Adam Sandler's 2002 rom-com Mr. Deeds, also starring Winona Ryder, Peter Gallagher, and John Turturro, is the comedy icon's most rewatchable movie.

Frank Capra's social comedy, Mr Deeds Goes to Town, was made in 1936, with America still deep in Depression, and the emollient laughter it generated was Hollywood's way of putting a protective ...