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Mr Deeds
2002
Longfellow Deeds (Adam Sandler) is content to run his pizzeria in the cozy New Hampshire hamlet of Mandrake Falls. His only further desire is to someday see one of his corny rhymes printed in a greeting card. Deeds is awarded much more when he inherits the $40 billion empire of a media tycoon, a distant relative. He is lured to .. Read more
| Starring | Adam Sandler, Winona Ryder, Peter Gallagher, John Turturro |
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| Director | Steven Brill |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama |
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Mr Deeds
Longfellow Deeds (Adam Sandler) is content to run his pizzeria in the cozy New Hampshire hamlet of Mandrake Falls. His only further desire is to someday see one of his corny rhymes printed in a greeting card. Deeds is awarded much more when he inherits the $40 billion empire of a media tycoon, a distant relative. He is lured to New York City by unscrupulous partners of the deceased where he is preyed upon by greedy stockholders. He also makes ample fodder for tabloid journalists, notably reporter Babe Bennett (Winona Ryder) who poses as a school nurse from Iowa to win Deed's heart and expose him as an idiot to her viewers. Against her will and her own sleazy principles, Babe falls for the charming naivety of Deeds, whose fortune is in jeopardy.
| Starring | Adam Sandler, Winona Ryder, Peter Gallagher, John Turturro, Erick Avari, Jared Harris, Steve Buscemi |
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| Director | Steven Brill |
| Studio | UCA |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 33 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Hearing-impaired | English |
| Subtitles | DVD: Dutch, English |
| Released | DVD: 07 Apr 2003 Production year: 2002 |
| Format | DVD |
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Comedian Adam Sandler apparently made this comedy for his late grandmother, because his father told him she “would've liked it”. Indeed, what better way to honour granny than to remake her favourite film, Frank Capra's Mr Deeds Goes to Town? Well, the moral of this short story is that good intentions don't make good films. Sandler takes on the Gary Cooper role of the country bumpkin who inherits a business empire, goes to the big city and becomes the unwitting target of a reporter (Winona Ryder) trying to get the goods on him, as well as a scheming executive (Peter Gallagher) who's just trying to get the goods. Whereas Cooper was an everyman, Sandler is just the man in the street, and director Steven Brill is no Capra — he has replaced wit with smut and sentiment with saccharin. Even the most indulgent grandmother would have to pass on this travesty of an American classic.
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Those sensible folk who fail to comprehend the appeal of Adam Sandler should steer clear of this redundant remake of Mr... read more on Time Out
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10 out of 10 people found this review helpful
Hot & Cold
Being a huge Sandler fan I look forward to the release of all Happy Maddison films. However I am sorry to report this film left me feeling quite disapointed.
The film only really scrapes through on the strengh of the Cameos, John Tuturro is brilliant as always as is the ever reliable Steve Buscemi.
Winnona fails to steel the show(sorry for the pun), only offering a Medocre performance and sandler is his usual odd ball self in a role he has some what over played.
The Original Mr Deeds goes to town will go down as an all time classic, unfortunately Mr Deeds seems destined to be a 9pm Channel 5 movie for the future.
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3 out of 5 people found this review helpful
Mr Deeds is Fabulous
I am an Adam Sandler fan, his films are all funny, but this one had me in hysterics. A true Sandler film. :0)
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