No good deed goes unpunished.
The Story:
Businessmen Wesley Deeds (Tyler Perry) is going through the motions of his life. He is engaged to Natalie (Gabrielle Union) but there doesn't appear to be any love from either party. Then one day Wesley meets Thandie (Lindsey Wakefield) and tries to help her, but her mouth insists on writing checks her body can't cash. Naturally, her sass and life problems tug at Wesley's heartstrings, and the audience as well, and we all melt as the two fall in love and live happily ever after.
Vomit.
Dear Tyler Perry, please don't retire Medea just yet. I much prefer those movies to this one.
Not that there is inherently anything wrong with this movie, but it just rubbed me wrong from the opening and never let go.
Truth be told, I didn't even want to watch it, but had to compromise because I was watching all kinds of good movies, and my wife hated all of those.
:)
So you see exactly how this movie is going to unfold, and that's fine. Clichés exist for a reason. Sometimes we like to get from Point A to Point B without taking a scenic tour of Hoboken to get there.
But...
When your love interest is sooo unlikeable...
I mean, it takes her over 2/3rds of the film before she starts to even be remotely nice. At all.
Whether the sparks are flying or not, here's a guy going out of his way to be nice to you, and all you come back with is venom and spite. That's what's wrong with the world today, and why more people don't want to help their fellow man.
Whoops, where did this soapbox come from?!
This is a movie, not real life.
Thank goodness.
I still don't like her.
And the grade for the movie suffers because of it.
Available to stream instantly on Netflix as of this writing.
Final Grade: C
Rewatchability/Purchase Factor: Sorry, no can do.
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