4.1
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Mr. Deeds (2002)
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Viewer Rating
Rating: 4.1
Overview
When Longfellow Deeds, a small-town pizzeria owner and poet, inherits $40 billion from his deceased uncle, he quickly begins rolling in a different kind of dough. Moving to the big city, Deeds finds himself besieged by opportunists all gunning for their piece of the pie. Babe, a television tabloid reporter, poses as an innocent small-town girl to do an exposé on Deeds.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Bias Dimensions
Political: Center
Diversity: Low
Christianity: Positive
Overview
When Longfellow Deeds, a small-town pizzeria owner and poet, inherits $40 billion from his deceased uncle, he quickly begins rolling in a different kind of dough. Moving to the big city, Deeds finds himself besieged by opportunists all gunning for their piece of the pie. Babe, a television tabloid reporter, poses as an innocent small-town girl to do an exposé on Deeds.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Primary
The film critiques corporate greed and elite cynicism, but its solution champions individual moral rectitude, traditional values, and personal charity rather than advocating for systemic change or specific political ideologies, resulting in a neutral stance.
The movie features a predominantly traditional cast without explicit race or gender swaps of established roles. Its narrative positively frames traditional identities and values, with no central focus on diversity, equity, or inclusion themes.
Secondary
The film implicitly portrays values often associated with Christianity, such as kindness, generosity, and community spirit, through the protagonist and his hometown. These virtues are presented as admirable and ultimately triumph over greed and cynicism.
Mr. Deeds does not feature any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes. The narrative focuses on heterosexual romance and comedic situations without engaging with queer identity in any capacity, leading to a determination of N/A.
Mr. Deeds does not feature any identifiable transsexual characters or themes. The film's plot centers on a small-town man's inheritance and romantic entanglements, without engaging with transgender identity or experiences in any capacity.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
The 2002 film "Mr. Deeds" is a remake of the 1936 film "Mr. Deeds Goes to Town." A review of the main characters in both versions reveals no instances where a character's established gender from the original source material was changed in the 2002 adaptation.
The 2002 film "Mr. Deeds" is a remake of the 1936 film "Mr. Deeds Goes to Town." All major and legacy characters, including Longfellow Deeds and Babe Bennett, are portrayed by actors of the same race as their established counterparts in the original film. No character canonically established as one race is depicted as a different race.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
5.8
5.9
Critic Ratings
2.2
2.4
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