No Good Deed

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No Good Deed

PG-13

Released Sep 12, 2014

1h 24m

Mystery & Thriller

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An unsuspecting Atlanta woman (Taraji P. Henson) lets in a charming stranger (Idris Elba) to use her phone and soon believes the adage "no good deed goes unpunished" when he takes over her home and terrorizes her family.

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Critics Consensus

Dull, derivative, and generally uninspired, No Good Deed wastes its stars' talents -- and the audience's time.

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Mark Kermode

Observer (UK)

There's a few table-turning twists that lend a veneer of final-girl sister-power ... but little else to provide big-screen distraction.

Rated: 2/5

Nov 23, 2014

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Geoffrey Macnab

Independent (UK)

It is dismaying to see the brilliant Idris Elba and Sam Miller, his director from TV's Luther, working on low-grade exploitation fare like this.

Rated: 1/5

Nov 21, 2014

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Wendy Ide

Times (UK)

Not content with painting Idris Elba's escaped convict Colin as a thoroughly bad sort, the suspense-free home invasion movie No Good Deed has a score that assaults us with histrionic crashes and bangs.

Rated: 1/5

Nov 21, 2014

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Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

Idris Elba makes everything better, even a hackneyed home-invasion thriller modeled from Cape Fear. But not even Elba nor a talent like that of his co-star Taraji P. Henson can rescue No Good Deed from being a dull, poorly structured bore.

Rated: 1.5/4

Jul 29, 2022

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Debbie Lynn Elias

Behind The Lens

Although there are some continuity issues and plot points that bode disbelief, it doesn't detract from the white-knuckling terror that unfolds.

Rated: 3/5

Dec 14, 2019

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Micheal Compton

Bowling Green Daily News

It's not very easy to watch. Maybe it could be easier to take if the script was better, but this is low-level storytelling with too many head-scratching moments.

Jan 25, 2019

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Joseph M

I can’t believe all these “critics” even the top rated ones are so dense that they can’t tell this show wasn’t a “home invasion THRILLER”… it was a murder-mystery, dark COMEDY. I watched the whole thing in 4 hours because I couldn’t stop. Did it have questionable parts? Sure, but again it wasn’t meant to be dead serious. The ending “twist” was weak but overall i really liked it and thought it was well done. Mainly because I watched it through the right lens, unlike these terrible critics who thought it was a serious THRILLER…. lol

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

12/30/24

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Kimberly P

Entertaining and soo many good actors.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

12/17/24

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Lin N

Suspenseful with great acting. I liked the little twist at the end which made it make more sense. Idris did a GREAT job.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/30/23

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Michael S

Formulaic thriller that's been done better many times before. Twist ending doesn't make up for the rest of the film. Idris Elba is menacing, but his southern accent is shaky.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

11/16/22

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Audience Member

Would have loved if this movie was more suspenseful or if there was more character development. The movie starts off by telling you that the main character is indeed a liar, prompting you not to trust him. The series of events that unfold after, are then quite predictable. There was nothing drawing me into the story, I think they are both great actors but the movie was a disappointment.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

02/06/23

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Audience Member

really nice one! interesting

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/08/23

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Sam Miller

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Idris Elba

Colin

Taraji P. Henson

Terry

Leslie Bibb

Meg

Kate del Castillo

Alexis

Henry Simmons

Jeffrey

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