Directed by: Steven Brill
Starring: Adam Sandler, Winona Ryder, Peter
Gallagher, and John Turturro
Longfellow
Deeds (Adam Sandler) runs a pizza place in New Hampshire. He’s just an ordinary guy living a less than
ordinary life. His life becomes
extraordinary when he discovers that his recently deceased uncle Preston Blake
(Harve Presnell) has left him a media empire worth $40 billion. At the direction of Chuck Cedar (Peter
Gallagher), a businessman who worked with his uncle, Deeds must remain in New
York City for several days to cash out on his uncle’s stock in Blake Media. Unfortunately for the company, they weren’t
ready for the fun that a small-town pizza guy from New Hampshire would bring. Meanwhile, reporter Babe Bennett (Winona
Ryder) is tasked with digging up dirt on the new billionaire, but she lets
business mix with pleasure. I admit that
the movie has a crazy plot and that, like any Adam Sandler film, it has some
silly antics at times. Nonetheless, Mr. Deeds is a guilty pleasure that you’ll
enjoy from start to finish. It’s a fun
film with a heart.
