But "Mr. Deeds" is all gooey marshmallow center with no firm, cakey outside. It offers some good actors and some genial comic riffs of the pointless-nonsense variety.

The first is John Tuturro, who plays Mr. Deeds' bizarre butler. He has some genuinely funny moments and seems to be what Jesus from The Big Lebowski would be like if he were a butler. The other is ...

Mr. Deeds 2002, PG-13, 96 min. Directed by Steven Brill. Starring Adam Sandler, Winona Ryder, Peter Gallagher, Jared Harris, John Turturro, Erick Avari, Conchata ...

Mr. Deeds is intermittently very funny, mainly thanks to the supporting cast - including The Adam Sandler Travelling Repertory Company stalwarts Buscemi (whose "I love the Beach Boys" line is a ...

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 ...