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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0031398178439
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
Label: Lions Gate
Manufacturer: Lions Gate
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Lions Gate
Region Code: 1
Release Date: June 28, 2005
Running Time: 120 minutes
Sales Rank: 8350
Studio: Lions Gate
Theatrical Release Date: 1999
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Amazon.com:
The moment the six-foot-tall, chain-smoking, gun-toting grandmother Madea walks on stage, it's clear that her creator, Tyler Perry, is a man who knows and appreciates his audience. Perry is the writer/director/star of the surprise hit Diary of a Mad Black Woman; like that movie, the stage play I Can Do Bad All By Myself mixes melodrama, gospel music, and freewheeling improvisational comedy--all the more loose and rambunctious because it was recorded live. In I Can Do Bad All By Myself, Madea's two granddaughters grapple with man trouble: One sister is now engaged to the other's husband, while the other resists the attentions of an ex-con with good intentions. While this angst unfolds, the heavy emotions are punctuated by rousing gospel singing and Madea's barbed, heretical wit. There's nothing sophisticated or subtle here; Perry wants to give his audience a good laugh, wring a tear from their eyes, and send them home with renewed faith in the Lord. Diary of a Mad Black Woman may have made Perry a nationally-recognized name, but watching him live on stage makes it clear he was a star long before the movie came out--the rapport he has with the crowd is palpable. --Bret Fetzer
Description:
See what happens when a family is torn apart by one sister's selfishness and another sister's refusal to let go of the lover of her life. All the while, Madea is in rare form and is determined to get and keep the family together.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - funny dvd
If you need a laugh I recommend all of Tyler Perry's DVDs. He is a very talented individual and all his dvds are very funny as they all give a message with much truth behind his characters.
Rating: - Hilarity with a great message
My title pretty much sums up my review. This is by far the funniest movie I've seen in YEARS (and years!) For being a stage play, it really works. The musicals get somewhat overboard but the comedy more than compensates! Reminds me of the good old Carole Burnette Show, especially the spontaneity of the cast. This film made me laugh so hard IT HURT!!! A very good message to today's youth also. My twenty - year-old daughter wanted me to buy her a copy (it's that good!) If you like to laugh, you can't go wrong with this.
Rating:  - Don't enshrine "Madea"; entomb her
This is not the sort of fare I would ever have chosen for myself; I saw it only because someone who apparently thought it appropriate to force his taste on others played it on the long-distance bus trip I took. Though the loudness, banality, and sheer tackiness of the material spoiled the time on the bus, being a captive audience to this junk did afford me an opportunity I otherwise wouldn't have had to see what so many people continue to find "entertaining." Black people (at least Madea's fans) still will laugh heartily at violence; black people (at least Madea's fans) still take particular pleasure in the violent punishment of children and teenagers. Black people (at least Madea's fans) still can be relied upon to melt into orgiastic delirium at the mere invocation of "Jee-zus"--intelligent plotting and deft writing are not necessary. And if one has no talent for composing, don't worry: just raise the decibel level, and loudness will take the place of beauty. The "Madea" character is played by a black man in drag; did we really need yet another of these? Did we need yet another black virago bellowing put-downs and threats of violence? And is the poisoning to death of a neighbor's dog amusing, so much so that it gets ten minutes (it seemed at least that long) of exposition as a "joke"? The plot device of a young girl prostituted by her parent showed up not only in this video but in the return trip's sleep-spoiler, "Madea Goes to Jail," as well--is this really a common fate of young black ... Read More
Rating: - Tyler has done it agian.
Tyler Perry has done it again. As usual this was very funny. The music performances were on point.
Rating: - tyler perry's I can do bad all by myself
I love tyler perry plays and movies. He writes comical dramas. His plays are humorous, but there is always a lesson to be learned in them. His characters are well developed, and you feel like you know them as neighbors.
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