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Mr. Deeds (2002)
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Reviews Counted:153
Fresh:33
Rotten:120
Average Rating:4/10
Consensus: This update of Capra doesn't hold a candle to the original, and even on its own merits, Mr. Deeds is still indifferently acted and stale.
Theatrical Release:Jun 28, 2002 Wide
Box Office: $126,203,320
Synopsis: Longfellow Deeds (Adam Sandler) is content to run his pizzeria in the cozy New Hampshire hamlet of Mandrake Falls. His only further desire is to someday see one of his corny rhymes printed in a... [More]
Starring: Adam Sandler, Winona Ryder, John Turturro, Peter Gallagher
Director: Steven Brill
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Reviews for Mr. Deeds
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The end result isn't dreadful, but it is patchy. Full Review |
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The star and his numbskull cronies piss on Capra's grave with acrid insincerity. Full Review |
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2/5 |
Sandler barely expends any energy trotting out the "average dude who shakes up stodgy high society" schtick, and director Steven Brill and scripter Tim Herlihy follow lazy suit. Full Review |
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1/4 |
Anyone with an IQ over 85 should stay away. Full Review |
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Peter Gallagher must've been hard up for cash. Full Review |
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2/4 |
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Just another Sandler movie, nothing more, nothing less. Full Review |
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2/4 |
This is a remake which will vaguely satisfy the Sandler faithful and have Capra fans gritting their teeth. Full Review |
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2/5 |
How could Adam Sandler, of all people, remake Capra? Well, shoddily, as it happens. Full Review |
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1.5/5 |
...Perpetuates [Sandler's] penchant for idiotic, schoolboy humor, misunderstood-nice-guy characters, and plots which insult the intelligence of anyone over 12. Full Review |
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2/4 |
The only saving grace about Mr. Deeds is its functioning as a wise and timely cliche': money can't buy everything--especially for a clunky comedy with no spirit or no spark. Full Review |
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The film delivers as promised on most levels; however, it does help to be an Adam Sandler fan to begin with. Full Review |
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A remake so bad it will make your gums bleed. Orphanage fires are funnier. Full Review |
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1/5 |
When you've already made something as execrable and universally loathed as Little Nicky, why stop there? Full Review |
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2/5 |
A very stupid film that's almost watchable but doesn't really have any reason to exist. Full Review |
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No amount of spastic-colon jokes, cartoon violence or good-buddy cameos (Al Sharpton, John McEnroe) can distract from the fact that Gary Cooper [Sandler] ain't. Full Review |
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The plot is moth-eaten, the jokes lame, the action sequences idiotic to disgusting, and the whole adds up (or subtracts down) to a complete waste of time. Full Review |
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2/5 |
There's a price to pay for the guilty pleasure Steven Brill's film affords -- a relentless process of dumbing down that tells the audience it's cool to be a doofus. Full Review |
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