Mr. Deeds (Full Screen Special Edition)

Starring:Erick Avari, Scott Thompson Baker, Angelito Bautista, Buddy Bolton, Steve Buscemi, Blake Clark, Allen Covert, Peter Dante, Conchata Ferrell, Peter Gallagher, Jared Harris, John McEnroe, Tom McNulty, Harve Presnell, Winona Ryder, Adam Sandler, J.B. Smoove, Robert Frank Telfer, John Turturro
Studio: Sony Pictures
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Following the flop of Little Nicky, Adam Sandler returned to safe territory in Mr. Deeds... and made Nicky look inspired by comparison. A loose remake of Frank Capra's 1936 classic Mr. Deeds Goes to Town, this dumbed-down version finds Sandler in the Gary Cooper role, inheriting a vast fortune and a corporate empire, foiling a greedy executive (Peter Gallagher), and winning the heart of an undercover reporter (Winona Ryder) who's been mocking his small-town naiveté in print while falling for his goodhearted sincerity. It's fun enough to satisfy Sandler's loyal fans--and John Turturro's a hoot as Deeds's foot-fetishist butler--but the subtleties of Capra are lost on Sandler, director Steven Brill, and writer Tim Herlihy. While Gary Cooper portrayed a rube who was savvy about big-city cynicism, Sandler's an amiable goofball with a heart of gold and an empty skull. You can admire him, and parts of the movie (including Steve Buscemi's unbilled cameo), but you have to work harder to get there. --Jeff Shannon
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Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Political heavyweights decide that Jefferson Smith (James Stewart), an obscure scoutmaster in a small town, would be the perfect dupe to fill a vacant U.S. Senate chair. Surely this naive bumpkin can be easily controlled by the senior senator (Claude Rains) from his state, a respectable and corrupted career politician. Director Frank Capra fills the movie with Smith's wide-eyed wonder at the glories of Washington, all of which ring false for his cynical secretary (Jean Arthur), who doesn't believe for a minute this rube could be for real. But he is. Capra was repeating the formula of a previous film, Mr. Deeds Goes to Town, but this one is even sharper; Stewart and Arthur are brilliant, and the former cowboy star Harry Carey lends a warm presence to the role of the vice president. Bright, funny, and beautifully paced, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington is Capra's ode to the power of innocence--an idea so potent that present-day audiences may find themselves wishing for a new Mr. Smith in Congress. The 1939 Congress was none too thrilled about the film's depiction of their august body, denouncing it as a caricature; but even today, Capra's jibes about vested interests and political machines look as accurate as ever. --Robert Horton
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It Happened One Night Director Frank Capra (Mr. Smith Goes to Washington) took home every Oscar in the book (well, okay, all the major ones) for this seminal 1934 comedy starring Clark Gable as a hard-bitten reporter who stays close to a runaway heiress (Claudette Colbert) rather than lose a good story. Funny and sexy, the film is full of memorable scenes often referred to in other films, such as the "walls of Jericho" (a mere bedcover hung on a line down the middle of a room so opposite-sex roommates can get undressed), and Colbert's famous flash of thigh to stop a speeding car in its tracks. Capra's brisk, urbane brand of wit was a perfect complement to his populist faith in the common man (in this case, Gable's character), and that inspired combination makes this film both a spirited entertainment and an uplifting experience. --Tom Keogh
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You Can't Take It With You
Frank Capra's 1938 populist spin on the George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart play about a family of happy eccentrics is a great deal of fun, though it significantly rewrites the original work and doesn't represent Capra (Mr. Deeds Goes to Town, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington) at his best. Jean Arthur plays a member of the blissful Vanderhof household who falls in love with a rich man's son (James Stewart) and brings him into her nutty home. Lionel Barrymore, who played such a bad guy eight years later in Capra's It's a Wonderful Life, is the wonderful Grandpa Vanderhof, who addresses God during the dinner prayer as "sir" and speaks plainly and beautifully of why it's good to be alive. Capra took this opportunity to rail against big business and champion the common man, but the overall tone of the film--typical for the director's comedies--is buoyant and snappy. --Tom Keogh
