Rotten
The star and his numbskull cronies piss on Capra's grave with acrid insincerity.
Derek Adams, Time Out
Mr. Deeds
Don't let the fancy clothes fool you.
2002 · 1h 36m · PG-13
Comedy, Romance
Directed by
Steven Brill
Overview
When Longfellow Deeds, a small-town pizzeria owner and poet, inherits $40 billion from his deceased uncle, he quickly begins rolling in a different kind of dough. Moving to the big city, Deeds finds himself besieged by opportunists all gunning for their piece of the pie. Babe, a television tabloid reporter, poses as an innocent small-town girl to do an exposé on Deeds.
Director and cast
- Steven Brill Director
- Adam Sandler as Longfellow Deeds
- Winona Ryder as Babe Bennett
- John Turturro as Emilio Lopez
- Allen Covert as Marty
- Peter Gallagher as Chuck Cedar
- Jared Harris as Mac McGrath
- Erick Avari as Cecil Anderson
- Peter Dante as Murph
- Conchata Ferrell as Jan
- Harve Presnell as Preston Blake
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
22%
Tomatometer
Rotten
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.
Hazel-Dawn Dumpert, L.A. Weekly
Rotten
Let's cut to the consumer-advice bottom line: Stay home.
Michael Atkinson, Village Voice
Rotten
It's not just that the movie itself is wicked awful, it's that Mr. Deeds brings out the worst in Adam Sandler.
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
Rotten
There's nothing funny about this.
Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper
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