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Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936) Rank 4 Reviews
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Film Threat, Hollywood's Indie Voice
Jean Arthur was Frank Capra's secret weapon. Gary Cooper and Jimmy Stewart had all the bravado moves, but Arthur was the key to convincing the audience that these wholesome, ordinary men of truth and soul were not only not worth mocking by the cruelly ...read the complete Mr. Deeds Goes to Town movie review at Film Threat, Hollywood's Indie Voice
TV Guide Entertainment Network, Movie Guide
Forget Adam Sandler's coarse and insincere remake: This is the real deal. It's a shamelessly simple story, but it's handled with such charm and acted so well by Gary Cooper and Jean Arthur that it stands as another Frank Capra classic. ...read the complete Mr. Deeds Goes to Town movie review at TV Guide Entertainment Network, Movie Guide
TV Guide's Movie Guide (--)
Here is a shamelessly simple story with a populist point of view, but it is handled with such charm and charisma and acted so well by Cooper and Arthur that it became another Frank Capra classic. ...read the complete Mr. Deeds Goes to Town movie review at TV Guide's Movie Guide (--)
filmcritic.com (Christopher Null)
Frank Capra's story of a simple man who inherits vast wealth has become a commonly-copied tale, but the tedium of Mr. Deeds Goes to Town outweighs its message of freedom and charity. Gary Cooper is dry as dust (despite being "eccentric" -- he pl ...read the complete Mr. Deeds Goes to Town movie review at filmcritic.com (Christopher Null)
Parent Previews
Full of the "corn" Capra films are famous for, the movie builds to a courtroom showdown where the common man takes on society sophistication. In spite of Mr. Deeds' propensity to produce poor prose and throw punches (he could use a few pointers ...read the complete Mr. Deeds Goes to Town movie review at Parent Previews
DVD Talk (Chris Hughes)
'Mr. Deeds Goes to Town' is an American classic that holds up today as well as it did sixty-five years ago. It's certainly one of the cornerstones of any classic film fan's library but this DVD leaves much to be desired. Even given the meager ancillary ...read the complete Mr. Deeds Goes to Town movie review at DVD Talk (Chris Hughes)
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