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Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town is Frank Capra's classic screwball comedy about a village innocent who inherits $20 million, only to discover it's more trouble than it's worth. The screwball in question is Longfellow Deeds (Gary Cooper), a small-town greeting-card poet and tuba player transplanted to the big city to administer his newly inherited wealth, where fast-pattering, wised-up cynics, sneering society denizens, and corrupt lawyers lord it over the ingenuous and straightforward. Deeds's idiosyncrasies are amply magnified in the tabloids by journalist "Babe" Bennett (Jean Arthur), dating Deeds as a cover, only to discover she's the sap when she falls irresistibly for him. But the damage has been done, when Babe's column is used by a pack of corrupt lawyers, Cedar, Cedar, Cedar & Budington, to prove Deeds mentally unfit. The miracle of this unforgettable comedy is how it embraces dark material, calling into question some common assumptions about capitalism while maintaining an approachable atmosphere of light comedy, and deceptively so. You'll be so pixilated by its charm, you won't rest until you've doodled your way to a rhyme for "Budington." --Jim Gay
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Designated the "Number One Director in Hollywood" by Time Magazine in 1938 and voted by Entertainment Weekly (April 19th issue, 1996) as one of the greatest directors of all time, Capra has received numerous industry awards and accolades over the course of his successful career including three Best Director Oscars®.
The Premiere Frank Capra Collection is a 6-disc collectible box set featuring five of Frank Capra's best films. The digitally re-mastered set includes Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, You Can't Take it With You, Mr. Deeds Goes to Town, It Happened One Night and American Madness. The DVD box set includes a bonus disc packed with all-new interviews, archival footage, plus Frank Capra's American Dream documentary hosted by Ron Howard and produced by Capra's eldest son, Frank Capra, Jr. (An Eye for an Eye, Marooned). This Premiere Collection also features commentaries for each film, along with a 96- page collectible Movie Scrapbook.
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Starring: Erick Avari , Scott Thompson Baker , Angelito Bautista , Buddy Bolton , and Steve Buscemi
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Following the flop of Little Nicky, Adam Sandler returned to safe territory in Mr. Deeds... and made Nicky look inspired by comparison. A loose remake of Frank Capra's 1936 classic Mr. Deeds Goes to Town, this dumbed-down version finds Sandler in the Gary Cooper role, inheriting a vast fortune and a corporate empire, foiling a greedy executive (Peter Gallagher), and winning the heart of an undercover reporter (Winona Ryder) who's been mocking his small-town naiveté in print while falling for his goodhearted sincerity. It's fun enough to satisfy Sandler's loyal fans--and John Turturro's a hoot as Deeds's foot-fetishist butler--but the subtleties of Capra are lost on Sandler, director Steven Brill, and writer Tim Herlihy. While Gary Cooper portrayed a rube who was savvy about big-city cynicism, Sandler's an amiable goofball with a heart of gold and an empty skull. You can admire him, and parts of the movie (including Steve Buscemi's unbilled cameo), but you have to work harder to get there. --Jeff Shannon
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Small-town guy Longfellow Deeds (SANDLER) goes to the big city to collect a $40 billion inheritance from a long lost uncle. Living in a palatial mansion with the services of an unusual personal valet (JOHN TURTURRO) isn't too bad. Things get even better when he meets a beautiful school nurse (WINONA RYDER). But money changes everything, and things aren't what they seem - his sweetie is actually a journalist feeding reports of his outrageous behavior to the press! Now, it's up to Deeds to straighten everybody out - with a few right hooks and lots of common sense.
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Mr.Deeds.......2007-06-15
Mr.Deeds is about a guy named long fellow Deeds(Adam Sandler).Who works and lives in a small town.But then goes to the big city New York CITY to get 40 billion dollors from an uncle who passes away.And lives in a mansion with a strange butler who sneaks up on you.Deeds falls in love with a school nurse.The school nurse really is a reaporter.She reports about his crazy behaviors as a rich man.
I think it is a great and funny and funny movie.Adam Sandler does a good job for the character long fellow Deeds.
