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- Genre : Drama, Romance
- Release Date : February 24, 2012
- MPAA Rating : PG-13
- Duration : 111 minute(s)
- Production Budget : -
- Studio : Lionsgate Films
- Official Site : http://www.gooddeedsmovie.com/
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we get things like establishing shots and coverage and a cohesive look that tend to be absent in his earlier efforts
by Alonso Duralde [The Wrap ]
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we get almost everything we expect from his films, except for this: It's boring
by Bill Goodykoontz [Arizona Republic ]
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way too much talk about sacrifice and self-improvement
by Stephen Cole [Globe and Mail ]
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there is no faith-based message, but the moral is obvious: persistence pays off
by Elizabeth Weitzman [New York Daily News ]
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the potential exists in Good Deeds for a thoughtful examination of class divisions within the African-American community
by Thomas Leupp [Hollywood.com ]
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the film doesn't coherently explore this theme
Review rate : C
by Sam Adams [AV Club ]
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sadly, that tone is funereal, and it's always a beat out of step with the rhythms of both real life and most movies
by Wesley Morris [Boston Globe ]
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relentlessly unsurprising in its plotting and borderline comical in its melodramatic flourishes
by Joe Leydon [Variety ]
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much cut-rate melodrama ensues, none of it particularly painful to watch
by Keith Uhlich [Time Out New York ]
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melodramatic slog riddled with laughable dialogue that wouldn't hold a made-for-TV-movie audience past the first commercial break
by Linda Barnard [Toronto Star ]
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it's no less savvy an entertainment
by Alison Willmore [Movieline ]
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it lacks even the token Perry touch of comic relie
Review rate : B-
by Owen Gleiberman [Entertainment Weekly ]
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graciously, this is but a speed bump in the structured but organically textured narrative landscape
by Rob Humanick [Slant Magazine ]
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flat movie in which he's hitting his "women as victims" theme a bit more lightly
by Roger Moore [San Jose Mercury News ]
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as usual in Perry's films, the characters are strictly one-dimensional- at least, until they're not
by Frank Scheck [Hollywood Reporter ]