MR. DEEDS (2002)

A lot of Adam Sandler characters are written to be nice guys but are accidentally jerks in disguise. In MR. DEEDS, he has to play the epitetome of niceness, so the mean-spirited actions stand out more than usual. At one point, the title character punches a angry guy because he swears in front of a woman. I know that he's supposed to be old-fashioned, but come on. I thought this was the 21st Century. Later, that guy's dad whips his son with a belt as punishment. The joke is that an old man is punishing an adult as if he was child. That only works when it's a punishment that would be justified if the characters were an adult and a child. Winona Ryder plays an arrogant and deceitful woman who poses as a sweet woman. Since she's only convincing as a sweet woman, does it count as miscasting? Peter Gallagher, Allen Covert, Erick Avari and Steve Buscemi steal the show. So does John Turturro, despite playing a stereotype. Although the humour style doesn't fit the story (which is more or less the same as in the original version (the scene where DEEDS finds out that his relationship was a lie works better (on a dramatic level) in this remake)), the comedy does work at times



4/10

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