Diary of a Mad Black Woman
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 Diary of a Mad Black Woman film poster |
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| Directed by | Darren Grant |
| Produced by | Tyler Perry |
| Written by | Tyler Perry |
| Starring | Kimberly Elise Steve Harris Shemar Moore Cicely Tyson and Tyler Perry |
| Distributed by | Lions Gate Films |
| Release date(s) | February 25, 2005 (USA) |
| Running time | 116 min. |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $5,500,000 US dollars |
| Followed by | Madea's Family Reunion (2006) |
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Diary of a Mad Black Woman is a film adaptation written by Tyler Perry, which was inspired by the play of the same name. The movie stars Kimberly Elise, Shemar Moore, Cicely Tyson, Steve Harris, and Perry himself. Directed by Darren Grant, the film was released in the US on February 25, 2005.
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[edit] Plot Synopsis
Helen McCarter has everything a woman wants: a nice house and rich husband. However her husband Charles throws her out of the house after admitting to an affair. A distraught Helen turns to her mother, grandmother Madea and cousin Brian who take her in and turn back to God. Helen learns for the first time in her life to stand up on her own two feet and is ready to remove herself from her relationship with Charles and move on with Orlando. But when her husband is almost killed by a vengeful client, Helen wonders if she has the heart to forgive him despite everything.
[edit] Detailed Plot
The movie starts at a banquet for Charles who is a prominent Atlanta lawyer. As he accepts his award he thanks his lovely wife Helen of eighteen years for supporting him. As they arrive home he throws her out of the car while letting it be known that he hates her. In the morning she goes to his office and asks to see him because she brought him some lunch and suddenly she sees him with another woman named Brenda. He tells her to go home. Back home she discovers all her clothes being loaded into a U-Haul. She goes inside to ask the maid what is going on and the maid tells her that Charles ordered her to pack up Helen’s things and to put these things in their place. Helen, thinking that the new dresses are hers puts on one and waits for Charles to come home and thank him. Little does she know that Charles is kicking her out and moving in his mistress, Brenda. Helen has nowhere to go except to her grandmother Madea's house who answers the door with her gun locked and loaded. The next morning Madea and Helen go to Charles' house and tear it up. Charles and Brenda come home to their surprise and Madea nearly shoots Charles but instead cuts everything in half with a chainsaw claiming that half of everything belongs to Helen. They end up in court with Helen being released on bond and Madea being placed on house arrest. Madea has a house party where Brian introduces Helen to his friend Orlando. Helen and Orlando have already met since Orlando was hired by Charles to pack and move Helen. Madea makes Helen find a job so that she can learn to be independent. The cousin Brian is introduced and he has a wife Debra who is a drug addict and no longer lives with him or their two kids. It is revealed that Charles received his money through drug deals, and by buying off judges, when one of the people he helped forces him to be his lawyer.The client ends up shooting him because he couldn't get him acquitted. In the meantime love develops between Orlando and Helen and soon Orlando proposes to Helen. But when she finds out Charles is hurt she leaves and goes to the hospital without saying yes or no. At the hospital the doctor tells Helen, Brian, and the mistress that Charles might be paralyzed or worse. The doctor asks them what to do if something should go wrong. The mistress tells him to let Charles die but since Helen is still legally his wife she tells him to do everything he can to save Charles. Charles is paralyzed and so Helen lets him know exactly what she thinks of how he treated her. She lets him sit in the same spot for days and then later comes in and tells him that he stinks. She gives him a bath by throwning in to the tub and he nearly drowns. During these incidents she lectures him and later Charles tells Helen how much he loves her and wants to be with her. The next Sunday they are in church and Charles and Debra walk down the aisle to accept Jesus into their heart. Afterwards, the family gathers to celebrate and have lunch. At lunch Helen tells Charles that she loves him and that they will always be friends and then hands him the divorce papers signed. Helen runs out the door and Madea asks Helen where she is going and Helen says "I am going to get MY MAN!" She goes to find Orlando at work and there she professes her love for him and the two kiss and Orlando screams “Hey everyone, This Woman wants to MARRY ME!”
[edit] Trivia
- Mablean Ephriam, presiding judge of TV's Divorce Court, made a brief cameo appearance in the film as the judge who places Madea on house arrest.
- The sequel, Madea's Family Reunion was released in February 24, 2006, almost exactly one year after the first film. And Tyler Perry's new movie, Daddy's Little Girls, came out on February 14, 2007, almost one year after the previous one.
- Both Kimberly Elise and Shemar Moore each now co-star in different CBS dramas. (Elise in Close to Home (TV series), and Moore in Criminal Minds).
[edit] Quotes
- Madea (Typing on a printing calculator) Let's see, you've been cooking, cleanting, havin' sex with him when he wanted, was it good?
- Helen: ...No
- Madea: Major deduction.
- Helen: And I didn't tell you that he hit me.
- Madea: Whoo hoo! (Typing furiously on the calculator) Girl, that man owe you 64 billion, 283 million, 974 trillion, 5 thousand, and 20 dollars and 82 cents.
- Madea: You can get 'da money two ways, from his checking account voluntarily, or his insurance policy by involuntary manslaughter. What's it gonna be?
- Brenda: I know tae kwon do.
- Madea: And I know Whoop Yo' Ass!
- Brenda: I'm calling the police.
- Madea: I ain't scared of no po-po, call the po-po, ho! Call the po-po, ho!
- Brenda: (Seeing Madea in her closet) Who are you?!
- Madea: Who you?
- Brenda: I'm the owner of this house!
- Madea: (Buzzes) Wrong answer! My granddaughter Helen is the owner of this house! You da ho! You ain't got no power or no deed!
- Brenda: (Picks up discard clothes) Did you do this? This is Vera Wang!
- Madea: Who dat is? She do nails? I need to get my nails did.
[edit] Box Office
- Budget: $5.5 million
- Total U.S. Gross: $50.6 million
[edit] External links
- Official site
- Diary of a Mad Black Woman at the Internet Movie Database
- Diary of a Mad Black Woman at Yahoo! Movies
- Box Office Prophets
| The Tyler Perry Corporation |
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| Plays: I Know I've Been Changed | Diary of a Mad Black Woman | I Can Do Bad All By Myself | Madea's Family Reunion | Madea's Class Reunion | Why Did I Get Married? | Meet the Browns | Madea Goes to Jail | What's Done in the Dark |
| Movies: Diary of a Mad Black Woman | Madea's Family Reunion | Daddy's Little Girls |
| See also: Mabel "Madea" Simmons | Characters in Tyler Perry Plays | Tyler Perry's House of Payne | Lions Gate Entertainment |
