Mr. Deeds

Theatrical - Wide 2002-06-28

Cast Adam Sandler Winona Ryder John Turturro Allen Covert Peter Gallagher
Directed by Steven Brill
Written by Tim Herlihy

Box Office Gross: $171,269,565

Running Time: 97 minutes

Language: English

Production Company: Columbia Pictures, New Line Cinema, Happy Madison Productions, Out of the Blue... Entertainment

Genres: Comedy Romance

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5/10

Synopsis

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... See more piece of the pie. Babe, a television tabloid reporter, poses as an innocent small-town girl to do an exposé on Deeds.

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Review Date: Director: Steven Brill Writer: Tim Herlihy Producers: Jack Giarraputo, Sidney Ganis Actors: Adam Sandler as Longfellow Deeds, Winona Ryder as Pam Dawson, John Turturro as Emilio Plot: A small-town schlep with a kind heart and decent morals falls...

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Review Date: Director: Steven Brill Writer: Tim Herlihy Producers: Jack Giarraputo, Sidney Ganis Actors: Adam Sandler as Longfellow Deeds, Winona Ryder as Pam Dawson, John Turturro as Emilio Plot: A small-town schlep with a kind heart and decent morals falls...

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