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Diary of a Mad Black Woman
Attorney Charles and his devoted wife Helen have the American Dream: money, a beautiful mansion, and happiness. But just as Helen prepares to celebrate their 18th wedding anniversary, she discovers that her husband intends to divorce her.
18 February 1971
1967
30 July 1964, Abington, Pennsylvania, USA
15 March 1982, Toronto, Canada
20 April 1961, Los Angeles, California, USA
4 August 1992, Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
9 June 1966, Limestone County, Texas, USA
5 December 1973, Florence, Alabama, USA
January 19, 2012
[Jams] together not two but three separate genres that probably should have remained that way.March 30, 2007
In an extremely strange genre combo, inner city gross out comedy meets evangelical passion play in Diary Of A Mad Black Woman.February 25, 2005
The material comes off as a serious miscalculation in Perry and director Darren Grant's film adaptation.November 01, 2006
A satisfying end, but it takes a lot of work -- and a lot of suspended disbelief -- to get there.November 14, 2013
It is a film full of jagged edges, but one that is sincere and beguiling at its core.February 17, 2007
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.March 18, 2005
It's a cheap melodrama that presses all the right sentimental buttons.December 22, 2010
Syrupy drama -- not much here for kids.February 25, 2005
Stay clear of this mess.February 25, 2005
Perry doesn't have any delusions of artistry, and potentially, at least, that's refreshing. But any points he earns for lack of pretense are immediately gobbled up by his lack of subtlety.March 18, 2005
It's never less than watchable, a bizarre hybrid that somehow works as a whole, even though its various components don't mesh.February 25, 2005
Raucous and overwrought, the movie is still a hoot to watch and even more fun to talk back to.