Mr. Deeds (2002)
After the ballsy, audience-alienating sheer weirdness of Little Nicky, it seemed more or less inevitable that Adam Sandler would retreat to his time-tested winning-slob formula. I guess it was also inevitable that the resulting film would be safe, predictable and boring (right down to the Buscemi cameo). Praise be to John Turturro, who manages to milk a lot of laughs out of his limited screen time. And the fire scene was at least odd enough to hold my attention. But really... this is just so bland.
Grade: C-
After the ballsy, audience-alienating sheer weirdness of Little Nicky, it seemed more or less inevitable that Adam Sandler would retreat to his time-tested winning-slob formula. I guess it was also inevitable that the resulting film would be safe, predictable and boring (right down to the Buscemi cameo). Praise be to John Turturro, who manages to milk a lot of laughs out of his limited screen time. And the fire scene was at least odd enough to hold my attention. But really... this is just so bland.
Grade: C-
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