I recommend this movie to people who like a good comedy.Another recommendation is for people who are 13 years or older because it is raded pg-13.People who love Adam Sandler will love the movie Mr.Deeds.
who is deeds.......2007-05-18
WHO
IS DEEDS
It was a late February morning when Preston Blake was climbing mountain Everest when a terrifying and violent storm hits the mountaintop when Preston Blake's team has to turn back and has to go to the campsite. But Preston Blake keeps going on to the top of the mountain. But the tragic part is when he makes it to the top he gets frozen solid. But the video of him getting to the top and frozen was sent all over the world on TV.
When his closest living nephew gets all of his forty billion dollars and has to save all of his uncles company and all of the people working there that he have made his new friends. If you want to see this you should see the movie Mr. Deeds on video or DVD.
The main two characters in the movie are Adam Sandler and Wionona Ryder are two great actors that star in this movie. The director is Steven Brill has to be a good director to have made this movie. The rating for this movie is PG-13 for and violence. But to me the movie is a great comedy for the family and friends of all ages. If I was to give this movie a rating of a one to ten I would give it a ten because this movie shows no matter how rich a person is they can be a great person in side and to the other people around him and also be a good friend.
If you want to buy this movie for the family it is available in stores and DVD, video, widescreen, and full screen. This movie can also be found in a local blockbuster near you and or anywhere that they sell and rents movies to the public. This movie is some times shown on TV on channels like TNT, the movie channels on TV and on paper view on TV.
This movie has a price range about ten to fifteen dollars if you buy it at a store or online it would be about that price. But to me this is a good price for this movie this movie is its funniness of all comedy. It is a movie to watch over and over with the family. To me I strongly recommend this movie to all viewers.
Mr. Deeds,a laugh out loud comedy.......2007-05-17
Title: Mr. Deeds
Director: Steven Brill
Run Time: 97 minutes
Rating: PG-13
Hey, would you like to spend an hour and a half laughing your head off? Well I sure did when I saw this hilarious movie called "Mr. Deeds." It's about a man who inherits forty billion dollars from his uncle, Preston Blake, after he dies trying to climb Mt. Everest. But you have to trust me on this one, this movie is a gut buster. You will laugh until you get sick.
The two major characters in this movie are: "Longfellow Deeds", played by Adam Sandler. And "Babe Bennet", played by Winona Ryder. I think that they both did spectacular job acting in this film. But as the story goes on, Deeds uncle Preston Blake left an enormous fortune that Deeds acquires about two months later. So two Businessmen track Deeds down to tell him about his immense amount of money that his uncle left him. Then they fly back to New York, and Deeds meets a woman, Babe Bennet, that's a T.V. news reporter, and spies on him and writes un-true and mean stories about Deeds, just to please her boss, Mac McGrath. But the closer the two get, the more love they share for each other. "You'll have to see what happens in the end though, its hilarious!"
But what I like about this movie is that it's really funny. It's a laugh out loud comedy. It starts out funny, and ends funny. It will keep you laughing, and entertained all the way through. There's not a time in that movie when I got bored. But the funniest part (for me) was "Crazy Eyes." He's a poor man that's crossed eyed, and orders pizza with French Fries, Oreo's, pepperoni and gumballs on it. That's disgusting, but funny. The mailman waved at him, and Crazy Eyes thought the mailman was a wizard (seriously) and that the mailman was trying to cast a spell on him or something, just by waving. Its hilarious, you'll have to see what other kinds of crazy things he does in this movie.
But overall, this is a brilliant movie, which has a message about falling in love. It has a very funny ending. I would definitely recommend it. Mr. Deeds is rated PG-13, so children should have an adult watch this movie with them, or if they are thirteen, they can watch it themselves. But it's my favorite movie that I own, and its super funny, so when you get it, I hope that you enjoy it as much as I did! Rating: A
damaged.......2007-01-17
DVD is scratched badly upon opening the package. have not used and need to return
Lots of Wholesome Fun.......2006-10-26
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I liked this film! I thought it was hilarious. I'm not an Adam Sandler fan, either. I have not seen the original movie that this remake is based upon. I thought it was just good, wholesome, laugh-out-loud fun. It's about a guy who is so nice, so real, full of terrific values, and how all of this clashes with NYC cosmopolitan corporate values when he inherits forty billion dollars.
