Mr. Deeds

About Mr. Deeds

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 piece of the pie.

Mr. Deeds is a 2002 comedy romance film directed by Steven Brill. Its themes are inheritance, billionaire, love letter, and kindness.

Adam Sandler appears as Longfellow Deeds, Winona Ryder as Babe Bennett, John Turturro as Emilio Lopez, and Allen Covert as Marty. It runs 97 minutes and was released in June 2002.

The screenplay is by Tim Herlihy.

Arthur, Ghostbusters II, and Scent of a Woman make useful companions to Mr. Deeds, all filed under new york city. TMDB voters put it at 5.9 out of 10 across 2,610 votes and it carries a PG-13 rating.