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Mr. Deeds

2002

Steven Brill

Adam Sandler, Winona Ryder, John Turturro, Peter Gallagher ...

4.6

9,310

Comedy. Romance When Deeds (Sandler) 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 (Ryder), 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.

	Author	Review
United States	Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"There's no chemistry between Deeds and Babe, but then how could there be, considering that their characters have no existence, except as the puppets in scenes of plot manipulation (…) Rating: ★½ (out of 4)"	NEG
United States	Desson Howe The Washington Post	"A comedy that makes watching paint dry seem hilarious by comparison."	NEG
United States	Peter Travers Rolling Stone	"It's not just that the movie itself is wicked awful, it's that Mr. Deeds brings out the worst in Adam Sandler (…) Rating: ★ (out of 4)"	NEG
United Kingdom	Time Out	"The star and his numbskull cronies piss on Capra's grave with acrid insincerity."	NEG
United States	James Berardinelli ReelViews	"Mr. Deeds is flat, except on those rare occasions when Sandler reverts to form or when John Turturro steals one of many scenes."	NEU
United States	Connie Ogle Miami Herald	"Surprisingly sweet and, dare we say it, old-fashioned."	POS
United Kingdom	Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"A remake so bad it will make your gums bleed. Orphanage fires are funnier (…) Rating: ★ (out of 5)"	NEG
Canada	Rick Groen The Globe and Mail	"A surprisingly funny movie."	POS
United States	Kenneth Turan Los Angeles Times	"What's most interesting about this new film is how lacking it is in any of the things, from humor to emotion to halfway decent acting, we might go to a movie for."	NEG

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