The strangest thing about writer-director Paul Thomas Anderson's unusual comedy is how much of it is based on a true story. In 1999, a California man noticed a marketing mistake in a promotion run by Healthy Choice foods and earned over a million frequent flyer miles by sending in the UPC codes from some 12,000 cups of the company's pudding. He became known as the "pudding man," and Anderson figured he'd make the perfect hero of his fourth feature, a dizzy romantic comedy that's darkened somewhat by a few touches of film noir. Barry Egan (Adam Sandler) may run his own business selling junk like decorative plungers ("fungers") at wholesale, and live alone in Sherman O...
Released:
2002
Rated:
R
Length:
95 mins