Mr. Deeds

"Don't let the fancy clothes fool you."

2002 1h 37m EN

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5.9

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22%

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5.8

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★5.9TMDB · 2,618🥫22%Rotten Tomatoes●24Metacritic★5.8IMDB · 163,675

ComedyRomance

Synopsis

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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.

“Don't let the fancy clothes fool you.”

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Cast

Adam Sandler
Longfellow Deeds
Winona Ryder
Babe Bennett
John Turturro
Emilio Lopez
Allen Covert
Marty
Peter Gallagher
Chuck Cedar
Jared Harris
Mac McGrath
Erick Avari
Cecil Anderson
Peter Dante
Murph

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Steven Brill
Writers: Tim Herlihy, Robert Riskin, Clarence Budington Kelland
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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1 / 8

MONEY

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Mid-budget at $50M — the now-extinct middle tier of Hollywood.

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MONEY

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Made its money back 3.4× over at the box office.

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3 / 8

ERA

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Released 24 years ago.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Steven Brill, shot by Peter Lyons Collister. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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5 / 8

CAST

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Original score by Teddy Castellucci. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Jeff Gourson shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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7 / 8

CAST

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Adam Sandler and Winona Ryder and John Turturro carry the top of the cast.

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8 / 8

FACT

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Marketing tagline: "Don't let the fancy clothes fool you.".

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Steven Brill directs. Peter Lyons Collister behind the camera. Teddy Castellucci scores. Jeff Gourson cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Made its budget back several times over at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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Things worth knowing

1Mid-budget at $50M — the now-extinct middle tier of Hollywood.
2Made its money back 3.4× over at the box office.
3Released 24 years ago.
4Directed by Steven Brill, shot by Peter Lyons Collister. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by Teddy Castellucci. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Editor Jeff Gourson shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Adam Sandler and Winona Ryder and John Turturro carry the top of the cast.
8Marketing tagline: "Don't let the fancy clothes fool you.".
9IMDB entry: tt0280590 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
10Classified under 12 themes, including "new york city", "love letter", "new hampshire", "liar".

The technical file

Cinematography: Peter Lyons Collister
Original score: Teddy Castellucci
Editing: Jeff Gourson
Production design: Perry Andelin Blake
Costume design: Ellen Lutter
Makeup / hair: Rob Bottin
Sound: Greg Orloff
Stunt coordinator: Gregg Smrz
Runtime: 97 min · 1h 37m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $50,000,000
Box office: $171,269,565
Return: 343% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): PG-13
IMDB: Mr. Deeds (2002)
Rotten Tomatoes: 22% 🥫 Rotten
Metacritic: 24/100
IMDB rating: 5.8/10 · 163,675 votes
MPAA: PG-13

Awards

5 wins & 9 nominations total

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Kamurai2020-08-14
★ 6/10
Decent 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, behind all the Sandler style humor, but that humor does make it fun, I just wish there was an adjustable setting sometimes. Ultimately anything that isn't funny or charming in this is brief enough that you can overlook it pretty easily.
Andre Gonzales2023-07-19
★ 10/10
I 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.