Diary of a Mad Black Woman (2005)
16 %
Reviews Counted: 106 Fresh: 17 Rotten:89 Average Rating: 3.8/10
Consensus:
Tyler Perry's successful play can't make the move to the screen; this mix of slapstick, melodrama and spirituality lacks a consistent tone.
Runtime: 1 hr 56 mins
Theatrical Release: Feb 25, 2005 Wide
Box Office: $50,382,128
Synopsis: Filled with a mix of comedy and drama, the film Diary of a Mad Black Woman is based on the immensely popular play of the same name written by Tyler Perry. The story focuses on Helen McCarter (Kimberly Elise), who has seemingly had the perfect life with husband Charles McCarter (Steve Harris).... [More]
Genre: Comedies
Starring: Kimberly Elise, Tyler Perry, Steve Harris, Cicely Tyson, Tamara Taylor
Director: Darren Grant
Screenwriter: Tyler Perry
Producer: Tyler Perry, Reuben Cannon
Composer: Camara Kambon
Screenwriter: Tyler Perry
Producer: Tyler Perry, Reuben Cannon
Composer: Camara Kambon
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08/16/07
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In an extremely strange genre combo, inner city gross out comedy meets evangelical passion play in Diary Of A Mad Black Woman.
03/30/07
What ruins this revenge flick is Madea's boorish, bull in the china store act reminiscent of the sassy black woman stereotype popularized by Sanford and Son's Aunt Esther. Loud and ignorant, Medea tends to trivialize every scene.
02/17/07
A satisfying end, but it takes a lot of work -- and a lot of suspended disbelief -- to get there.
11/01/06
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06/24/06
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05/26/06
This bizarre movie is many things--a celebration of Christian values, a drag act, a drug plunge, a soap opera, a sitcom revenge fantasy.
11/18/05
As a comedy this movie works. As a love story, the movie contains no sparks. The dialogue is stilted and unnatural, which belittles the drama.
09/30/05
This is a film that’s gone way beyond the realm of bad, past disaster. This one’s in the area of all-time grand mistakes.
06/28/05
This movie really touched upon an aspect of black life that we can all identify with. More realistic then all of these ghettofied movies that have been presented as representation of black life previously.
04/27/05
The story begins with a situation so artificial you can’t believe it was ever put down on paper, let alone filmed, then goes on to become even more contrived.
04/23/05
...a passion play with a guy in drag (who could ask for anything more?)...
04/20/05
What works in the theater doesn't always work in the movies. Part of the problem, as mentioned, is with the broadness of the material. But it doesn't help that the script relies way too much on syrupy voiceovers.
04/09/05
Perry's writing is dramaturgy of the most primitive kind, with melodramatic situations, tons of woozy sentiment, and humor which might be described as 'lowbrow,' were that not probably too elevated a term for it.
03/24/05
the film's dramatic components are just as outrageous as its comedic moments
03/20/05
It's never less than watchable, a bizarre hybrid that somehow works as a whole, even though its various components don't mesh.
03/18/05
Top Critic
It's a cheap melodrama that presses all the right sentimental buttons.
03/18/05
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Madea is a way to model a raucous, powerful, but still jokey mad woman-ness for Helen.
03/11/05
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