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

At the night club, Natalie's friend Mark says he has never met her future husband. After Natalie's friends bring her home, no introductions are made, but as they leave Wesley calls out "Mark, you better not be driving."

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Connections

Featured in The Tonight Show with Jay Leno: Episode #20.88 (2012)

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Soundtracks

"Toader"
Written by Michael J. Stern
Performed by Michael J. Stern

User Reviews

It's About Time

Tyler Perry has finally come out of the closet and has shown us another side of his talents. I knew people wouldn't be happy seeing a positive movie about an African-American male, but I love movies that African-Americans can be proud to see, movies that portray us in a better light.

This movie feels real, and leaves you with a good feeling at the end of it. Hopefully this is a new beginning to a trend of positive, more realistic movies. Red Tails was another one that because of it's positive portrayal of African-American men, winded up getting a poor rating. Minds haven't changed much since the slavery days.

If you like feel good positive movies, go see this one, but if you're stuck on the portrayal of African-American men as week, drug dealing, and always wrong when they speak, this movie isn't for you. Personally, I and my family loved it.

Two thumbs up, all the way up.