A few good scenes, a few solid messages...But he's such a dull dramatist and boring actor that the message isn't delivered. full review

Whose life, Wesley asks in the movie's narration, is he living? Judging from all the sterile office and apartment space and his mile-long face, I'd say Bruce Willis's in "The Sixth Sense.'' full review

There aren't a lot of laughs in "Good Deeds," and it could have used more of them. full review

An otherwise unremarkable pic that takes what feels like a very long time to unwind a drearily predictable storyline. full review

Good Deeds honors goodness, which isn't at all a bad thing, and it's not without moments of genuine feeling. But by the film's end, after watching a seemingly infinite number of dour close-ups of sober self-evaluation, I felt bludgeoned. full review

Good Deeds, with its Frank Capra-gone-Good Will Hunting title, is lucky to have Thandie Newton, easily the most gifted actress ever to have starred in a Tyler Perry movie. full review

Every Perry movie has its highs and lows. This time, the highs are a little higher, and the lows not quite so low. full review

Where's Madea when you need her? full review

Good Deeds is more proof that Perry is a crude dramatist. full review

A melodramatic slog riddled with laughable dialogue that wouldn't hold a made-for-TV-movie audience past the first commercial break. full review