Rotten
A ridiculously redemptive finale negates almost all of the preceding dramatic tension and resurrects a cloying Richard Marx chestnut to boot.
Keith Uhlich, Time Out New York
Good Deeds
Wesley Deeds is about to discover the person he was meant to be.
2012 · 2h 9m · PG-13
Drama, Romance
Directed by
Tyler Perry
Overview
For all his life, wealthy businessman Wesley Deeds has done what's expected of him and has settled into a predictable routine. His scripted life begins to change, however, when he meets Lindsey Wakefield, a struggling single mother who works as a night janitor for his corporation and has just been evicted. He offers to help Lindsey get back on her feet and, though he's already engaged, romantic sparks begin to fly. Suddenly, he finds himself torn between what is expected of him and what he really wants.
Director and cast
- Tyler Perry Director
- Tyler Perry as Glen Deeds
- Phylicia Rashād as Wilimena Deeds
- Thandiwe Newton as Lindsey
- Brian J. White as Walter Deeds
- Gabrielle Union as Natalie
- Eddie Cibrian Cast
- Rebecca Romijn as Heidi
- Ylian Alfaro Snyder as Corporate Employee
- Jordenn Thompson as Ariel
- Ashley LeConte Campbell as Social Worker
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
30%
Tomatometer
Rotten
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.''
Wesley Morris, Boston Globe
Rotten
There aren't a lot of laughs in "Good Deeds," and it could have used more of them.
Bill Goodykoontz, Arizona Republic
Rotten
An otherwise unremarkable pic that takes what feels like a very long time to unwind a drearily predictable storyline.
Joe Leydon, Variety
Rotten
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.
David DeWitt, New York Times
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