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Mr. Deeds Goes To Town

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Mr. Deeds Goes To Town (1936)

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Reviews Counted:13

Fresh:12

Rotten:1

Average Rating:8.3/10

Runtime: 1 hr 56 mins

Genre: Comedies

Synopsis: When a rich eccentric decides to give away his money -- all $20 million of it -- no one believes he can possibly be sane. Soon he's facing a hearing to determine whether he's mentally competent.... When a rich eccentric decides to give away his money -- all $20 million of it -- no one believes he can possibly be sane. Soon he's facing a hearing to determine whether he's mentally competent. But the wealthy, wily man may just be the one who has his head screwed on right. [More]

Starring: Gary Cooper, Jean Arthur, George Bancroft, Lionel Stander

Starring: Gary Cooper, Jean Arthur, George Bancroft, Lionel Stander, Douglass Dumbrille, Raymond Walburn, Margaret Matzenauer, H.B. Warner, Warren Hymer

Director: Frank Capra

Director: Frank Capra
Producer: Frank Capra Jr.
Composer: Howard Jackson

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Dec 9, 2008

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  • When a small-town idealist (Gary Cooper) goes to New York to collect a twenty million dollar inheritance, he finds romance with wisecracking journalist Jean Arthur, becomes the target of ruthless businessmen and relatives, and finally decides to give his fortune away because it's so much trouble. This milestone film is one of the most charming and best-loved romantic comedies ever made.
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    02/26/09
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    Capra advocates populism and egalitarianism, underlined by values of Christianity. For him, every person is "God's creation" in his/her own right, evert person possesses some talent and should do his/her best with that gift.

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    05/08/05
    Linda Cook
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    A wonderful Capra vehicle; Cooper is superb; Arthur luminous. A comic movie with heart and a point to make. True Capra-corn, and that is not a criticism. A fine example of populist art.

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    03/10/03
    Marjorie Baumgarten
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    Austin Chronicle

    Essential Capra and one of his best. Cooper and Arthur are luminous.

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    02/16/03
    Ken Hanke
    Ken Hanke
    Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

    It's tough enough to film a credible morality play without being laughed out of town. It's altogether mind boggling to do so and provide a grade A romantic comedy to boot.

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    Philip Martin
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    Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

    The tedium of Mr. Deeds Goes to Town outweighs its message of freedom and charity.

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    05/17/02
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    Here is a shamelessly simple story with a populist point of view, but it is handled with such charm and charisma and acted so well by Cooper and Arthur that it became another Frank Capra classic.

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    Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936) is another lighthearted classic Frank Capra screwball romantic-comedy regarding the broader philosophical themes of individual innocence

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