Mr. Deeds

2002 97 min ★ 5.9 Comedy, Romance

When Longfellow Deeds, a small-town pizzeria owner and poet, inherits $40 billion from his deceased uncle, he quickly begins rolling in a different kind of dough. Moving to the big city, Deeds finds himself besieged by opportunists all gunning for their piece of the pie. Babe, a television tabloid reporter, poses as an innocent small-town girl to do an exposé on Deeds.

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Cast

Adam Sandler

Longfellow Deeds

Winona Ryder

Babe Bennett

John Turturro

Emilio Lopez

Allen Covert

Marty

Peter Gallagher

Chuck Cedar

Jared Harris

Mac McGrath

Erick Avari

Cecil Anderson

Peter Dante

Murph

Conchata Ferrell

Jan

Harve Presnell

Preston Blake

Details

Director

Steven Brill

Screenplay

Tim Herlihy

Tagline

"Don't let the fancy clothes fool you."

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Budget

$50,000,000

Revenue

$171,269,565

Production

Columbia Pictures, New Line Cinema, Happy Madison Productions, Out of the Blue... Entertainment

Reviews

K

Kamurai

August 14, 2020

★ 6/10

Decent watch, could watch again, and can recommend. This has all the hallmarks, and cast, of most typical Happy Madison productions, but with a lot of money involved, both in the characters and the production value. I think this is the movie where John McEnroe started getting involved. The character work in this is either drastically good or drastically bad, and they definitely experimente...

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Andre Gonzales

July 19, 2023

★ 10/10

I love Adam Sandler movies. This one is another favorite. A hick guy finds out he just inherited millions. Very funny movie, sneaky sneaky sir! Never underestimate the sneakiness.