These characters are spliced into one another through their central emotional problems, and how they are fixed (or prolonged) to the other characters in Anderson's pictures, but it all culminates with Adam Sandler's
terrific dramatic turn as Barry Egan in «Punch Drunk Love.»
Not exact matches
Josh Brolin obviously gained renewed prominence for his
terrific starring
turn in Best Picture - winner No Country for Old Men, after which he got to show off his
dramatic chops in films like W. and Milk.