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Diary of a Mad Black Woman
Just when Helen and her husband would celebrate their 18th wedding anniversary she is going to be faced with a dilemma that is soar to the heart.
4 August 1992, Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
23 April 1949, Hazlehurst, Mississippi, USA
1967
5 December 1973, Florence, Alabama, USA
20 April 1961, Los Angeles, California, USA
8 September 1955, Rochester, New York, USA
November 01, 2006
A satisfying end, but it takes a lot of work -- and a lot of suspended disbelief -- to get there.
February 25, 2005
The material comes off as a serious miscalculation in Perry and director Darren Grant's film adaptation.
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.
January 19, 2012
[Jams] together not two but three separate genres that probably should have remained that way.
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.
December 22, 2010
Syrupy drama -- not much here for kids.
February 25, 2005
Stay clear of this mess.
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
Raucous and overwrought, the movie is still a hoot to watch and even more fun to talk back to.
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.
November 14, 2013
It is a film full of jagged edges, but one that is sincere and beguiling at its core.
March 18, 2005
It's a cheap melodrama that presses all the right sentimental buttons.