The theme of this movie is that good wins over evil---nice and kind gets the girl, generous wins over greedy, caring wins over selfish, innocent and gentlemanly is sexier than metrosexual, etc. I just loved it. Adam Sandler plays the quintessential good guy, and I think that there are too few movies like this made today.
The plot is pretty unbelievable, and many things are exaggerated for comedic effect, but then, that's what made the movie so darn funny, so I didn't mind. If you want to kick back and have a good time, see this movie. It's one that you can watch with your teens or kids and not be embarassed.
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Mr. Deeds Goes to Town is Frank Capra's classic screwball comedy about a village innocent who inherits $20 million, only to discover it's more trouble than it's worth. The screwball in question is Longfellow Deeds (Gary Cooper), a small-town greeting-card poet and tuba player transplanted to the big city to administer his newly inherited wealth, where fast-pattering, wised-up cynics, sneering society denizens, and corrupt lawyers lord it over the ingenuous and straightforward. Deeds's idiosyncrasies are amply magnified in the tabloids by journalist "Babe" Bennett (Jean Arthur), dating Deeds as a cover, only to discover she's the sap when she falls irresistibly for him. But the damage has been done, when Babe's column is used by a pack of corrupt lawyers, Cedar, Cedar, Cedar & Budington, to prove Deeds mentally unfit. The miracle of this unforgettable comedy is how it embraces dark material, calling into question some common assumptions about capitalism while maintaining an approachable atmosphere of light comedy, and deceptively so. You'll be so pixilated by its charm, you won't rest until you've doodled your way to a rhyme for "Budington." --Jim Gay
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The original Mr. Deeds Goes to Town.......2007-06-20
Quintessential Capra charmer is one of Cooper's most appealing comic forays, as his plain-talking homespun reflection of rural America out-foxes all those smug and greedy city-slickers. Arthur is also terrific as Babe Bennett, the hard-nosed lady journalist who first ridicules, then falls for Longfellow, much to her own surprise. One of the screen's authentic classics, this is pixilated comedy at its very best. Beware the Adam Sandler remake.
Truly a classic movie.......2007-01-11
A must see movie for those that like the classics. Gary Cooper and Jean Arthur are outstanding. People are not taught morals like this everyday anymore.
TERRIFIC FILM THAT HOLDS EVERYBODYS' INTEREST & INCLUDES SOME SURPRISES!.......2006-08-30
IN A NUTSHELL: A 1936 ROMANTIC COMEDY THAT IS STILL RELEVANT
TODAY
Gary Cooper and Jean Arthur are incredibly effective and believable as quite an odd couple in this serio-comic treatment of idealism versus cynicism in the form of the small town iconoclast versus the big city. Together, the pair are the embodiment of the Capra depiction of the grand virtues of the simple country folk pitted against the unnatural and decadent evils of the modern city.
However, in this story, like most of Capra's there is a way out for all of us in this film, and a way for us individually to empathize with the characters and the plight of society as a whole as it staggered through the 'Great Depression'.
MR. DEEDS & THE GREAT DEPRESSION:
Just when one might be thinking okay, I have been watching this film for an hour and I know how it is going to turn out, Mr. Deeds takes a hard turn to the LEFT! In this seemingly extraneous subplot, lies the true meaning of this film, as we discover that Mr. Deeds is much more than just another 'boy meets girl' film with a few bumps thrown in on the way to the altar. That's because Deeds is a better man than that and can't be so easily defeated. Of course, this is a parody of 1936 society which had been in a real depression for 7 years already.
Yes, Mr. Deeds does draw a great deal of empathy from modern viewers as he plays the knight in shining armor from a by-gone era, looking for his damsel in distress in New York City. Rather than just brooding over it, Longfellow Deeds does something drastic about, drastic enough for his sanity to come into question. In this questioning of Deeds' sanity, Babe Bennett [Jean Arthur] is given the opportunity, which see puts to good use, to earn back Longfellow Deeds' trust and so illustrate that perhaps none of us is beyond redemption. Now isn't that a promising idea?
