Film200296 min

Mr. Deeds

Name: Mr. Deeds
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Released: 2002
Duration: 96 min
Cast: Adam Sandler, Winona Ryder, John Turturro, Allen Covert, Peter Gallagher

Taste attributes: comedyromancewholesomelightsimplelinearglossyemotive & stirringlove conquers all

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"Small town kid, big time right hook."

Boxlist takeExpect a light, simple romantic comedy, glossy rather than gritty. Best if you like plain sailing over puzzles.

Taste details

Pace: balanced · Originality: balanced · Tone: balanced · Weight: very light · Realism: balanced · Story: very simple · Structure: linear · Look: glossy · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score

Quality rating

5.8 /10

TMDB · 1,698 votes

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What lines up

Setting / scale: Balanced setting / scale, just how this profile likes it
Emotional punch: Emotive / stirring, just how this profile likes it
Linearity: Linear / logical, just how this profile likes it

What might not click

Intricacy: Basic story, where this profile leans smart / intricate
Weightiness: Light / accessible, where this profile leans weighty / heavy

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Synopsis

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.

Synopsis: TMDB