Theater Release:
February 25, 2005
DVD Release:
June 28, 2005
Genre:
Comedy, Drama
MPAA Rating:
PG-13 for drug content, thematic elements, crude sexual references and some violence.
Main Cast:
Kimberly Elise, Steve Harris, Tyler Perry, Shemar Moore, Lisa Marcos, Tamara Taylor, Cicely Tyson
Director:
Darren Grant
Producer:
Tyler Perry, Reuben Cannon
Screenwriter:
Tyler Perry
Studio:
Lions Gate Films
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Diary of a Mad Black Woman |
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 The movie Diary of a Mad Black Woman, both comedy and drama, is based on the Tyler Perry play of the same name. The story focuses on Helen McCarter (Kimberly Elise), who, in the beginning, seems to have the perfect life with her husband Charles McCarter (Steve Harris). Helen, always a faithful and loving wife, and Charles, a successful Atlanta attourney, are trendy, wealthy, and live the life of luxury, swimming pool and tennis cour included. Helen’s perfect world begins to crumble when, on the eve of their 18th wedding anniversary, Charles announces that he wants a divorce and abruptly tosses Helen out of the mansion to replace her with another woman.
With all of her possessions packed in a moving van, Helen starts on her journey to put the pieces of her life back together. Through the assistance of her friends, family, faith, and a twist of fate, Helen finds the strength and empowerment she needs to get control of her circumstances. She also finds that the tragic events of her life soon become comic, especially with the guidance and help-- mostly unsolicited, by the way--of her pot-smoking, gun-toting, and much beloved, grandmother figure Madea (Tyler Perry).
Director Darren Grant attempts to brings Tyler Perry’s vision to the screen by mixing both drama and comedy to explain the universal experience of broken hearts, redemption, forgiveness, recovery, new found love, inner strength and the importance of family and faith as revealed through a cast of colorful and sometimes familiar characters.
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