Tyler Perry's Good Deeds (2012)
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32% of critics liked it
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78% of users liked it
(58,359 ratings)
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… More 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 get back on her feet, the chance encounter with someone so far outside his usual circle ignites something in Wesley. This one good deed may finally spark his courage to exchange the life that's expected of him for the life he's always really wanted. -- (C) Lionsgate
- Directed By
- Tyler Perry
- Written By
- Tyler Perry
- Genres
- Drama, Romance, Comedy
- In Theaters
- Feb 24, 2012 Wide
- Studio
- Lionsgate Films
Critic Reviews
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Keith Uhlich, Time Out New York
A ridiculously redemptive finale negates almost all of the preceding dramatic tension and resurrects a cloying Richard Marx chestnut to boot.
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Wesley Morris, Boston Globe
Whose 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.''
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Bill Goodykoontz, Arizona Republic
There aren't a lot of laughs in "Good Deeds," and it could have used more of them.
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Joe Leydon, Variety
An otherwise unremarkable pic that takes what feels like a very long time to unwind a drearily predictable storyline.
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David DeWitt, New York Times
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.
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Cast
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Tyler Perry
as Wesley Deeds
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Thandie Newton
as Lindsey, Lindsey Wakefield
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Gabrielle Union
as Natalie
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Eddie Cibrian
as John
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Brian J. White
as Walt Deeds, Walter Deeds
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Jordenn Thompson
as Ariel
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Phylicia Rashad
as Wilimena
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Beverly Johnson
as Brenda, Wilimena
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Rebecca Romijn
as Heidi
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Jamie Kennedy
as Mark Freeze
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Andrew Masset
as Mr. Brunson
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Victoria Loving
as Mrs. Brunson
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Tom Thon
as Milton
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Susan Shalhoub Larkin
as Margaret
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Nevaina
as Teacher
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Jennifer Van Horn
as Principal
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Karenlie Riddering
as Child Care Worker
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Clay Adams
as Security Guard
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Daniel Orellana
as Tow Truck Driver
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Divakar Shukla
as Clerk
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Jessica Stamper
as Woman 1
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Mark E. Swinton
as Shelter Worker 1
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Brenda Porter
as Shelter Worker 2
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Bob Lanoue
as Shelter Worker 3
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Gordon Price
as Homeless Man
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Crystle Stewart
as Secretary
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Ashley LeConte Campbell
as Social Worker
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Brenda Sharman
as Gate Attendant


