One of the best scenes directed by P.T. Anderson. Adam sandler is an exceptional actor in this scene. Shows to the audience what men can turn out from 7 sisters and being bullied when he was young. It illustrates how paranoid one can be.
I kinda relate to Barry on how an older sister would constantly poke fun at them, and would be so surprised when the younger sibling just snaps and either attack them physically or breaks shit. I had a moment like that with my brother a couple of years back. I think I was 20 or 21 at the time.
This movie completely broke typecasting for Sandler. Sure, he still plays an angry and disturbed guy but this was something different than his usual shtick.
+cinematicseth Wish he would do something like this again. Maybe it'd be enough for him to be nominated for an Oscar. I hate seeing him do stupid stuff like he does all the time now.
As someone who got teased and bullied growing up it breaks my heart that there's kids who can't learn to destroy bullies with witty comebacks and physical prowess. Then they grow up to be Barry's. There should be life coaches for children that teaches them how to fully defend themselves.
I can totally relate to and understand Barry, because I was in a similar position mentally. He has low self esteem for some reason, he is depressed, kinda lonely, tired from work and even though he is unhappy and worn down, he's trying to still please others all the time because he feels it's his obligation to be courteous. He's careful he doesn't insult anyone, he pays attention to everyone even though everyone around him is just concerned with their own bullshit and he doesn't pay attention to his own needs. This is the gist of the problem - Barry feels responsibility for the emotions of those around him. He feels an obligation to attend to them even though no one repays it or does it for him. For example, when he shows up to the family gathering, he gets a string of little nags, little insults - the gym membership question, bringing up something embarrassing from his childhood, etc. Nobody really asks him how he is, nobody treats him with the same respect he treats others. And yet, he constantly bottles up his emotions and then they occasionally explode like here with him breaking the glass. And everyone around him of course acts shocked at these outbursts, because they're all used to him just being an obedient, smiling dork who acts as they wish and they are thrown off when he doesn't suddenly. It's not really their fault, or at least not intentionally, but these interactions are just further draining him emotionally. They don't understand that if he didn't break the glass for example, he'd probably go completely crazy. In essence, Barry is an exhibit A example of a nice guy who finishes last. He's too nice and everyone around him intentionally or unintentionally takes advantage of him. It's an absolutely spot-on movie depiction of the emotional turmoil and confusion people like this have going on inside and it's actually also a pretty good guideline of how to get out of such a bad mental situation.
i have 3 sisters and i got a *little* of this growing up.. but i learned how to not let it bother me so much and more importantly, learned how to respond with my own verbal mind-games (which would usually lead to huge fights). it actually made me very good at relating to women later in life, because i had spent so much time trying to figure out why my sisters were so crazy lol. but i'm happy to say we all love each other and get along great now. this movie makes me both sad and amused because i understand so much of what barry is going through.. he just never was able to build up that mental defense that i was, unfortunately.. that is until he fell in love. it makes sense that he is like that though because i think the character is supposed to be on the spectrum. someone like that would mostly just feel overwhelmed and not able to healthily express his emotions.. (hence all the smashing things lol)
I feel like Barry during family get togethers. Just a series of uncomfortable situations and unwanted attention while everyone else is socialising normally and having a good time
Standing in front of the China cabinet with all of the overwhelming ambient noise is impactful and amazingly accurate! Felt like those at family gatherings many times.
Paul Thomas Anderson's female characters are sometimes the most positive, likeable and sympathetic ones in the film, which makes Barry's sisters being so hate-able interesting.
Yes, the film frames them as so bad, but they're really only talking. That's all they did Barry's childhood, he has to learn to toughen up his leather.
@@jacob4560 Obviously they aren't actively evil, but they are very unlikeable and clearly don't help Barry with his anxiety one bit. There Will Be Blood is the only one of PTA's films not to have any major female characters, so this film and that one both stand out.
@@rsfilmdiscussionchannel4168 I really need to watch this movie again. Doesn't Barry have a love interest that pushes his development, esp. when opposed again Hoffman?
@@jacob4560 He does. That romance is pretty central, but I remember a lot of the film just being Barry having to deal with situations. Emily Watson's love interest is there, but she doesn't quite push his development.
Fucken oath. Ive got seven sisters as well, im friends with one, but the other ones constantly poke at me and embarrass me every second they get, then when i confront them they tell me to man up, or that i embarrass myself... Im the only boy, ive got no one to turn to, so i understand what barry has to deal with.
I love this scene. So much someone knows karate. When he was really really little and I didn’t know Adam Sandler knows karate when he was really really little
2:51 Me when I’m non-consensually ostracized by one of my friends from the friend group whom we got to know during my high school years, leading to the fact that a friend will only read my messages but not respond! I mean I didn’t even do anything that would make a friend ostracize and ignore me! I don’t ever think about a friend doing this kind of BS to me! THIS KIND OF IGNORANT BEHAVIOR HAS TO STOP! 😡😠🤬🤯😡😠🤬🤯😡😠🤬🤯😡😠🤬🤯😡😠🤬🤯😡😠🤬🤯😡😠🤬🤯😡😠🤬🤯😡😠🤬🤯😡😠🤬🤯😡😠🤬🤯😡😠🤬🤯
I love. This scene. I didn't know Adam Sandler knows karate. When he was really really little. And I love that part. When they said. What the fuck what is your problem,
My sister has an attitude sometimes and thinks she's the boss of everyone and then I have a big sister who ignores me but says hi to everyone else. I dont wanna say it but they can be assholes sometimes too
It's sad that Barry says "I don't Like myself sometimes" when he Got into phone confrontation with Philip Seymour Hoffman and kicked the living shit outta those 2 goons later in the movie. He's Such a Badass and his Sisters don't make him feel like he is
This scene is a perfect depiction of the frustration that some men feel in today’s feminized society. Masculinity is suppressed as well as male natural reactions. These emotions tend burst out in very negative ways.
I think Sandler gets frustrated because he cannot find a way to act out his masculinity since there are so many shit-talking sisters around. He is inside mysogynic.
Chen Po it’s more so he’s mentally damanged from a traumatic childhood. He has a lot of repressed emotions that bleeds into his personality. From how he behaved throughout this movie, I’d say that he’s manically depressed more than anything else
