Review of Mr. Deeds (2002) by Jordan K — 18 Jan 2015

One of the first big signs that Adam Sandler's movies were turning into awful sellout bullcrap. Sandler gives an incredibly half assed performance as a bland yet "heroic" character, attempts to deliver a message it can't give well - Mr. Deeds is awful in every aspect.

A small town pizzeria owner, Longfellow Deeds, learns he is the nephew of a wealthy investor and president of a international company and inherits his money and the rights to become the owner. However, business doesn't show up so much when Deeds is legitimately stalked by a celebrity gossip show's crew, falling in love with one of their reporters posing to be a kind nurse.

Ugh, is this bad. Sandler isn't even funny in this, neither is really anyone. Sandler's character is basically just a clumsy but kind schmuck, and every cliche in the book is here, including the constant message that money isn't everything being shoved in the viewers' faces. Characters are bland as always in a Sandler flick made after 1999. Story is actually a remake of a 1936 film that seems to be a lot better, if only it weren't tampered with to become a goofball pile of giving the rich and savvy what's theirs...kinda.