Tyler Perry's Good Deeds (2012)
Average Rating: 5/10
Reviews Counted: 31
Fresh: 10 | Rotten: 21
Tyler Perry's craftmanship as a director continues to improve, but his stories are still the same ol' hoary, pretentious melodramas.
Average Rating: 4/10
Critic Reviews: 11
Fresh: 1 | Rotten: 10
Tyler Perry's craftmanship as a director continues to improve, but his stories are still the same ol' hoary, pretentious melodramas.
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A successful, wealthy businessman, Wesley Deeds (Tyler Perry) has always done what's expected of him, whether it's assuming the helm of his father's company, tolerating his brother's misbehavior at the office or planning to marry his beautiful but restless fiancée, Natalie (Gabrielle Union). But Wesley is jolted out of his predictable routine when he meets Lindsey (Thandie Newton), a down-on-her-luck single mother who works on the cleaning crew in his office building. When he offers to help her
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Cast
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Tyler Perry
Wesley Deeds -
Thandie Newton
Lindsey, Lindsey Wakefi... -
Gabrielle Union
Natalie -
Eddie Cibrian
John -
Brian J. White
Walt Deeds, Walter Deed... -
Jordenn Thompson
Ariel -
Phylicia Rashad
Wilimena -
Beverly Johnson
Brenda, Wilimena -
Rebecca Romijn
Heidi -
Jamie Kennedy
Mark Freeze -
Andrew Masset
Mr. Brunson -
Victoria Loving
Mrs. Brunson -
Tom Thon
Milton -
Susan Shalhoub Larkin
Margaret -
Nevaina
Teacher -
Jennifer Van Horn
Principal -
Karenlie Riddering
Child Care Worker -
Clay Adams
Security Guard -
Daniel Orellana
Tow Truck Driver -
Divakar Shukla
Clerk -
Jessica Stamper
Woman 1 -
Mark E. Swinton
Shelter Worker 1 -
Brenda Porter
Shelter Worker 2 -
Bob Lanoue
Shelter Worker 3 -
Gordon Price
Homeless Man -
Crystle Stewart
Secretary -
Ashley LeConte Campbell
Social Worker -
Brenda Sharman
Gate Attendant
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A ridiculously redemptive finale negates almost all of the preceding dramatic tension and resurrects a cloying Richard Marx chestnut to boot.
Top CriticWhose life, Wesley asks in the movie's narration, is he living? Judging from all the sterile office and apartment space and his mile-long face, I'd say Bruce Willis's in "The Sixth Sense.''
There aren't a lot of laughs in "Good Deeds," and it could have used more of them.
An otherwise unremarkable pic that takes what feels like a very long time to unwind a drearily predictable storyline.
Good Deeds honors goodness, which isn't at all a bad thing, and it's not without moments of genuine feeling. But by the film's end, after watching a seemingly infinite number of dour close-ups of sober self-evaluation, I felt bludgeoned.
Good Deeds, with its Frank Capra-gone-Good Will Hunting title, is lucky to have Thandie Newton, easily the most gifted actress ever to have starred in a Tyler Perry movie.
Another compelling Tyler Perry parable delivering a priceless message about what really matters most.
A few good scenes, a few solid messages...But he's such a dull dramatist and boring actor that the message isn't delivered.
... smoothly entertaining. Eventually, though, Perry is undone by his own deft clichés, and he doesn't know when to stop ...
In terms of Perry's oeuvre it's surprisingly light on the cheesy melodrama.
It's in the upper half of Perry's filmography, at any rate, both in terms of conceptual rigor and execution.
Tyler Perry is no Douglas Sirk.
The melodramatic film has numerous light and comical touches, and the performances are uniformly good. The film's pace, however, has the consistency of molasses.
An entertaining film with Perry in the lead, but the acting honors are stolen by the supporting cast
'Message' movie lacks humor to draw in teens.
Good Deeds has a Hollywood gloss very much in keeping with its San Francisco settings and attractive cast.
[Tyler Perry's Wesley] is Prince Charming for a prospective audience of women who are less enchanted by rippling abs than by kindness and responsibility.
Perry's considerate plotting is deliberate, perhaps even overlong, but with an attuned sense of people's evolving feelings and relationships.
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Audience Reviews for Tyler Perry's Good Deeds
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Not bad or great. It is a script with certain imbalance and some organizational issues. Nevertheless, as a light romance story about a man's desire to chase his dreams, it is a movie that delivers sufficiency and warmth occasionally. It is not a movie that shines, but it remains a simple and interesting story with an attempt to tell a message.
A successful, wealthy businessman, Wesley Deeds Tyler Perry) has always done what's expected of him, whether it's assuming the helm of his father's company, tolerating his brother's misbehavior at the office or planning to marry his beautiful but restless fiancee, Natalie (Gabrielle Union). But Wesley is jolted out of his predictable routine when he meets Lindsey (Thandie Newton), a down-on-her-luck single mother who works as a cleaning person in his office building. Outspoken, impulsive and proud- and also recently evicted- Lindsey struggles to make ends meet for herself and her young daughter. But when Wesley offers to help her get back on her feet, his innocent good deed ignites and unexpected attraction- and suddenly Wesley finds himself caught between the life he thought he wanted and the powerful desires of his heart...
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- Lindsey: I'm not talking to you midget! I'm talking to this ass!
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- Lindsey: You should never apoligize for sayin what you feel.
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- Wesley Deeds: That would make me predictable.
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- Lindsey Wakefield: A lot of times in relationships, people don't say what they feel cos they're afraid of being hurt or let down.
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- Wesley Deeds: I'm moving to Africa.
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- Natalie: I can literally set my watch by Wesley.
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