Adam Sandler (“Happy Gilmore”, “Pixels”) stars in “Mr. Deeds”, a remake of 1936’s “Mr. Deeds Goes To Town”. I have not yet seen the original so I cannot compare the two but I can safely assert that this 2002 remake is a bad movie. It’s boring and completely unengaging.

After a billionaire businessman freezes to death while climbing Everest, the search is on to find his heir. Longfellow Deeds (Sandler) is a guy from a small town that gets brought to New York after inheriting a vast fortune. Babe Bennett (Winona Ryder “Beetlejuice”, “Edward Scissorhands”) is a reporter looking for a juicy story so she befriends Deeds by lying about who she is. However, she finds herself falling in love with Deeds.

Sandler tries to play this super nice guy that everybody loves yet I just found him to be nauseating. He also still beats people senselessly. Sandler has almost made the savage beatings his trademark and it is still unfunny. We’re meant to find the Deeds character likeable but I wanted to throw up every time that he was onscreen. Winona Ryder is actually really good and likeable here as the ditsy girl. It’s a shame that she is not the focus of the movie. John Turturro (“The Big Lebowski”) is awful here as a butler with a foot fetish. I mean, who writes this stuff? Tennis player John McEnroe has a cameo and so does Al Sharpton.

“Mr. Deeds” is almost painful to sit through at times. Ryder is the only one here that brings any joy. This is clearly intended to be a light-hearted romp that’ll leave you feeling warm and fuzzy but I just thought it was another mess from Sandler. 90% of the gags are rubbish and the story is not interesting. We’ve seen countless movies about unconventional rich guys such as “Brewster’s Millions” and “Arthur” so this one brings nothing worthwhile to the table.