Mr. Deeds (2002)
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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Wow! Such a good movie.
the audience applauded
It was OK. I don't see why everyone loves it so much. It wasn't very smart or deep or well-directed.
The plot isn't so bad, but the pace of storytelling is too slow which makes people bored. Certain moments are so obvious and unnecessary for the main plot. I would've fast-forwarded those moments if it was an online streaming. The ending looks like implying a sequel, not sure if this movie will get one
Mr. Deeds is one of the worst films of 2002 , the plot is quite interesting , although not unique, and the cast is good, Adam Sandler ( I think a good actor ) is well up the rest of the cast are average performances weak , I did not find this funny movie , has well ridiculous moments , the soundtrack is weak , the script is weak, the very superficial dialogues , the direction is right away , Adam Sandler 's character is the Deeds is very forced and dull , your romantic home can be even worse, unfortunately Adam Sandler rarely choose good movies , most are weak, and all are very similar , all his films have to have a romantic couple , Mr. Deeds is one of the worst movies I have ever seen , and also perhaps the worst film filmography of Sandler (which is not a bad actor). Note 1.1
Adam Sandler's downfall begins...... Mr. Deeds is one of those big misses on Sandler's career. His performance is dull and lifeless, and his character is so deadpan and boring that's it's really very hard to care much about him or really what happens with his character. Winona Ryder is alright as far as acting performance goes, but Adam and her have zero on screen chemistry, I mean seriously their relationship together is so unbelievable, awkward, and just doesn't work at all. Awkward actually describes many if not all scenes in mr deeds. The film is totally and utterly void of laughter, it's awkward, forced humor just doesn't do the job. Peter Gallagher is OK I guess, kinda a phoned in performance though. Well, I got zero laughs in this early 2000's Adam sandler flick. This movie gets a 3/10 on my scale, sorry Adam, but it just didn't work.
Based on the classic Gary Cooper/Frank Capra original, Mr. Deeds Goes to Town, this takes only small remnants of the source material to create a more up-to-date modern version, and fails miserably, from director Steven Brill (Little Nicky, Without a Paddle). Basically multi-millionaire Preston Blake (Patch Adams's Harve Presnell) dies while climbing the summit of Mount Everest, and his company's attorney Chuck Cedar (Sex, Lies, and Videotape's Peter Gallagher) and Cecil Anderson (The Mummy's Erick Avari) are now looking for his closest living relative to give the assets to. They find that in his nephew, naive New Hampshire pizzeria owner and wannabe greetings card poetry writer Longfellow Deeds (Razzie nominated Adam Sandler), who obviously doesn't completely grasp the fact that he has inherited a mass fortune, $40 billion to be exact. Mr. Deeds is brought with them to New York, and he finds himself surrounded by people who are giving him advice he cannot really follow and trying to get their own piece of fortune for their own gains. Meanwhile the press are also trying to find out more about the person who has inherited the multi-million dollar fortune, and it is up television tabloid reporter Babe Bennett (Razzie nominated Winona Ryder) to get close to Deeds, as she poses as an innocent small town girl. In the process of getting to know him Babe loses track of her scoop and finds herself falling in love with the naive millionaire, who is spending his fortune on meaningless things, and even giving away thousands of dollars to people he has never met, e.g. kids and tramps. Cedar knows that he and his associates and shareholders need to get their money back from Deeds, and he does not care how it is done, he eventually comes up with the plan to sell the company. By the end Deeds realises that money is not the most important in his life or anybody else's, and when it looks like everything is lost the true intentions of Blake Media come to light, and his butler Emilio Lopez (Quiz Show's John Turturro) gets everything, while Deeds gets a billion dollars and is happy with Babe. Also starring Allen Covert as Marty, Jared Harris as Mac McGrath, Edward Scissorhand's Conchata Ferrell as Jan, Steve Buscemi as Crazy Eyes, Peter Dante as Murph, John McEnroe and Rob Schneider as Nazo the Italian Delivery Man (from Big Daddy). Sandler is usually a tolerable enough dumb character, but here he is not witty or likable as Cooper was, especially with that stupid black foot, Ryder is a silly choice for a journalist who becomes his love interest, and many of the other cast members are just as bad or annoying, especially Buscemi with his stupid eyes, only moments of Turturro are amusing with his accent. The story should be witty and have a sweet charm about it, with the leading character and how he comes into his fortune and what he does with it, but here it is just an excuse to see a near retarded simpleton get rich, surrounded by equally stupid characters doing almost nothing but throw his money away, and there are the horrible mushy sentimental moments too, absolutely none of it made me laugh, it an atrocious comedy. It was nominated the Razzie for Worst Remake or Sequel. Very poor!
A remake of the 1936 film Mr. Deeds Goes to Town, Steven Brill's 'Mr.Deeds' is Great Fun. Full of Energy, Humor & Entertainment, this 2002 Box-Office Hit, is definitely worth a watch.'Mr. Deeds' Synopsis: A sweet-natured, small-town guy inherits a controlling stake in a media conglomerate and begins to do business his way. 'Mr.Deeds' never promised to deliver Path-Breaking Cinema. It offered Entertainment, and it full-fills its promise. This Comedy delivers some great laughs. Tim Herlihy's Screenplay is Energetic, Humorous & Entertaining. Steven Brill's Direction is Decent. Cinematography, Editing & Art Design, are functional.Performance-Wise: Adam Sandler is in form, as always. The actor delivers a really lovable performance. Winona Ryder is perfect. John Turturro & Allen Covert are terrific. Peter Gallagher is efficient. Jared Harris does his bit well. Steve Buscemi appears in a cameo. On the whole, 'Mr.Deeds' gets it right.