Sandler makes hilarious return

Mr Deeds (Adam Sandler) is a happy young man living a quiet little life in a quiet little town. Then he inherits $40 billion from a great uncle he’s never met. He heads to New York to claim his new-found fortune and to sell his great uncle’s company to its CEO. He soon discovers that life in the Big Apple is very different from Mandrake Falls.

While Adam Sandler’s characters are often created from the same mould, the plot and characters here are far better here than in previous efforts. John Turturro’s performance as Mr Deed’s servant Emilio is hilarious, and his transformation to a comic role is surprisingly good. He’s been in a lot of films, but this is the first time he’s ever played a comedic character before.