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Actors: Adam Sandler, Wynona Ryder
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Mr. Deeds |
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Adam Sandler puts a humorous spin on Jimmy Stewart's character from the classic movie Mr. Deeds Goes to Town. After his grandfather dies, Mr. Deeds, then a small-town pizza delivery man, inherits the $40 billion fortune. Suddenly, he finds himself living the life of the rich. He quits his job, moves to New York, buys a mansion and meets a nice girl. He even hires a butler and runs his grandfather's pizza empire! While Sandler lacks Stewart's class, he more than makes up for it with wit and outlandish antics.
--Teddy, Resident Scholar
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When Longfellow Deeds is asked to come to New York for a business trip he is unsure. He is supposively the only living relative of Preston Blake, a rich business owner who died leaving Deeds (Adam Sandler) 40 billion dollars. When he falls in love with a lying reporter (Wynona Ryder) he gets hurt and made fun of.
--Justin Tread, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Mr. Deeds |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Comedy, primarily
Yes
Time/era of movie:
- present (2000-2010)
Kind of comedy
- rags to riches
How much humor v. drama
- Nearly all humor
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- small businessman
- simply wealthy
Age:
- 20's-30's
Eccentric:
Yes
- eccentric
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
- brunette (Black)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (man) average
Events of movie makes character more...
- sensitive
- sad
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor?
- Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn wavey
Body type
- (woman) ample bosom & buttocks
Unclothed?
- very tight clothes
How much in movie?
- 40%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
- Female
Age:
- 20's-30's
- 40's-50's
Profession/status:
- business executive
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 80%
- 90%-100%
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
- brunette (Black)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn wavey
Body type
- (man) average
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Strong but gentle sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
- Very much smarter than other characters
Physique
- healthy but a geeky weakling
Setting
City?
Yes
City:
- New York
- dirty, grimy (like New York)
- dangerous
- rude people
Small town?
Yes
Small town people:
- hostile, like Gomer Pyle on steroids
- nice, like Andy/Opie/Aunt Bee
- dumb Rednecks, like Gomer Pyle
Misc setting
- fancy mansion
- resort/hotel
- bar
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- no torture/death
Movie makes you feel...
- full of laughter
Any profanity?
- Some foul language
If this is a kid's movie...
- Ages 10-15
Is this movie based on a
- play
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