As in The Wedding Singer, Sandler tries to branch out from coarse, guy-driven guffaws with a semiromantic date flick. But he's still stuck in his jokey-jerk mode as a questionable Everyman whose ...

First, I'll get the obvious joke out of the way: No, Winona Ryder did not steal the new movie she's starring in, "Mr. Deeds." Yes, I know, it's an easy joke, but if you laughed, it's a successful joke ...