Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

1936 "Rocking America with laughter!"
7.8| 1h55m| NR| en
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Longfellow Deeds lives in a small town, leading a small town kind of life. When a relative dies and leaves Deeds a fortune, Longfellow moves to the big city where he becomes an instant target for everyone. Deeds outwits them all until Babe Bennett comes along. When small-town boy meets big-city girl anything can, and does, happen.

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Incannerax What a waste of my time!!!
2hotFeature one of my absolute favorites!
AshUnow This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.
Logan By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.
Nathan Hale Capra does it again. This is my 5th film I've seen from Frank Capra, and without fail he is always successful in making his audience feel so great inside! Mr Deeds Goes to Town is a mixture of Comedy and Drama. There are some very funny scenes in this movie, but some very sad ones too. All the performances are amazing! If you're a fan of Capra, make sure to add this movie to the watchlist!
dfwesley MR.DEEDS leaves you with a warm feeling with its kind hearted story and happy ending. This is quite a contrast to some contemporary movies with their excessive violence, emphasis on sex, and profanity. As they say, they don't make em like this any more.Mr. Deeds fits Gary Cooper to a tee. He is naive, macho, philosophical, whimsical, romantic, country boy,.. all rolled into one. Cooper's expressions are priceless in the court room scene when he is silent for a long time. Jean Arthur gives a worthy performance as the tough reporter who falls for him.Among the supporting cast, Douglass Dumbrille is impressive as Cedar. the two faced attorney. Also Lionel Stander as Deed's opponent who eventually becomes his friend.I suppose viewers, in the midst of the depression, looked upon someone having $20 million dollars as being as realistic as owning Park Place in Monopoly which was also created during this time. Oh, some things have to be overlooked like the outlandish court scene and fact that Deeds gets away with punching people out when he feels like it. But all is forgotten in the end, when he is declared sane and sweeps his love up in his arms.
Kirpianuscus from the entire work, so rich, of Frank Capra, for me, this film defines him in profound manner. because it is a manifesto. about social values, about the clash between perspectives about life and importance of honesty, about profound values who define America. and the best thing is the option for Gary Cooper as mister Deeds, not only for the impeccable explore of the nuances of role but for the status of symbol of the return to the simplicity who gives sense to existence. sure, it is not an original idea. but it is so useful for our time. because the challenges are the same. the same must be the answer. honest to yourself. convinced by the clear border between wrong and right. generous because it could not be other choice. revolutionary because yours mission is to remind the importance of simple gestures who gives sense and joy. a film about a simple man. and his fundamental choices.
hikerhetav I should confess before writing this review. Haven't I seen this movie before, I wouldn't be able to point out most handsome actor in Hollywood ever. Yes, Gary Cooper is one of the most handsome actors I've seen. He delivers his skills with effervescent and attractive face emotions that anyone could fall in love with. Now, the story revolves around some pixilated guy who has so charming skills to talk with people that anyone can easily get attracted to his simplicity, soberness and faithfulness. A guy who's been living in a small town with not much of important aspects ever faced has to move to the town and face modern societal structure and its aftermath. Now, one important message this film tries to share is-"However smart, sharp or deceit a town can be, a person who has everything good in him, everything elegant in him, can never be affected in a bad way until he himself tries to degrade him."Frank Capra has taken so lively, so real, so effective issue in 1930s,that is still applicable to this 21st century. A guy who sounds simple, looks simple does one pixilated thing that looks a psychologically mad thing to others. But in real, that only thing helps him to be brave, neat and adroit to solve one in a million case of deceit against him. That proves that however a bad state is revolving around anyone, if you stay simple, be free from wrongs, you can easily down the impossible against you. Coming to the movie, Gary Cooper is simply super. He has shown how a simple actor can manage a whole movie without any high-class techniques. Jean Arthur is cute as well as compelling. She delivers the most than she is expected of. Worth seeing an actress in a movie which requires a punchy role and also delivers the same without forcing too much. She was just natural into the frames. Director Frank Capra should be praised for bringing out most real issue on the screens to depict the reality of big cities and how easily one can live to the most. As simple as it is, this movie remains one of the most charming and funny movie of 1930's. The courtroom drama is shown well enough and humor is added rightly to make the audience engaged to get the required message in an enchanting way. With few of its flaws in the first half in acting and technical aspects, this remains one of a gem.