Cedar Peter Gallagher News Today

At one point during the long ordeal of "Mr. Deeds," it is said of the Adam Sandler character, "He doesnt share our sense of ironic detachment." Is this a private joke by the writer? If theres is one thing Sandlers Mr. Deeds has, its ironic detachment. Like so many Sandler characters, he seems fundamentally insincere, to be aiming for the laugh even at serious moments. Since the 1936 Frank Capra film "Mr. Deeds Goes to Town" was above all sincere, we wonder how this project was chosen; did Adam ...