Diary of a Mad Black Woman Movie Review 2005

The critics spoke and the intended audience ignored every disparaging comment to make this soap opera a success. After an 18-year marriage, Helen (beautiful Elise) gets tossed out of her Atlanta mansion by nasty hubby Charles (Harris) for his longtime mistress, Brenda (Marcos). Weepy Helen flees to the home of her feisty grandmamma Madea (Perry in outrageous drag) and then learns to get her own back. She even finds a blue-collar prince in handsome, loving Orlando (Moore). Yep, it's a life-affirming, over-the-top fairytale with faith as the cornerstone. Perry plays two other roles as well as adapting the script from his play.

Distribution

CinemaNow, 4553 Glencoe Ave., Ste. 200, Marina Del Rey, CA 90292, URL: http://www.cinemanow.com, Remarks: Formerly known as Lions Gate Home Entertainment

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 116 minutes.
Originally from United States.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Comedy Drama, African America, Divorce, Marriage, Grandparents, Atlanta, Adultery, Adapted from a Play

Screenplay

Tyler Perry

Cast

Kimberly Elise, Steve Harris, Shemar Moore, Tamara Taylor, Cicely Tyson, Lisa Marcos, Tiffany Evans, Tyler Perry

Cinematography

David Claessen

Director

Darren Grant

Music

Tyler Perry, Elvin D. Ross

Other

Jim Hawkins, Terilyn Shropshire, Keith Lewis, Ina Mayhew

Producer

Reuben Cannon, Diary of a Woman, Lions Gate Films