Mr. Deeds (Widescreen Special Edition) Big Daddy

Buy This Item Mr. Deeds (Widescreen Special Edition) Big Daddy by Columbia Pictures  Available from Amazon  $26.99  on 11-16-2008     <B><I>Mr. Deeds</I></B> Following the flop of <I>Little Nicky</I>, Adam Sandler returned to safe territory in <I>Mr. Deeds</I> and made <I>Nicky</I> look inspired by comparison. A loose remake of Frank Capra's 1936 classic <I>Mr. Deeds Goes to Town</I>, this dumbed-down version finds Sandler in the Gary Cooper role, inheriting a vast fortune and a corporate empire, foiling a greedy executive (Peter Gallagher), and winning the heart of an undercover reporter (Winona Ryder) who's been mocking his small-town naiveté in print while falling for his goodhearted sincerity. It's fun enough to satisfy Sandler's loyal fans--and John Turturro's a hoot as Deeds's foot-fetishist butler--but the subtleties of Capra are lost on Sandler, director Steven Brill, and writer Tim Herlihy. While Gary Cooper portrayed a rube who was savvy about big-city cynicism, Sandler's an amiable goofball with a heart of gold and an empty skull. You can admire him, and parts of the movie (including Steve Buscemi's unbilled cameo), but you have to work harder to get there. <I>--Jeff Shannon</I><p> <B><I>Big Daddy</I></B> Gosh--kids. You gotta love 'em, right? Well, not necessarily--particularly if you're Adam Sandler. But <I>Big Daddy</I> is about paternal devotion in its own oblique way. Sandler plays Sonny Koufax, a law-school grad who has been milking an accident settlement to cover his living expenses, while he continues to slack his way through life. But when his girlfriend threatens to dump him, he decides to show her he's serious about their relationship and pretends to adopt a little boy (in fact, his roommate's son from a one-night stand several years earlier, who shows up on their doorstep just after the roommate leaves town on a job). But after taking care of the tyke for a couple of days, Sonny finds that it's a little like feeding that stray dog that followed you home: Before you know it, you've grown attached to the little fella--and then what are you going to do? By turns crude and maudlin, <I>Big Daddy</I> has its share of laughs and will certainly entertain fans who like Adam Sandler best when he plays the case of arrested development with a smart-aleck retort for everything. <I>--Marshall Fine</I> Reader Reviews these two i think were the worst of adam sandler besides little nicky Mr. deeds was entertaining but he does not spend any of the money he gets to the end so dissapointing big daddy was alright but he could of taught the kid to be a lot worst and it would have been funnier

Mr. Deeds (Widescreen Special Edition) Big Daddy Available from Amazon Price: $26.99 Updated on 11-16-2008.

SPONSORED LINKS