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17 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 60TheWrapInkoo KangTheWrapInkoo Kang[A] perfectly serviceable thriller.
- 50Entertainment WeeklyEntertainment WeeklyThere's an intriguing premise buried in there that could have resulted in a smart look inside the mind of a malignant narcissist (which, the movie reminds us over and over again, was Jeffrey Dahmer's diagnosis too).
- 40VarietyDennis HarveyVarietyDennis HarveyEnsuing action is tamely PG-13 in terms of graphic violence. Despite competent performances and packaging, dialogue and situations in Aimee Lagos’ script are too routine to create much excitement.
- 38McClatchy-Tribune News ServiceRoger MooreMcClatchy-Tribune News ServiceRoger MooreWould No Good Deed have anything worth talking about without the Ray Rice sucker punch tie-in? Barely.
- 33The A.V. ClubJesse HassengerThe A.V. ClubJesse HassengerBy its end, No Good Deed becomes troublingly easy to read as a parable about the untrustworthiness of black men. The filmmakers may not have intended it that way, but the movie is so bereft of anything else that its forays into moralistic paranoia stick out.
- 30New York Magazine (Vulture)Bilge EbiriNew York Magazine (Vulture)Bilge EbiriIt’s certainly not good. But it’s not entirely dire.
- 30The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckThe Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckElba, who recruited his former Luther director Miller into the project, gives the film more dignity than it deserves, and Henson delivers a performance of complex emotional shadings. But their fine work is utterly wasted in this B-movie exploitation thriller that would barely make for passable viewing on late night cable television.
- 30The DissolveAndrew LapinThe DissolveAndrew LapinTo the film’s mild credit, it’s the rare woman-in-peril thriller where the woman takes intelligent steps to defend herself.
- 25RogerEbert.comPeter SobczynskiRogerEbert.comPeter SobczynskiIn order to keep the flimsy narrative going, both allegedly brilliant characters are forced to act like morons throughout.
- 20The New York TimesBen KenigsbergThe New York TimesBen KenigsbergEven without Mr. Rice in the news, No Good Deed would be damaged goods: an inert “Cape Fear” rehash that can’t seem to choose its favorite contrivance.