Commentators inclined toward grand pronouncements will find in "Mr. Deeds" everything they need to sound off about the withering of Hollywood films in particular and American culture in general from ...
Everett CollectionRaymond Walburn, Gary Cooper in Mr. Deed Goes to Town, 1936. Stars: Gary Cooper, Jean Arthur. Director: Frank Capra Distributor: Columbia Academy Awards: 1, Directing (Capra) “Next ...
DIRECTOR FRANK CAPRA had just swept the 1935 Academy Awards. His groundbreaking screwball comedy, starring Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert, was the first movie to win Oscars for Best Picture, ...
As a remake of Frank Capra's 1936 Depression-era classic, "Mr. Deeds Goes to Town," Adam Sandler's new summer comedy, "Mr. Deeds," is -- perhaps predictably -- pretty much of a disaster. It's a bit ...
Adam Sandler did a very good deed indeed for Sony this weekend, as his “Mr. Deeds” laffer bowed with an estimated $37.6 million atop the weekend box office. But “Hey, Arnold! The Movie” misbehaved for ...
We all know what Adam Sandler movies are like. He plays someone whose life is so outlandish it's almost impossible to believe. But he usually beats some people up and it ends up generally amusing. The ...
It's not just that the movie itself is wicked awful, it's that Mr. Deeds brings out the worst in Adam Sandler. I'm talking about the cornball holy-fool side that infects even his better movies, such ...