Wesley's journey of self discovery is filled with valuable life lessons about honoring your parents but still following your own dreams, loving your brother enough to tell him when he's acting in a self-destructive manner, seeing past a person's income or job to who they are and how they make you feel, and being generous not just with money but also with time and kindness.
Wesley is the perfect gentleman, even when he's choosing to opt out of his life of business and luxury for world travel and adventure. Walter, however, is outrageously angry and violent, always seething with uncontrolled rage.
Lindsey does the best she can given her Job-like circumstances. Brothers come to blows, and one ends up on the floor whimpering. A man in a homeless shelter tries to attack Lindsey and her daughter. A mother slaps her son. Walter is perpetually bitter, angry, and hostile. He has to be held back from lashing out at several characters. A few mentions of "making love," a couple of kisses, and one non-explicit love scene. A character is shown in the shower head and shoulders , and another is briefly seen in her bra and panties.
Several uses of words including "ass," "s--t," "damn," "hell," "bitch," "crap," "oh my God," and "goddamn," plus insults such as "ho," "white trash," and more. Adults drink in social situations, and in two scenes, characters are shown getting or already drunk.
A mother questions why her adult son is drinking so early in the day, and he snipes back that she should be glad it's not a mountain of cocaine.
Parents need to know that as with any Tyler Perry movie, Good Deeds explores themes of family, class, and what it means to follow your dreams. There's some sexuality a few kisses, one brief love scene that focuses on the couple's faces and strong language "s--t," "ass," "bitch," etc. Violence is limited to a skirmish between two brothers one is left whimpering on the floor and one near-attack in a homeless shelter. Perry's films tend to focus on grander messages about the nature of a happy and fulfilled life, and this one is no exception.
Add your rating See all 4 parent reviews. Add your rating See all 2 kid reviews. Wesley Deeds Tyler Perry seems to have a perfect life. He's the CEO of his family's software business, lives in a swanky San Francisco apartment, drives a Porsche, and is engaged to a gorgeous woman Gabrielle Union from a just-as-posh family. But Wesley is just going through the motions to please his overbearing patrician mother Phylicia Rashad and overcompensate for his angry troublemaker of a little brother Brian White when he meets Lindsey Thandiwe Newton , a down-and-out single mother who happens to be the night janitor in his building.
As the two strike an unlikely bond, Wesley realizes everything that he's been missing in life by doing what others expect of him. Perry is such a powerful Hollywood player that he seems able to churn out anything and make a profit. In GOOD DEEDS, he creates yet another "message film" about what it means to have it all but want more not in the material sense, but in the spiritual, life-affirming way Perry specializes in.
He once again surrounds himself with a cast of fine actors, but there's something missing in this movie -- humor. For a filmmaker who started out as a comedian and who's best known for his character in drag Madea , Perry's "dramedies" are heaving on the drama and low on the comedy. The main problem is that Perry himself, despite his imposing height and size, isn't an actor of gravitas.
As his compact on-screen brother, White possesses more of the screen albeit in role that's a bit of a caricature than the 6-foot-5 billionaire does.
And as for the romantic subplots, Perry has zero chemistry with either Union or Newton, making any stilted declarations of love whether physical or verbal awkward and uninteresting. Wesley is just too bland to be a believable leading man, and his story so predictable that the audience knows exactly what will happen the moment Perry and Newton first meet-cute.
Families can talk about Good Deeds ' messages about family and fulfillment. Wesley's life seemed perfect, but he wasn't happy -- why? Teens: How can you balance honoring your parents and following your dreams? Those familiar with Perry's other films can talk about the enduring popularity of his movies. Which do you enjoy more -- his dramas or his comedies, and why?
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Tyler Perry's Good Deeds. Message movie lacks humor to draw in teens. PG minutes. Rate movie. Watch or buy. Based on 4 reviews. Based on 2 reviews. Get it now Searching for streaming and purchasing options Common Sense is a nonprofit organization. Sign In. Play trailer Comedy Drama Romance. Director Tyler Perry. Tyler Perry screenplay. Top credits Director Tyler Perry.
See more at IMDbPro. Trailer TV Spot. Clip Good Deeds. Photos Top cast Edit. Gabrielle Union Natalie as Natalie. Eddie Cibrian John as John. Jordenn Thompson Ariel as Ariel. Phylicia Rashad Wilimena as Wilimena. Beverly Johnson Brenda as Brenda. Rebecca Romijn Heidi as Heidi. Andrew Masset Mr. Brunson as Mr. Brunson as Andrew Hyatt Masset.
Victoria Loving Mrs. Brunson as Mrs. Tom Thon Milton as Milton. Susan Shalhoub Larkin Margaret as Margaret. Jennifer Van Horn Principal as Principal. Tyler Perry. More like this. Watch options. Storyline Edit. Rated PG for sexual content, language, some violence and thematic material. Did you know Edit. November - this is their first movie together.
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