Mr. Deeds ... is definitely one of the sweetest comedies I have ever seen ....
It can definitely be called a family movie if you do not consider 1 instance .. in which a man soaping his bum has been properly shown .
Mr Deeds is a classic and perfect remake of the previous 1936 Frank Capra movie.
Preston Blake, a rich millionaire , the owner of Blake media , becomes a human popsicle after conquering the mount everest unfortunately leaving no will. Since he didn’t have any family his heir (the only living relative) was traced down to a small town no one had heard of ..... Mandrake falls .... the lucky guy being Longfellow Deeds.
Longfellow played brilliantly by Adam Sandler was a small town simpleton .. good at heart ... helping ...caring ... and owned a pizza place .. ’’Deed’s Pizza’’ .
Due to his nature the whole town loved him. He used to write cards but hallmark always eluded him.
He is brought to the new york city and the whole town is after him... trying to get a scoop by somehow duping the simpleton. The rival media to Blake media had a reporter Babe Benett (Winona Ryder) who tries to get close to him for a media scoop and gradually ends up falling in love with the simple good hearted guy with a right foot so badly subjected to frost bite in his childhood that he had no feeling left in it.
But later he gets to know of all the treachery and donates his share to the ’Negro College Fund’ and leaves for his hometown only to find out that his uncle’s company would be broken and all 50, 000 employees would be thrown out.
This also features some really funny performances by tennis’ very own bad boy John Mackenroe... like the instance when Deeds and Johnnie boy throw eggs at moving cars .. and a lot more.
Another hilarious character was ’Crazy eyes’ played by Steve Buscemi ... he had his eyeballs facing different directions ..who was first shown in jail for biting the mailman.. because he thought he was casting a spell on him .. he however figured out that the postman could be waving at him as well.
Who can forget the sneaky butler played by John Turturro .. he could appear out of anywhere and disappear from anywhere ... kind of reminding me of Batman. When he saw Deeds’ right foot he said that the hediousness of that foot would haunt him forever.
To find out how he manages to save his uncle’s company and how his love wins him back.... check out this hilarious new and improved Mr. Deeds.