6.7
“Don't let the fancy clothes fool you.”
Mr. Deeds (2002)
June 28, 20021h 37mEN
5.9
2.5K votes
Overview
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.
Director
Steven BrillWhere to Watch
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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$50.0M
Revenue
$171.3M
Production Companies
Columbia PicturesNew Line CinemaHappy Madison ProductionsOut of the Blue... Entertainment
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User Reviews
Kamurai
6.0Decent 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 experimented with some ideas they had in the backlog. The "rags to riches" trope crossed with the "NYC is a cesspool of money corruption" trope is actually inspired. There is a great script in this movie, be…
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Andre Gonzales
10.0I 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.