Commentators inclined toward grand pronouncements will find in "Mr. Deeds" everything they need to sound off about the withering of Hollywood films in particular and American culture in general from ...
Mr. Deeds was a 2002 comedy about an honest and earnest working man who comes to inherit a fortune and a huge media conglomerate. Sandler played the titular character Deeds in the film, with Ryder ...
When Winona Ryder had quite a tough time on the sets of Mr. Deeds, courtesy a broken arm!(Photo Credit – YouTube) Winona Ryder, known for her intense roles, had no idea that her rom-com with Adam ...
Two different people misheard me this week when I told them I was going to see the new Adam Sandler movie. Both of them looked at me blankly for a second and then said, “Oh. I didn’t know there was a ...
As in The Wedding Singer, Sandler tries to branch out from coarse, guy-driven guffaws with a semiromantic date flick. But he's still stuck in his jokey-jerk mode as a questionable Everyman whose ...
It's not just that the movie itself is wicked awful, it's that Mr. Deeds brings out the worst in Adam Sandler. I'm talking about the cornball holy-fool side that infects even his better movies, such ...
Mr. Deeds is so loosely based on Frank Capra's Mr. Deeds Goes to Town that I'll spare you the comparative analysis. Longfellow Deeds (Adam Sandler) is a happy-as-a-clam pizza-parlor owner from New ...