Mr. Deeds
Don't let the fancy clothes fool you.
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.
Production
Production
Trailers & Videos
Official Trailer
35mm Film Trailer
Mr. Deeds ≣ 2002 ≣ Trailer
Trailer
Cast
Adam Sandler
Longfellow Deeds
Winona Ryder
Babe Bennett
John Turturro
Emilio Lopez
Allen Covert
Marty
Peter Gallagher
Chuck Cedar
Erick Avari
Cecil Anderson
Jared Harris
Mac McGrath
Steve Buscemi
Crazy Eyes
Peter Dante
Murph
Harve Presnell
Preston Blake
Brandon Molale
Kevin Ward
John McEnroe
John McEnroe
Blake Clark
Buddy Ward
JB Smoove
Reuben
George Wallace
NAACP Administrator
Gideon Jacobs
Bike-Riding Kid
Al Sharpton
The Rhyme Master
Rob Schneider
Nazo
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Reviews
Kamurai
Decent watch, could watch again, and can recommend.
This has all the hallmarks, and cast, of most typical Happy Madison productions, but with a lot of money involved, both in the characters and the production value. I think this is the movie where John McEnroe started getting involved.
The character work in this is either drastically good or drastically bad, and they definitely experimented with some ideas they had in the backlog.
The "rags to riches" trope crossed with the "NYC is a cesspool of money corruption" trope is actually inspired. There is a great script in this movie, behind all the Sandler style humor, but that humor does make it fun, I just wish there was an adjustable setting sometimes.
Ultimately anything that isn't funny or charming in this is brief enough that you can overlook it pretty easily.
Andre Gonzales
I love Adam Sandler movies. This one is another favorite. A hick guy finds out he just inherited millions. Very funny movie, sneaky sneaky sir! Never underestimate the sneakiness.
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