Mr. Deeds (2002)

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 Amazon.com

Hilarious, with a heart

Yeah OK it's Hollywood, it's predictable, and it's typical Sandler stuff. But so what; it's also hilarious! Of course if you don't like typical Adam Sandler humor then you may not like "Deeds", but I just busted up laughing in many parts of this movie. And sometimes that's what we need, a really good hearty laugh. Plus, the character Deeds is a really decent, innocent-hearted (but not naive) man. How many movies are about men like that? So besides the humor, there's the uplifting and encouraging character of Deeds the uncorruptible, non-materialistic, non-selfish man.

I suppose it's like "School of Rock", which I also found hilarious. Either this movie will strike a chord with you, or it won't. Even so, there are other funny characters in here, played by Steve Buscemi and John Turturro. Sandler fan or not, you're likely to get some good laughs here. It's worth a try, and if you end up not liking it then I assure you there are far worse movies you could waste your time on. December 20, 2008

I enjoyed this movie...Adam Sandler did it again!

This movie is about a guy (Longfellow Deeds played by Adam Sandler) who finds out he inherits $40 billion from his rich uncle who passed away. Later a romantic relationship develops between him and Winona Ryder's character who is a TV reporter out to expose his negative qualities. She is doing a TV report on him solely for her job benefit, but later falls for him and decides that he is not the stuck up guy that she thought he was. When she is later caught red handed and Deeds finds out who she really is and what she is up do, he gets so angry and walks out. It was scary to see how later he almost lets her drown in the ice because he thinks she was faking it just to make fun of him on TV (I am glad that his frostbitten foot saved her life)! There are a lot of twists and turns in the story and it will have the audience laughing and guessing what will happen throughout the movie.

My favorite scene of course is where the butler sticks the fire poker in Longfellow Deed's frostbitten foot, and Deed's pretends that it really hurt and calls him very sick (I might watch the movie again just to see that part)! I also liked the ending because everything ended out working for the good and we find out the butler was the actual heir to the money after Deeds turned down the money and hands it over to the antagoniost of the movie, but he gives Deed's a whopping $1 billion out of the $40 (or 2.5% which seems small but a BILLION is a ton of money)!

December 18, 2008

amusing

Longfellow Deeds (Adam Sandler), a small town pizza shop owner who writes greeting cards (not that Hallmark has accepted any), inherits a $40 billion business from an uncle he never met. So at the behest of the company's executives, he goes to the big city to sign paperwork until the executives can raise the money to buy him out.

It's big news, and tabloid TV reporter Babe (Winona Ryder) goes undercover to get the scoop on him.

Of course, the executives turn out to be crooked, and Deeds's small-town honesty is needed to save the day. And of course he and Babe fall in love.

It's predictable, but fun, and requires major suspension of disbelief. Not a bad way to spend an hour and a half with the kids, but not a movie to purchase for the collection. November 27, 2008

So-so remake.

Mr. Deeds starring Adam Sandler is a very loose remake of the Gary Cooper classic Mr. Deeds Goes To Town. The best thing about this 2002 film is the surprisely great chemistry between Sandler and Winona Ryder. Ryder is such a natural actress, her and Sandler are complete opposites when it comes to acting but their different styles seem to mesh well together (who knew?!). The comedy is a bit forced and contrived but there are some amusing moments, give this quriky film a try. June 28, 2008

EXCUSE ME YOU MEAN - LONG FELLOW DEEDS

I would say it's goofy funny, good movie for the family.
Adam Sandler plays a guy who just inherited 40 million dollars &
Takes his first trip to the BIG APPLE NEW YORK.
While he's there he meets a very fine women play by Winona Ryder.
At first she's goin out with him because her, then she starts to figure out she's falling in love with him.
Before she could tell him the truth he found out she was a reporter,
and almost everything she had told him was a lie.
So Deeds leaves and goes back home, the day they had scheduled a board
For the sale of BLAKE MEDIA Deeds shows back up to give speech about why they shouldn't sale the company.
Then to find out that the butler was actually PRESTON BLAKES son no one had ever been told it was in his Diary.
A his new found son takes over BLAKE MEDIA.
Deeds and his new found love return home to run a pizza parlor.
I rate this movie a 9 from 1to10!! March 28, 2008

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