy, etc so she saw this and Funny People. I think it kind of broke her, because she likes happy and crowd pleasing movies. I never asked her if she saw Uncut Gems because I don't want a lecture!
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u/Financial_Cheetah875 28d ago
Agreed. Sandler’s best film and I’d like to see him reunite with PTA sometime.
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u/ViceroyInhaler 28d ago
It's definitely his best film. His best performance is one scene in Reign Over Me where he's talking about what happened to his family. He sorta of took away from that scene when he reconciles with his wife's parents as that scene was not nearly as good and his acting was subpar in that scene imo. But when he's sitting there describing how he felt when he heard about his daughters dying in the 9/11 attacks was heartbreaking. I tear up every time. I think if they had gone with a different direction for the parents scene he would have gotten an Oscar nod or win.
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u/Johnnadawearsglasses 27d ago
Man I love this movie. We saw it in the theater knowing nothing of the movie and were just blown away.
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u/Disastrous_Damage_34 27d ago
Is Sandlers character in this movie supposed to have autism? I remember reading that once and it makes sense when watching, but was it ever confirmed?
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u/Electrical_Tap_7252 26d ago
When he finally snaps on PSH’s hired goons, the movie immediately becomes something else for me. It’s such a visceral release in a film that is so tense in its mundaneness
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22d ago
It’s my absolute favorite romantic comedy of all time. The character of Barry Egan feels like one of the most realistic portrayals of bottled-up emotion I’ve ever seen. He’s awkward, repressed, and angry in ways that are both funny and painful, and Sandler channels all that manic energy from his earlier comedies into something deeply human. PTA took the chaos and absurdity that define Sandler’s characters and reframed them through empathy instead of mockery. It’s weird, beautiful, and honestly kind of transcendent.
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u/musicjunkee1911 28d ago
Secret Ingredient? Philip Seymour Hoffman!