Mr Deeds (2002)
5/10
Starring
Adam Sandler
Winona Ryder
Peter Gallagher
Jared Harris
Directed by Steven Brill
Back then, seeing
this, I had no idea that this was a remake of the classic Frank Capra movie
from 1936, Mr. Deeds Goes to Town. I haven’t seen the classic this movie is
based on, but I can bet it holds more water than this. I guess back then,
Sandler must have believed that violence was fun to depict on screen. Because
Deeds (Adam Sandler) was a gentleman who seemed to get violent with people who
either treated him wrong or just treated others he liked wrong. How this was an
amiable character for the lovable Deeds we were supposed to be rooting for goes
over my head.
I am giving this
movie a 5/10 because of the nostalgia from the times in my life when nothing
much mattered, and I wish I could be so myopic a believer in the world’s
goodness once again.
The movie is not
bad—it still managed to hold my interest, even though the story needed work.
Also, the acting looked dull at times, and the movie seemed like something
everyone got into because they believed it would be fun. You can see it in
their acting and the way the characters were exaggerated that the people
involved seemed to be having fun making this movie. It looked like that, and I
hope that’s how it was.
The movie starts
with a man trying to conquer a mountain. He died doing so, and it turns out he
is worth over $40 billion, and he had no children or a wife. His company did
some investigation and found a distant relative of his living in a remote
village in New Hampshire, Longfellow Deeds. Deeds was approached and given the
news that he was going to be rich. He was also convinced to sell his shares in
the company and just live out his life with his money.
Deeds travels to New
York in style and has to wait for some days for the paperwork to be done.
Somewhere else in New York, there is a lady named Babe (Winona Ryder) who wants
to make it big as a reporter. The news studio has been stalking Deeds and heard
how he wanted to be a hero to a damsel in distress. So, Babe faked a basic
damsel-in-distress situation, got Deeds’ attention, and he fell for her beauty.
Elsewhere, the paperwork is being drawn up to get him to sell his shares, while
Babe was able to get footage on Deeds, which was used to smear him.
How everything
turned out for Deeds and Babe in the end is for you to see when you take a shot
at this movie, even though I do not recommend you do.
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