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| If you know anything about Adam Sandler you will know that he has stereotyped himself into a character whose heart is always in the right place but gets put down by his peers either through his appearance or some sort of mental disability. |
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All through his acting career he has played the guy down the street who no one likes but everyone sympathises with, and who at the end of the day becomes a hero and gets the girl.
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Adam Sandler in Mr Deeds |
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Many things in this movie reminds you about something familiar that you've seen in his other work, including crazy support actors like Rob Schneider with his repetitive line "You can do it", or the dumb delivery guy from Czechoslovakia, and Steve Buscemi, who is in this movie as an in-bred cross-eyed, Crazy Eyes. It also includes a walk in by John McEnroe, who shows some of his nature when he is on the court.The movie is about a radio tycoon who dies in an expedition to Mount Everest and leaves his empire to a distant relative, Longfellow Deeds (Adam Sandler), who lives in the small town of Mandrake Falls, and runs the local pizzeria.
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 Director: Steven Brill
Cast: Adam Sandler, Winona Ryder, Steve Buscemi, Peter Gallagher, Jared Harris
Running time: 96 mins
In this homage to the 1936 Frank Capra classic Mr. Deeds goes to town, Adam Sandler plays Mr. Deeds, a young man from the small town of Mandrake Falls, who inherits controlling interest in a massive media corporation from his deceased uncle. He then starts injecting his small town values into its various businesses. |
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As always, there is an aspiring evil villain who wants take away all the happiness in the world and Deeds, with his small-town values, is there to save the day. Along the way he meets Babe Benson (Winona Ryder), a reporter who will do anything to “make it”, including going undercover as a school nurse and breaking Longfellow's heart. The humour Sandler brings into any of his movies makes them worth seeing. More movie reviews:
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Session 9
Insomnia
Heaven
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
Pellet
Sweetest Thing
Bad Company
Dogtown and the Z-boys
Texas Rangers
Bad Company
Jason X
xXx
Minority Report
Eight Legged Freaks
Lilo & Stitch
The New Guy
The Believer
Resident Evil
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