Very disappointed :(

Absolutely Fantastic

I like movies that are aware of what they are selling... without [any] greater aspirations than to make people laugh and that's it.

n my opinion it was a great movie with some interesting elements, even though having some plot holes and the ending probably was just too messy and crammed together, but still fun to watch and not your casual movie that is similar to all other ones.

Mr. Deeds is very similar to many other Adam Sandler films. The film follows a basic and predictable formula. Many of the comedian's reliable standards are in effect: abuse of old folks, crude humor, a Rob Schneider appearance, and mentally deficient sidekicks. Some of the stuff works, but there's not much room for originality. This movie even perpetuates Sandler's trend of playing guys who are unexpectedly good at dishing out beatings. Many have considered Mr. Deeds to be one of Adam Sandler's more underrated films, and in several ways it is. However the film is typical but entertaining in some areas. It is a decent comedy, and the humor is what one would expect from a Sandler film.

It is bizarre for me to fathom the idea that Adam Sandler chose the leading role in a remake of a Frank Capra film from 1936 with Gary Cooper as the leading man. As expected, Mr. Deeds isn't a tiresome retread of old material but a tiresome retread through the odds and ends of Sandler's buffoonish schtick, further cementing that despite tackling a wide range of roles, he has yet to adopt a screen presence that he will choose to make tolerable on his audiences.This sits comfortably aside Happy Gilmore, a film I found funny at first, but ultimately, mean-spirited, obnoxious, and overall incredibly unrewarding. But if we're looking at this film as a character study, then this is probably one of the better Sandler characters. Throughout the first few scenes I thought he'd be one of the best, but as soon as Sandler threw punches occupied by horribly unrealistic sound effects that seemed to interrupt the flow of wind and air my optimism deteriorated.At first glance, the premise mildly passable; Preston Blake (Harve Presnell) is a great American businessman running dozens of television and radio stations across the county and has accumulated an inane amount of money throughout his lifetime. After an attempt to climb a mountain results in him freezing to death, those who run portions of Blake's company find that he left all his savings to his nephew, Longfellow Deeds (Sandler). Just call him "Deeds." Deeds comes from a humble town there everyone is polite, understanding, naive, and welcoming to all walks of life. In other words, the world we should live in but do not. When two representatives of Blake's company come to visit Deeds to inform him that his uncle left him $40 billion, they find he is employed at a busy pizzeria and that his biggest ambition is to write greeting cards for Hallmark. Upon informing him of his earnings, Deeds seems shockingly lax and uninterested and when he is taken to his uncle's luxurious apartment it would seem that he has seen hundreds of the same.Overtime, as Deeds begins to somewhat enjoy his fortune, helping others, and making new friends, he becomes acquainted with Winona Ryder's character after she is "mugged" out in the cold streets. She tells Deeds she is "Pam Dawson," a school nurse from "Winchestertonfieldville, Iowa," and the two begin to go out. The one thing she neglects to tell him is that her name is actually Babe Bennett, and she works for a TMZ-like station and tries to dig up dirt on Deeds by carrying around a hidden camera and microphone so that she can return the footage to her boss to rework it into something slanderous. Until she realizes what she is doing "is wrong" and begins to have feelings for the man.Thankfully, the film spares us the ridiculous "man's money goes to his head" cliché but instead, gives us enough unnecessary sight gags to fill two films. Consider a scene where Deeds reveals to his butler that when he was younger his right foot became so frostbitten that it lost all remote feeling and turned charcoal-black. We then get an outrageous sequence of the man jumping on, stepping on, and stabbing Deeds' foot in hopes to strike some form of clear emotion.And consider another sequence where Deeds is in the right place at the right time and attempts to save a woman from her burning apartment building, but first must rescue her seven cats. He proceeds to throw them outside of the window so they can land on what appears to be a trampoline held by firefighters and proceed to bounce into the next comedic setup. The whole scene is witless and provided me with some of the most wincing and cringing I've done this year to a film that was a comedy. Consistent readers know I do not tolerate animal abuse in films, especially, when it is done for no good reason. To try and get laughs out of it is sickening.Mr. Deeds could've been a fun, lightweight comedy if it weren't for its tonal inconsistency, its barrage of unnecessary sequences, shallow characters, and cheap plot pitfalls.Starring: Adam Sandler, Winona Ryder, Kathy Bates, Peter Dante, Allen Covert, Rob Schneider, J.B. Smoove, and Harve Presnell. Directed by: Steven Brill.

A misfire, but not without its moments. This absolutely unnecessary remake of the Frank Capra classic has a small town everyman (Sandler) inheriting a fortune and moving to the big city where he is almost always one step ahead of the con men and crooks who would love to hang him out to dry. His one weakness is Winona Ryder as plucky Lois Lane-type reporter who worms her way into his life in order to get a story. The film is utterly devoid of charm, but it has some physical comedy (Sandler beating up on various people) that should make most of you laugh out loud. Sandler is his usual watchable self, and this may explain why such an unnecessary movie raked in almost four times what it cost to make.

Adam Sandler has always been one of my favorite comedy actors and Mr. Deeds is one of my favorite of his movies. In Mr. Deeds, he plays Longfellow Deeds, a small town citizen who owns a pizzeria.The movie starts out with Preston Blake, an 82-year-old who has accomplished so much and still wants to achieve a lot. He ends up dying after making it to the top of Mt. Everest. It is found out that Deeds is the closing living relative that can be found. Deeds inherits $40 billion. So, Deeds has to go to New York to sign the papers and get his money.Deeds later meets Babe Bennett, a newspaper reporter played by Winona Ryder. Bennett is purposely disguising herself as Pam Dawson, a school nurse from Winchestertonfieldville, Iowa. Deeds falls in love with her and finds out that she is a liar.Sandler and Ryder have great chemistry together as the protagonist and the love interest. Along with Sandler and Ryder are performances and cameos by Sandler's buddies. John Turturro plays Emilio, Preston Blake's butler, who turns out to be Blake's son. Steve Buscemi plays Crazy Eyes, a citizen who has a self explanatory name. Peter Dante plays an employee at Deeds's pizzeria. Allen Covert plays a co-worker of Bennett's. Blake Clark makes a cameo as the father of a quarterback that Deeds punched out. Rob Schneider even makes a cameo reprising his role as the delivery man from Big Daddy.Peter Gallagher is good in his role as Chuck Cedar, who was Preston Blake's right hand man. Gallagher shows how much of a jerk Cedar is as he tries to take advantage of Deeds and walk all over him. Jared Harris is also good at playing a jerk in Mac McGrath, Bennett's boss. McGrath is out to make Deeds look bad.While I haven't seen Frank Capra's original version starring Gary Cooper, this version directed by Steven Brill is very funny and the laughs keep coming. Adam Sandler is very funny in this role. This movie is as funny as Happy Gilmore, Big Daddy, and Anger Management.