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Blake left behind a fortune - $40 billion (US) - to his only
surviving relative, one Longfellow Deeds - who runs a pizza
joint in Mandrake Falls.
As you'd expect there are the usual hick-comes-to-the-city
comedy lines although Sandler's Deeds is not your dumb yokel.
Okay, he's not sophisticated but he has a worldly-wise easiness
and can land a mean punch with either hand.
One person who doesn't like the new guy is the CEO of the
Blake Empire, Chuck Cedar (Peter Gallagher), who wants the
country boy out of the way as fast as he can. And he wants
him to stay out of trouble until he can get his hands on Deeds'
$40b worth of shares.
Another is TV host Mac McGrath (Jared Harris), an Australian-sounding
personality who wants to dig the dirt on the new boy in town
and so sends Babe Bennett (Winona Ryder) to secretly film
him.
We'll say no more other than Mr Deeds is an eminently
watcheable and amusing little yarn. It won't stretch you to
any degree, it'll just wash you on down the creek in a gentle
fashion.
Two must-see performances come from John Turturro as the
butler Emilio, who has a foot fetish and is very sneaky. He
is just a crack-up and looks to be having the time of his
life. The other is Steve Buscemi who plays the character Mad
Eyes - sort of a US version of Marty Feldman - and he, too,
is just delightful.
The video transfer and sound are both very good.
Conclusion: Movie 75% Extras: 65%
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