--*THE PRINCIPAL CAST
Gary Cooper - Longfellow Deeds
Jean Arthur - Babe Bennett
George Bancroft - MacWade
Lionel Stander - Cornelius Cobb
Douglas Dumbrille - John Cedar
Raymond Walburn - Walter
H.B. Warner - Judge Walker
--*MAJOR AWARDS
Best Actor (nom) Gary Cooper 1936 Academy
Best Director (win) Frank Capra 1936 Academy
Best Picture (nom) 1936 Academy
Best Screenplay (nom) Robert Riskin 1936 Academy
Best Sound (nom) John P. Livadary 1936 Academy
10 Best Films (win) 1936 Film Daily
Best Picture (win) 1936 National Board of Review
Best Picture (win) 1936 New York Film Critics Circle
10 Best Films (win) 1936 New York Times
BOTTOM LINE: WE NEED MR. DEEDS ON DVD!
Great surprisingly modern 1936 serio-romantic comedy that boasts a wonderful cast under the brillant oscar winning direction of Frank Capra. In the end, this is a story of hope for all of us just as in 'Lost Horizon'.
Good Deeds.......2006-06-23
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town is the story of Longfellow Deeds (Gary Cooper), a man who inherits a fortune from his dead uncle. When he arrives in New York, he begins to reform though the people there expect him to follow their orders blindly. He falls in love with a reporter disguised as a damsel in distress (Jean Arthur) who uses him for a story. Deeds does many great things, but the people who want to use him deem him crazy in order to usurp his power.
Cooper is wonderful in these wide-eyed innocent types of roles. He is tall and wears his strength well, which makes his sweetness all the more appealing. It is hard not to fall in love with his character and to wish that there really were people like him in the world.
This film was re-made starring Adam Sandler and called Mr. Deeds. That version is actually very good and puts some modern comedy into an already great story. It also stays true to this film featuring much of the same plot and names. Sandler does a great job at mimicking Cooper's innocence and honesty, though the original should not be forgotten.
Mr. Deeds.......2005-10-09
Gary Cooper plays Longfellow Deeds, the greeting card poet from Mandrake Falls, Vermont, who inherits 20 million dollars from his uncle, comes to NYC, and becomes the laughingstock of the big city. When he decides to give all the money away to out-of-work farmers (it's Depression time, remember), he is declared insane by lawyers who want some of the pie for themselves, citing his tuba playing, walking in the rain, chasing fire engines, etc. as examples.
Jean Arthur is the newspaper woman who uses him at first to make a bigger sap out of him to sell papers, but soon she finds herself in love with him and decides to help him out. The movie ends with a famous courtroom scene where Cooper refuses to defend himself until it's almost too late - but of course Arthur comes to his rescue and Coop turns the tables.
Like most Capra pictures it goes on too long, and in this one we really feel it. The Capra "corn" is piled on thick, with such scenes as the one at Grant's Tomb almost obligatory in a Capra picture. Cooper and Arthur perform wonderfully, though, and the supporting cast is at its best, too.
Strange note (to me, anyway): Where here Deeds says nothing in his defense at the end, Jimmy Stewart in the similarly sounding MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON, also by Capra (1939), goes on talking for 24 hours in his filibuster on the floor of Congress. From one extreme to the other!
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Following the flop of Little Nicky, Adam Sandler returned to safe territory in Mr. Deeds... and made Nicky look inspired by comparison. A loose remake of Frank Capra's 1936 classic Mr. Deeds Goes to Town, this dumbed-down version finds Sandler in the Gary Cooper role, inheriting a vast fortune and a corporate empire, foiling a greedy executive (Peter Gallagher), and winning the heart of an undercover reporter (Winona Ryder) who's been mocking his small-town naiveté in print while falling for his goodhearted sincerity. It's fun enough to satisfy Sandler's loyal fans--and John Turturro's a hoot as Deeds's foot-fetishist butler--but the subtleties of Capra are lost on Sandler, director Steven Brill, and writer Tim Herlihy. While Gary Cooper portrayed a rube who was savvy about big-city cynicism, Sandler's an amiable goofball with a heart of gold and an empty skull. You can admire him, and parts of the movie (including Steve Buscemi's unbilled cameo), but you have to work harder to get there. --Jeff Shannon
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Mr.Deeds.......2007-06-15
Mr.Deeds is about a guy named long fellow Deeds(Adam Sandler).Who works and lives in a small town.But then goes to the big city New York CITY to get 40 billion dollors from an uncle who passes away.And lives in a mansion with a strange butler who sneaks up on you.Deeds falls in love with a school nurse.The school nurse really is a reaporter.She reports about his crazy behaviors as a rich man.
