Good Deeds (2012)

Businessman Wesley Deeds is jolted out of his scripted life when he meets Lindsey, a single mother who works on the cleaning crew in his office building.

Director:

Tyler Perry

Writer:

Tyler Perry (screenplay)

Stars:

Tyler Perry, Thandie Newton, Gabrielle Union

5 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Tyler Perry	...	Wesley Deeds
Thandie Newton	...	Lindsey Wakefield
Gabrielle Union	...	Natalie
Eddie Cibrian	...	John
Brian White	...	Walter Deeds
Jordenn Thompson	...	Ariel
Phylicia Rashad	...	Wilimena
Beverly Johnson	...	Brenda
Rebecca Romijn	...	Heidi
Jamie Kennedy	...	Mark Freeze
Andrew Masset	...	Mr. Brunson (as Andrew Hyatt Masset)
Victoria Loving	...	Mrs. Brunson
Tom Thon	...	Milton
Susan Shalhoub Larkin	...	Margaret
Nevaina Graves Rhodes	...	Teacher (as Nevaina)

Storyline

Businessman Wesley Deeds is jolted out of his scripted life when he meets Lindsey, a single mother who works on the cleaning crew in his office building.

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Plot Keywords:

pun in title | two word title | word play in title | character name in title

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Taglines:

Wesley Deeds is About to Discover the Person He Was Meant to Be.

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama | Romance

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for sexual content, language, some violence and thematic material

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

24 February 2012 (USA)

Also Known As:

Tyler Perry's Good Deeds

Filming Locations:

Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Box Office

Opening Weekend:

$15,583,924 (USA) (24 February 2012)

Gross:

$35,010,192 (USA) (11 May 2012)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Tyler Perry Studios, Lionsgate

Technical Specs

Runtime:

110 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital Datasat SDDS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Eddie Cibrian, Gabrielle Union and Brian White all starred in the dropped ABC pilot Football Wives in 2007.

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Goofs

When Wesley and Lindsey are riding the motorcycle, you can see a reflection of a truck in the mirror.

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Connections

Referenced in Conan: Die Hard 5: Let's Not Die Quite So Hard, I've Got Chronic Back Pain (2012)

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Soundtracks

"Can You Feel It?"
Written by Kim Owens
Performed by Kem

User Reviews

Tyler Perry's Good Deeds was a nice surprise concerning his usual output of movies

I have now seen some Tyler Perry movies that weren't good (like Madea's Big Happy Family) and some that were (his adaptation of For Colored Girls... was the best so far). This one was better than expected since he doesn't play that stereotypical mammy-type character that I just mentioned nor does he put any obvious comedy scenes that makes one groan like in that first movie I just wrote about. In fact, the only character I thought was truly one-dimensional was that of his no-good-brother played by Brian White who has no business being part of their father's company but because he's family...Anyway, Perry plays perhaps the most caring of businessmen one would expect to be depicted in modern cinema as he discovers a female janitor played by Thandie Newton who's on welfare because of some personal troubles. Oh, and Perry's engaged to Gabrielle Union and has a mother played by Phylicia Rashad who's a little uptight though she also knows where she's been. In summation, Good Deeds was a nice surprise for me concerning Mr. Perry's output and on that note, I recommend it.