Mr. Deeds is one of the worst films of 2002 , the plot is quite interesting , although not unique, and the cast is good, Adam Sandler ( I think a good actor ) is well up the rest of the cast are average performances weak , I did not find this funny movie , has well ridiculous moments , the soundtrack is weak , the script is weak, the very superficial dialogues , the direction is right away , Adam Sandler 's character is the Deeds is very forced and dull , your romantic home can be even worse, unfortunately Adam Sandler rarely choose good movies , most are weak, and all are very similar , all his films have to have a romantic couple , Mr. Deeds is one of the worst movies I have ever seen , and also perhaps the worst film filmography of Sandler (which is not a bad actor). Note 1.1

Mr. Deeds is very similar to many other Adam Sandler films. The film follows a basic and predictable formula. Many of the comedian's reliable standards are in effect: abuse of old folks, crude humor, a Rob Schneider appearance, and mentally deficient sidekicks. Some of the stuff works, but there's not much room for originality. This movie even perpetuates Sandler's trend of playing guys who are unexpectedly good at dishing out beatings. Many have considered Mr. Deeds to be one of Adam Sandler's more underrated films, and in several ways it is. However the film is typical but entertaining in some areas. It is a decent comedy, and the humor is what one would expect from a Sandler film.

Mr. Deeds (2002): Dir: Steven Brill / Cast: Adam Sandler, Winona Ryder, Peter Gallagher, Jon Turturro, Allen Covert: Supposedly based on Mr. Deeds Goes to Town but Adam Sandler hardly fills Gary Cooper's shoes, and director Steven Brill is no Frank Capra either. Sandler plays Longfellow Deeds who inherits forty million dollars. Winona Ryder plays a struggling reporter sent to embarrass him while Peter Gallagher plays a tycoon trying to manipulate him into signing away the company. Lame story with Sandler basically playing the same obnoxious moron he is known to play. He starts out here as a pizza delivery guy before settling in a mansion. Then he is involved in lame subplots, one involving a lady in a burning house who will not leave until Deeds throws all of her cats out the window. Director Brill previously cast Sandler in the equally dreadful Little Nicky. Ryder as the biggest disappointment. It isn't difficult to predict her change of heart and unwillingness to sabotage Deeds. Gallagher is wasted as a rather standard villain. Jon Turturro has the one funny performance as a butler with a foot fetish. He appears periodically but becomes the one good plot turn. Allen Covert also appears as a reporter with more forced humour heaped upon juvenile material. Deeds orders him to beat his frost-bitten foot with a fireplace poker. The same should be done to the film. Score: 3 ½ / 10

Apparently Adam Sandler dedicated this remake of the 1936 classic to his late grandmother. Now I can admire that, really I can, especially when the 1936 classic was her favourite film. But someone needs to tell Sandler that good intentions don't always make a good film. The ambition is there, but the film just isn't that great, not as pointless or as awful as the remakes to Psycho or the Wicker Man(which was unintentionally hilarious) I admit but sorry this wasn't good. There are one or two good things, such as the soundtrack, striking scenery and John Tuturro's turn as the Spanish butler. However, the script is cloying and lacking in wit, the direction is uninspired and the story is too saccharine and simplistic. Then in terms of acting, Adam Sandler gives one of his more unlikeable performances(I liked him in The Wedding Singer, 50 First Dates and Spanglish though found him irritating here and in Click) and Winona Ryder while she looks lovely forgets her acting lessons. Overall, has its good points but it isn't great. 4/10 Bethany Cox