I think it is a great and funny and funny movie.Adam Sandler does a good job for the character long fellow Deeds.
I recommend this movie to people who like a good comedy.Another recommendation is for people who are 13 years or older because it is raded pg-13.People who love Adam Sandler will love the movie Mr.Deeds.
who is deeds.......2007-05-18
WHO
IS DEEDS
It was a late February morning when Preston Blake was climbing mountain Everest when a terrifying and violent storm hits the mountaintop when Preston Blake's team has to turn back and has to go to the campsite. But Preston Blake keeps going on to the top of the mountain. But the tragic part is when he makes it to the top he gets frozen solid. But the video of him getting to the top and frozen was sent all over the world on TV.
When his closest living nephew gets all of his forty billion dollars and has to save all of his uncles company and all of the people working there that he have made his new friends. If you want to see this you should see the movie Mr. Deeds on video or DVD.
The main two characters in the movie are Adam Sandler and Wionona Ryder are two great actors that star in this movie. The director is Steven Brill has to be a good director to have made this movie. The rating for this movie is PG-13 for and violence. But to me the movie is a great comedy for the family and friends of all ages. If I was to give this movie a rating of a one to ten I would give it a ten because this movie shows no matter how rich a person is they can be a great person in side and to the other people around him and also be a good friend.
If you want to buy this movie for the family it is available in stores and DVD, video, widescreen, and full screen. This movie can also be found in a local blockbuster near you and or anywhere that they sell and rents movies to the public. This movie is some times shown on TV on channels like TNT, the movie channels on TV and on paper view on TV.
This movie has a price range about ten to fifteen dollars if you buy it at a store or online it would be about that price. But to me this is a good price for this movie this movie is its funniness of all comedy. It is a movie to watch over and over with the family. To me I strongly recommend this movie to all viewers.
Mr. Deeds,a laugh out loud comedy.......2007-05-17
Title: Mr. Deeds
Director: Steven Brill
Run Time: 97 minutes
Rating: PG-13
Hey, would you like to spend an hour and a half laughing your head off? Well I sure did when I saw this hilarious movie called "Mr. Deeds." It's about a man who inherits forty billion dollars from his uncle, Preston Blake, after he dies trying to climb Mt. Everest. But you have to trust me on this one, this movie is a gut buster. You will laugh until you get sick.
The two major characters in this movie are: "Longfellow Deeds", played by Adam Sandler. And "Babe Bennet", played by Winona Ryder. I think that they both did spectacular job acting in this film. But as the story goes on, Deeds uncle Preston Blake left an enormous fortune that Deeds acquires about two months later. So two Businessmen track Deeds down to tell him about his immense amount of money that his uncle left him. Then they fly back to New York, and Deeds meets a woman, Babe Bennet, that's a T.V. news reporter, and spies on him and writes un-true and mean stories about Deeds, just to please her boss, Mac McGrath. But the closer the two get, the more love they share for each other. "You'll have to see what happens in the end though, its hilarious!"
But what I like about this movie is that it's really funny. It's a laugh out loud comedy. It starts out funny, and ends funny. It will keep you laughing, and entertained all the way through. There's not a time in that movie when I got bored. But the funniest part (for me) was "Crazy Eyes." He's a poor man that's crossed eyed, and orders pizza with French Fries, Oreo's, pepperoni and gumballs on it. That's disgusting, but funny. The mailman waved at him, and Crazy Eyes thought the mailman was a wizard (seriously) and that the mailman was trying to cast a spell on him or something, just by waving. Its hilarious, you'll have to see what other kinds of crazy things he does in this movie.
