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02/26/09
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.... [More]
Starring: Gary Cooper, Jean Arthur, George Bancroft, Lionel Stander
Director: Frank Capra
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Reviews for Mr. Deeds Goes To Town
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Top CriticCapra 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.
01/28/07
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12/06/05
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05/08/05
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.
05/03/04
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02/20/04
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07/20/03
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03/10/03
Essential Capra and one of his best. Cooper and Arthur are luminous.
02/16/03
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.
12/08/02
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11/07/02
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07/31/02
The tedium of Mr. Deeds Goes to Town outweighs its message of freedom and charity.
05/17/02
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.
01/01/00
Top CriticMr. 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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