4.0 out of 5 stars
MR. DEEDS DVD, Oct 24 2002
This review is from: Mr. Deeds (DVD)
AFTER SEEING "MR. DEEDS" THREE TIMES ON THE BIG SCREEN IT WAS APPARENT THAT I WOULD BE PURCHASING THE DVD UPON RELEASE. EVEN AFTER A FORTH VEIWING THE MOVIE WAS STILL FUNNY AND HIGHLY ENTERTAINNG TO ME. SOMETHING THAT IS ALSO FUNNY TO ME IS WHEN I HEAR SOMEONE SAY HOW MUCH THEY LOVE ADAM SANDLER AND HIS MOVIES, YET THEY DON'T LIKE THIS ONE. "MR. DEEDS" IS ONE OF (IF NOT SIMPLY HIS BEST FILM) SO FAR. IN ADDITION TO SANDLER.. A GREAT CAST WAS FORMED. YOU'VE GOT WINONA RYDER IN A DELIGHTFUL PERFORMANCE, JOHN TURTURRO STEALING SCENE AFTER SCENE, PETER GALLAGHER IN A NASTY ROLE AND A HILARIOUS ALLEN COVERT. THE TRUTH OF THE MATTER IS THIS FILM WAS REMADE FROM A FILM THAT WAS MADE IN THE 1930's (MR. DEEDS GOES TO TOWN) DURING THE DEPRESSION ERA. THIS 2002 REMAKE IS EVERYTHING IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN AND MORE. MY THOUGHT IS LETS NOT COMPARE THIS WITH THE 30's CLASSIC. LETS JUST LAUGH AND HAVE A GOOD TIME. ALL IT TAKES IS A SENSE OF HUMOR. DVD FEATURES: WIDESCREEN / 5.1 DOLBY DIGITAL / COMMENTARY / DELETED SCENCES / THREE FEATURETTES / DEEDS GRETTING CARDS (which can be emailed to friends ect.) / DAVE MATTHEWS BAND MUSIC VIDEO / FILMOGRAPHIES / TRAILORS / & MORE
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Great Story Line, Jun 7 2005
This review is from: Mr. Deeds (DVD)
This movie is about Deeds (Adam Sandler) inheriting his uncles billions of dollars. With the money he recives, he goes out and does a whole bunch of stupid stuff and in the end finds out what is really more important than money. I would recommend this movie.
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1.0 out of 5 stars
What the.........!?, Jun 16 2004
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Here's something you don't see everyday: an expectation that a movie will be good based on who stars in it being completely shafted. Actually, I get that feeling quite a bit, but never like this. Adam has been in some great movies (Happy Gilmore, Billy Madison, and, despite what everyone else seems to say about it, I loved Little Nicky). However, this movie is complete garbage, and those responsible for this Godforsaken piece of crap should be burned at the stake. I guess this was supposed to be based on an earlier version of this movie (Mr. Deeds goes to town or whatever), and I hope to God that movie is at least 100X better than this waste of space.
Let me get right to the point. This movie tanked from start to finish. Few movies have accomplished this, but this one does so as if doing so is a no-brainer. What I remember of the beginning is lame and boring, the freaks that Adam hangs around must have some sort of mental retardation (if you've seen the movie, you know I'm not talking about stupidity that is funny, but just plain retardation that sucks), and H-O-L-Y CRAP Winona Rider is in the movie; nuff said! The best part of the moive (and I say best only to emphasize how bad this movie is) is when Rider's character kicks the overweight pizza store manager in the crotch, and she says "What are you kickin there for? I ain't got no b*lls!" Geeeezzzzz.......I couldn't even try to laugh at this nonsense; what was Adam thinking? By the way, Adam is very mellow in this movie (except for a couple of scenes where he beats someone up, but it's not even near funny this time), just like in Waterboy, but without the lousy accent (thank God!). He writes poems for greeting cards for Christ's sake!!! How much more of a loser can you be? I guess he's trying to model himself after Jason Biggs (which is about as low as you can go). Just get me a gun so I can put this movie and myself out of our misery!
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