But overall, this is a brilliant movie, which has a message about falling in love. It has a very funny ending. I would definitely recommend it. Mr. Deeds is rated PG-13, so children should have an adult watch this movie with them, or if they are thirteen, they can watch it themselves. But it's my favorite movie that I own, and its super funny, so when you get it, I hope that you enjoy it as much as I did! Rating: A
damaged.......2007-01-17
DVD is scratched badly upon opening the package. have not used and need to return
Lots of Wholesome Fun.......2006-10-26
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I liked this film! I thought it was hilarious. I'm not an Adam Sandler fan, either. I have not seen the original movie that this remake is based upon. I thought it was just good, wholesome, laugh-out-loud fun. It's about a guy who is so nice, so real, full of terrific values, and how all of this clashes with NYC cosmopolitan corporate values when he inherits forty billion dollars.
The theme of this movie is that good wins over evil---nice and kind gets the girl, generous wins over greedy, caring wins over selfish, innocent and gentlemanly is sexier than metrosexual, etc. I just loved it. Adam Sandler plays the quintessential good guy, and I think that there are too few movies like this made today.
The plot is pretty unbelievable, and many things are exaggerated for comedic effect, but then, that's what made the movie so darn funny, so I didn't mind. If you want to kick back and have a good time, see this movie. It's one that you can watch with your teens or kids and not be embarassed.
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Mr. Deeds
Following the flop of Little Nicky, Adam Sandler returned to safe territory in Mr. Deeds... and made Nicky look inspired by comparison. A loose remake of Frank Capra's 1936 classic Mr. Deeds Goes to Town, this dumbed-down version finds Sandler in the Gary Cooper role, inheriting a vast fortune and a corporate empire, foiling a greedy executive (Peter Gallagher), and winning the heart of an undercover reporter (Winona Ryder) who's been mocking his small-town naiveté in print while falling for his goodhearted sincerity. It's fun enough to satisfy Sandler's loyal fans--and John Turturro's a hoot as Deeds's foot-fetishist butler--but the subtleties of Capra are lost on Sandler, director Steven Brill, and writer Tim Herlihy. While Gary Cooper portrayed a rube who was savvy about big-city cynicism, Sandler's an amiable goofball with a heart of gold and an empty skull. You can admire him, and parts of the movie (including Steve Buscemi's unbilled cameo), but you have to work harder to get there. --Jeff Shannon
Big Daddy
Gosh--kids. You gotta love 'em, right? Well, not necessarily--particularly if you're Adam Sandler. But Big Daddy is about paternal devotion in its own oblique way. Sandler plays Sonny Koufax, a law-school grad who has been milking an accident settlement to cover his living expenses, while he continues to slack his way through life. But when his girlfriend threatens to dump him, he decides to show her he's serious about their relationship and pretends to adopt a little boy (in fact, his roommate's son from a one-night stand several years earlier, who shows up on their doorstep just after the roommate leaves town on a job). But after taking care of the tyke for a couple of days, Sonny finds that it's a little like feeding that stray dog that followed you home: Before you know it, you've grown attached to the little fella--and then what are you going to do? By turns crude and maudlin, Big Daddy has its share of laughs and will certainly entertain fans who like Adam Sandler best when he plays the case of arrested development with a smart-aleck retort for everything. --Marshall Fine
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Following the flop of Little Nicky, Adam Sandler returned to safe territory in Mr. Deeds... and made Nicky look inspired by comparison. A loose remake of Frank Capra's 1936 classic Mr. Deeds Goes to Town, this dumbed-down version finds Sandler in the Gary Cooper role, inheriting a vast fortune and a corporate empire, foiling a greedy executive (Peter Gallagher), and winning the heart of an undercover reporter (Winona Ryder) who's been mocking his small-town naiveté in print while falling for his goodhearted sincerity. It's fun enough to satisfy Sandler's loyal fans--and John Turturro's a hoot as Deeds's foot-fetishist butler--but the subtleties of Capra are lost on Sandler, director Steven Brill, and writer Tim Herlihy. While Gary Cooper portrayed a rube who was savvy about big-city cynicism, Sandler's an amiable goofball with a heart of gold and an empty skull. You can admire him, and parts of the movie (including Steve Buscemi's unbilled cameo), but you have to work harder to get there. --Jeff Shannon
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