Synopsis
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.
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Cast
- Tyler PerryWesley Deeds
- Thandiwe NewtonLindsey
- Gabrielle UnionNatalie
- Brian J. WhiteWalter Deeds
- Phylicia RashādWilimena Deeds
- Eddie CibrianJohn Foster
- Rebecca RomijnHeidi Foster
- Ylian Alfaro SnyderCorporate Employee
- Jordenn ThompsonAriel
- Ashley LeConte CampbellSocial Worker
Recommendations
- 67
Entertainment Weekly
Perry holds back on the finger-wagging, eye-bulging tantrums. There were moments when I was grateful for that. There were others, like the kissy scenes between Perry and Newton, when I began to miss them. - 50
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
What the film needs more than anything is Perry's alter ego, Medea – a rampaging bowling ball who might knock all these stiff, upright characters spinning. - 50
The Hollywood Reporter
This soapy effort about a prosperous businessman having a midlife crisis finds Perry working in the heavily melodramatic mode that marks his weakest efforts. - 50
The A.V. Club
As Wesley Deeds - get it? - Perry is stripped of Madea's fat suit and fright wig, but his performance is so muted, he might as well be swaddled in cloth. - 50
Variety
Good Deeds is relentlessly unsurprising in its plotting and borderline comical in its melodramatic flourishes. - 50
New York Magazine (Vulture)
Watching the impossibly dry and somnambulant Good Deeds, you actually miss that crazy side of Perry. It's sort of ironic: Here's a film about a guy who's being false to his true self, and you realize the director might be doing the same. - 40
New York Daily News
This film - like all the Madea-free dramas - could use more humor. Still, every Perry movie has its highs and lows. This time, the highs are a little higher, and the lows not quite so low. There is no faith-based message, but the moral is obvious: persistence pays off. - 40
Arizona Republic
Newton's character is the only one we really become invested in. At least that's something. But Good Deeds leaves you wanting much more.
