Nominee Spotlight: Paul Thomas Anderson
Directors are often told to make commercially bankable cinema. PT Anderson fans across the world winced at the sound of Punch Drunk Love, not just a non-ensemble film but worse -- a starring vehicle for Adam Sandler. So what happens when the man behind Magnolia directs the man in Happy Gilmour?
Intelligence, clearly. Sandler got critical raves (albeit begrudgingly) about a well etched-out character and started getting taken seriously as an actor. The film isn't a triumph by PT Anderson standards -- and remains one of Sandler's least successful films at the box office -- but it's an intriguing experiment.
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