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Warner Bros. Pictures
details
Studio: Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group
Studio: New Line Cinema
Release Date: Jun 28, 2002
Running Time: 96 mins. (V)
Country Of Origin: United States
synopsis
When Deeds inherits controlling interest in a media corporation from his deceased uncle, he's quickly besieged by opportunists gunning for their piece of the pie. When Babe, a television tabloid reporter posing as an innocent smalltown girl, is sent to do an expose on Deeds, she instead feels herself falling in love.
cast + crew
Director
Longfellow Deeds
Babe Bennett
Chuck Cedar
Mac McGrath
Emilio
Jan
Crazy Eyes
Marty
Murph
Cecil Anderson
Screenplay
From Story
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Producer
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Executive Producer
Executive Producer
Associate Producer
reviews
June 28, 2002
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 as Billy Madison, Happy Gilmore and The Wedding Singer. Sandler, screenwriter Tim Herlihy and director Steven Brill haven't just remade the 1936 Frank Capra classic, Mr. Deeds Goes to Town, about a New England bumpkin who inherits a fortune -- they have reduced its comic truth to trite jokes and…
Director Steven Brill, who also directed Sandler in Little Nicky, delivers a relatively flat and uninspiring New York City: in the scene where Babe and her coworker fake a mugging, for example, the street appears deserted rather than bustling. To make matters worse, the bland visuals are littered with clichéd fish-out-of-water situations, including Deeds' fascination with the huge apartment's acoustics and its vast housekeeping staff. The most disturbing aspect of the film is that after…
October 22, 2002
The sappy-soppy worst of Adam Sandler, redeemed by the just-out Punch-Drunk Love. PETER TRAVERS
(October 31, 2002) |
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