Duk da cewa fina-finai na farko ba su sami kulawa mai kyau ba, ya fara karɓar sake dubawa mai kyau, wanda ya fara da Punch-Drunk Love a shekara ta 2002. Roger Ebert ya sake nazarin Punch-Drunk Love ya kammala cewa Sandler ya ɓata a cikin fina-finai na baya tare da rubuce-rubucen da ba a rubuta ba da kuma haruffa ba tare da ci gaba ba. Sandler ya fita daga cikin nau'in wasan kwaikwayo na slapstick don ɗaukar matsayi mafi mahimmanci, irin su Punch-Drunk Love da aka ambata a baya, wanda aka zaba shi don Golden Globe, da kuma Mike Binder's Reign Over Me (2007), wani wasan kwaikwayo game da mutumin da ya rasa dukan iyalinsa a ranar 9/11, sa'an nan kuma ya yi ƙoƙari ya sake farfado da abokantaka da tsohon abokin aikinsa na koleji (Don Cheadle). Tambaya: Yaushe Sandler ya fara karɓar sake dubawa mai kyau?
Shekarar 2002