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Great Story Line, Jun 7 2005
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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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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It's not what you got in the bank....., May 26 2004
Adam Sandler in another formula feel-good romantic comedy. As a simple guy in a New England Hicks-Town, Sandler is loved all the towns-folk for his cheerful disposition and his magical way of always wanting to help people out. When he is snatched away from his little piece of Paradise to accept a 40 billion dollar inheritance from a media tycoon in NYC, a snowball-effect of events starts to roll.Vaguely similar to Steve Martin's "The Jerk", but sadly quite predictable and far fetched. Many side-gags for pop-culture buffs are included. The best one's are a take on "Mr. French" and references to the Sunday Funny Papers. The frequent "appearing/disappearing act" of the butler character at first is spooky, but works well with the surprise at the end. The final scene (I won't give it away) is a cute way of showing how much Deeds wants to help out the little people. Some of the "cut scenes" are hilarious, although some (like the pizza delivery) are a bit risque. Otherwise, this is safe bet for all ages. A very pleasant film.****
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Ratings Comparisons, May 24 2004
The original Mr. Deeds Goes to Town was given a three and a half out of four star rating on cable, but this version was only given one star.This of course does not surprise me.
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I cant get into this one, May 6 2004
I usualy like Adam Sandlers movies, but with this one i just couldnt get into it. It just came off to me as a re-written, (in a diffrent way) version of Sandlers earlier movies. I didnt think this movie was very funny at all, and it was the same thing I have seen Adam play for years, a guy who has a heart of gold, yet this voilent side to him aswell, who finds a girl, struggles to get, then keep the girl, and then do somthing nice and get the girl in the end....sorry, i know alot of people here are saying this is a good movie.... but i feel i've seen it before! and was a bit too predictable IMO... apart from GOING OVERBOARD, this is about the only Adam Sandler flick i couldnt grasp.
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This is another good movie by Sandler, April 15 2004
He does a good job as a guy who falls in love with a girl and also enherits a zillion dollars from dead guy and he gets to spending this was entertainment with some great cameos for you
Story 7 Acting 8 Directing 8 Action 8 Entertainment 9
Overall=40/50 wich is exactly 4 Stars recommended to you.
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Fun!, Mar 27 2004
One of Frank Capra's best-loved stories gets a modernized and wildly slapstick reinterpretation in this romantic comedy starring Adam Sandler. When Preston Blake (Harve Presnell), a remarkably wealthy media magnate, dies with neither a wife nor children, the question on the lips of most of his associates is who will inherit the estate. The surprising answer turns out to be Longfellow Deeds (Adam Sandler), a cheerful but half-bright proprietor of a small-town pizzeria, as well as part-time greeting card poet, who was a distant relative of Blake. In order to claim his 40-billion-dollar inheritance, Deeds heads to New York City, where Blake's former associates, Chuck Cedar (Peter Gallagher) and Cecil Anderson (Erick Avari), introduce him to the city while trying to figure out how to get their hands on his new fortune. Meanwhile, Mac McGrath (Jared Harris), the producer of a sleazy tabloid television show, wants to get the inside scoop on Deeds, and comes up with perfect way to get it: he sends beautiful but unscrupulous reporter Babe Bennett (Winona Ryder) to sweep Deeds off his feet while she's wired for sound. Convincing Deeds that she's from a small town just like himself, Bennett quickly wins his heart, but while his affection is sincere, hers is not. He also displays a curious eagerness to defend her good name with his fists which quickly gets him in trouble. Meanwhile, as Deeds becomes the new laughing stock of New York thanks to Bennett's stories, Deeds decides it's time he did something big with his money, while Cedar and Anderson think they've finally found a way to take control of Deeds' holdings. Mr. Deeds also features supporting performances from John Turturro, Steve Buscemi, and Conchata Ferrell. John McEnroe and Rev. Al Sharpton make cameo appearances as themselves.
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Another good Adam Sandler movie, Feb 19 2004
If you like Adam Sandler, you will like this movie.
If you don't like Adam Sandler, then you will not like this movie.I like Sandler.
This movie was funny, and if analyzed correctly, quite meaningful.
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Harmless, predicatable fun, Jan 24 2004
You know the premise if you have been near a movie theater or television set or video rental store in the past two months. I begin to worry when the slew of advertisements becomes a tidal wave of "everybody's going to see it so why don't you." But I was surprised - it was not a total flop and was even funny at times. What is so wretching is its utter predictability. Joe Schmo inherits 40 billion dollars. Naturally he is a country bumpkin, though (thankfully) not the usual stupid Southern hick but a good old boy from up North. And of course he moves to the ultra-big mansion replete with English-style furniture, butler and an evil guy who wants him out. Enter cute gal journalist (apparently one of the two jobs that exist in the world of cinema) who wants a big story about the local yokel but - you guessed it - falls in love. Through a series of totally unrealistic but totally unsurprising events the good guys win in the end. We've all seen it, heard it, read about it before and yet it still attracts us.
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SANDLER MIGHT BE ALRIGHT AGAIN, Jan 13 2004
BASED ON THE 1936 FILM ''MR. DEEDS GOES TO TOWN'', THIS MOVIE IS MUCH FUNNIER THAN I EVER EXPECTED IT TO BE. A PIZZA STORE OWNER [ADAM SANDLER] INHERITS MILLIONS OF DOLLARS WHEN HIS DAD DIES AND HE HEADS TO NEW YORK. HAS JUST ENOUGH FUNNY MOMENTS FROM ADAM SANDLER TO MAKE THIS AN OK MOVIE. IT'S ACTUALLY BETTER THAN MOST OF THE ADAM SANDLER MOVIES THAT PRECEEDED THIS. REV. AL SHARPTON MAKES AN APPEARANCE.
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