Mr. Deeds

2002 "Don't let the fancy clothes fool you."
5.8| 1h36m| PG-13| en| More Info
Released: 28 June 2002 Released
Producted By: Columbia Pictures
Country: United States of America
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When Longfellow Deeds, a small-town pizzeria owner and poet, inherits $40 billion from his deceased uncle, he quickly begins rolling in a different kind of dough. Moving to the big city, Deeds finds himself besieged by opportunists all gunning for their piece of the pie. Babe, a television tabloid reporter, poses as an innocent small-town girl to do an exposé on Deeds.

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richardgeuter Maybe it was a mistake seeing this movie the day after watching the original. Since the movies are structurally very similar (despite several sources stating it was only "loosely based" on "Mr. Deeds Goes to Town"), but it's clear that Steven Brill is more interested in making his "Deeds" a broad comedy, while Capra's version also boasts a good love story, a family-friendly lesson about sharing, and, well, heart. While the loose structure of the original already worked to its detriment, forward momentum is even less present here. Most of the scenes could be arbitrarily rearranged and you wouldn't notice. Occasionally, there are funny scenes (read: moments) sprinkled in, but overall I found this movie quite dull. It's not as offensively awful of much of Sandler's more recent filmography, which is a plus, I guess ... But there's not much to enjoy either. In fact, three days have passed between me watching the film and writing this review, and I can't remember much of it anymore. The best actor in the film is John Turturro as Deeds's butler. Turturro appears instantly likable, which I couldn't say for Sandler. He plays Mr. Deeds like any other role, which makes the miscasting very blatant. Judging from this movie, Sandler can't play nice guys without seeming stupid. He's known for playing guys who are more cynical than Deeds, and when he acts as somebody more naïve and innocent, he comes across a either dumb or creepy. It's a terribly forced casting.
Python Hyena Mr. Deeds (2002): Dir: Steven Brill / Cast: Adam Sandler, Winona Ryder, Peter Gallagher, Jon Turturro, Allen Covert: Supposedly based on Mr. Deeds Goes to Town but Adam Sandler hardly fills Gary Cooper's shoes, and director Steven Brill is no Frank Capra either. Sandler plays Longfellow Deeds who inherits forty million dollars. Winona Ryder plays a struggling reporter sent to embarrass him while Peter Gallagher plays a tycoon trying to manipulate him into signing away the company. Lame story with Sandler basically playing the same obnoxious moron he is known to play. He starts out here as a pizza delivery guy before settling in a mansion. Then he is involved in lame subplots, one involving a lady in a burning house who will not leave until Deeds throws all of her cats out the window. Director Brill previously cast Sandler in the equally dreadful Little Nicky. Ryder as the biggest disappointment. It isn't difficult to predict her change of heart and unwillingness to sabotage Deeds. Gallagher is wasted as a rather standard villain. Jon Turturro has the one funny performance as a butler with a foot fetish. He appears periodically but becomes the one good plot turn. Allen Covert also appears as a reporter with more forced humour heaped upon juvenile material. Deeds orders him to beat his frost-bitten foot with a fireplace poker. The same should be done to the film. Score: 3 ½ / 10
Prismark10 Sandler's attempts to be less goofy meant a remake of the Frank Capra classic.When multi millionaire media mogul Preston Blake dies, his unknown nephew Longfellow Deeds (Adam Sandler), who runs a pizza shop and writes greeting cards is contacted Chuck Cedar (Peter Gallagher), who is temporarily in control of the media empire. He wants Deeds to sell his shares in the company to Cedar and return home $40 billion richer. However he gets involved with an undercover reporter (Winona Ryder) and Cedar plans to get the company by all possible means.Sandler very much is the nice guy here, not goofy, not bad tempered and hopes to stretch his acting muscles but is still a bit too much of a lovable dork. There are still some gross jokes, some songs and his regular acting friends drop by such as Steve Buscemi and Rob Schneider. John Turtturo stands out as the faithful butler who suddenly sneaks up on you. There are even a few cameos like John McEnroe.The plot is rather flimsy and predictable. The romantic angle does not really work. Sandler is nice but not too funny and as a remake it adds nothing to an original that has been rated very highly for years. This is not one of the better Sandler films.
FlashCallahan When Longfellow Deeds, a small-town pizzeria owner and poet, inherits $40 billion from his deceased uncle, he quickly begins rolling in a different kind of dough.Moving to the big city, Deeds finds himself besieged by opportunists all gunning for their pie.Babe, a television tabloid reporter, poses as an innocent small-town girl to do an exposé on Deeds. Of course, Deeds' sincere naiveté has Babe falling in love with him instead.Ultimately, Deeds comes to find that money truly has the power to change things, but it doesn't necessarily need to change him....So the thing is about this film, is that it's been done time and time again by Sandler. He plays the nice guy against the odds, who meets a nice girl, but has a lot of obstacles to overcome, usually in the shape of very rich people.But these films work on so many levels. Not because of the story or the flow of the narrative, it's the random characters and their traits, that distract the viewer from the story, and just deliver the big laughs.There is nothing original in the story, but the fact that a tennis player can jump 15 or so feet in the air, an opera singer sings as he is being beaten up, John Tuturro being sneaky, just makes for the film to so silly, you cannot help but laugh.And laugh I did. It's one of Sandlers best films, and despite the fact his movies are gradually diminishing in quality, you cannot help but smile.It's a big fat sunshine movie, full of joy, and guaranteed to make you laugh.Don't be a snob, let yourself go....