Kunyange zvazvo mafirimu ake okutanga asina kuwana kuongororwa kwakanaka, akatanga kuwana mamwe maonero akanaka, achitanga nePunch-Drunk Love muna 2002. Roger Ebert's kuongorora kwePunch-Drunk Love akagumisa kuti Sandler akanga atambiswa mumafirimu ekare ane zvinyorwa zvakanyorwa zvisina kunaka uye vanhu vasina kukura. Sandler akabuda kunze kwechimiro che slapstick comedy kuti atore mabasa akakomba, akadai sePunch-Drunk Love, iyo yaakambotaurwa nezvayo, iyo yaakasarudzwa nokuda kweGolden Globe, uye Mike Binder's Reign Over Me (2007), mutambo pamusoro pemurume anorasikirwa nemhuri yake yose muna 9/11, uye anobva atamburira kumutsidzira ushamwari neshamwari yake yekare yekoroji (Don Cheadle).
Gore ra2002