No Good Deed
Screen Gems | Release Date: September 12, 2014 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
26
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Generally unfavorable reviews based on 17 Critic Reviews
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10
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
60
TheWrapInkoo KangSep 12, 2014
[A] perfectly serviceable thriller. Read full review
50
Los Angeles TimesGary GoldsteinSep 16, 2014
It’s a little dumb (OK, maybe more than a little), but No Good Deed is an otherwise brisk, efficient thriller that won’t punish audiences who drop in. Read full review
50
Entertainment WeeklyLindsey BahrSep 12, 2014
There'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). Read full review
42
Tampa Bay TimesSteve PersallSep 18, 2014
Everything plays out brutally, and the acting's not bad. But it's unsettling for external reasons beyond its control. Read full review
40
EmpireJames WhiteNov 17, 2014
Elba's reunites with Luther director Sam Miller to lesser effect in a workaday home-invasion thriller. Read full review
40
Time OutDan AdamsSep 19, 2014
Director Sam Miller’s attempt to take us on a thrill ride feels more like a slow train pulling up to the station. Read full review
40
VarietyDennis HarveySep 12, 2014
Ensuing 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. Read full review
38
McClatchy-Tribune News ServiceRoger MooreSep 12, 2014
Would No Good Deed have anything worth talking about without the Ray Rice sucker punch tie-in? Barely. Read full review
33
The A.V. ClubJesse HassengerSep 12, 2014
By 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. Read full review
30
The DissolveAndrew LapinSep 12, 2014
To the film’s mild credit, it’s the rare woman-in-peril thriller where the woman takes intelligent steps to defend herself. Read full review
30
The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckSep 12, 2014
Elba, 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. Read full review
30
New York Magazine (Vulture)Bilge EbiriSep 12, 2014
It’s certainly not good. But it’s not entirely dire. Read full review
25
RogerEbert.comPeter SobczynskiSep 12, 2014
In order to keep the flimsy narrative going, both allegedly brilliant characters are forced to act like morons throughout. Read full review
20
The New York TimesBen KenigsbergSep 12, 2014
Even 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. Read full review
11
Austin ChronicleJosh KupeckiSep 17, 2014
No Good Deed slouches toward its inevitable conclusion much like that rough beast to Bethlehem, falling apart and lacking all conviction. Read full review
0
The PlaylistDrew TaylorSep 14, 2014
Somehow, No Good Deed finds a way to be exploitative and creepy wherever it can. Read full review
0
New York Daily NewsJoe NeumaierSep 12, 2014
No Good Deed is an example of the worst kind of exploitative thriller — and it’s being released during the worst possible week. Read full review
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