Description
Longfellow Deeds Adam Sandler is content to run his pizzeria in
the cozy New Hampshire hamlet of Mandrake Falls. His only further
desire is to someday see one of his corny rhymes printed in a
greeting card. Deeds is awarded much more when he inherits the $40
billion empire of a media tycoon, a distant relative. He is lured
to New York City by unscrupulous partners of the deceased where he
is preyed upon by greedy stockholders. He also makes ample fodder
for tabloid journalists, notably reporter Babe Bennett Winona
Ryder who poses as a school nurse from Iowa to win Deed's heart
and expose him as an idiot to her viewership. Against her will and
her own sleazy principles, Babe falls for the charming naivety of
Deeds, whose fortune is in jeopardy. Adam Sandler's man-child
persona stands in for Gary Cooper in this remake of the 1936 MR.
DEEDS GOES TO TOWN. Sandler and longtime collaborator Tim Herlihy
have molded the Frank Capra romantic comedy into a perfect vehicle
for its star and a love letter to New York City. Jared Harris as a
tabloid TV host and John Turturro as an omnipresent Spanish butler
shine in supporting roles.
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