A sweet-natured small-town guy inherits a controlling stake in a media conglomerate and begins to do business his way.A sweet-natured small-town guy inherits a controlling stake in a media conglomerate and begins to do business his way.A sweet-natured small-town guy inherits a controlling stake in a media conglomerate and begins to do business his way.
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- 5 wins & 9 nominations total
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- TriviaWinona Ryder broke her arm while shooting the scene in which she and Adam Sandler ride bikes down the stairs.
- GoofsPreston Blake is airlifted from the top of Mount Everest--around 29,000 feet--above the maximum altitude possible for most helicopters (the air is too thin). No helicopter was able to reach the top of Mount Everest until 2005.
- Quotes
Babe: [reading a poem Deeds wrote for her] "Hard to breathe/Feels like floating/So full of love my heart's exploding./Mouth is dry/Hand are shaking/My heart is yours for the taking./Acting weird/Not myself/Dancing around like the Keebler elf./Finally time/for this poor schlub/To know how it feels to fall in lub."
Longfellow Deeds: I couldn't find any other words that rhyme with "schlub..."
[Babe pulls Deeds towards her and the two kiss for one long moment]
Babe: Oh, Deeds... oh, I am so sorry...
[breaks into tears and runs away]
Longfellow Deeds: No, don't be... I mean, that was my first kiss too...
- Alternate versionsDVD release contains six deleted scenes and an outtake reel.
- ConnectionsFeatured in HBO First Look: Mr. Deeds (2002)
COMEDY: The comedy in this film is fair. It could be better for a movie labeled "comedy" however it's not enough to ruin the movie. Beside this, there are three or four moments that had me cracking up.
PLOT/SUBSTANCE: This movie's plot is fairly easy to understand and it works well for the movie. The plot is not bad nor great, it's just enough to push the film along and I think it fits great. When writing this category, I ask myself what would you have left if you took out all the comedic moments and characters and yes, I think the plot would hold up. It may not be very interesting, but luckily we have comedy and characters in the final product.
CHARACTERS: Now, this is the real saving grace of this film. For the most part, Deeds himself. He is one of the most lovable characters I've seen on screen in a long time. He is just a genuinely good guy and tbh I wish I could be more like him and I wish there were more people in the world like him. All the other characters really just make him better. It's seeing how they interact with a character as well done and as purely good as deeds on it's own, that really makes this movie worth watching. And Adam Sandler's performance just drives it home. Perfect casting right there. Y'all are some idiots if you don't like this bro like wth?
THEMES: Man, the movie's got heart. I don't know what else to say. The movie has heart all the way through, usually brought to the screen by Deeds, but throughout the movie and his acts, he makes the characters around him better and this is honestly phenomenally fun to watch and it really makes you feel better as a person and look at what is around you and just be grateful.
SEE THIS DAMN MOVIE! I BET YOU WONT REGRET IT!
- landenmeadors
- Jan 3, 2020
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Box office
- Budget
- $50,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $126,293,452
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $37,162,787
- Jun 30, 2002
- Gross worldwide
- $171,269,535
- Runtime1 hour 36 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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