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Tyler Perry's I Can Do Bad All By Myself

PG-13 Released Sep 11, 2009 1h 53m Comedy Drama List
61% Tomatometer 46 Reviews 81% Audience Score 100,000+ Ratings
When Madea (Tyler Perry) catches three young siblings raiding her home, she takes matters into her own hands and delivers the children to their only relative: Aunt April (Taraji P. Henson). At first, April, a boozy nightclub singer who leeches off her married boyfriend, wants nothing to do with them, but when a Mexican immigrant named Sandino (Adam Rodriguez) rents a room in her basement, April begins to realize that life may hold more possibilities. Read More Read Less
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Though somewhat formulaic and predictable, Perry succeeds in mixing broad humor with sincere sentimentality to palatable effect.

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Nell Minow Movie Mom Rated: B+ Feb 18, 2012 Full Review Cliff Doerksen Chicago Reader Contrived, sentimental, tonally bipolar, and as predictable as clockwork, this latest from chitlin' circuit impressario Tyler Perry is just a fat slab of ecstatic entertainment. Oct 2, 2009 Full Review Nick Schager Time Out Narratively and grammatically dim redemption pap. Rated: 1/5 Sep 16, 2009 Full Review Richard Propes TheIndependentCritic.com A genuinely moving, funny, inspiring, and heartfelt film. Rated: 3.5/4.0 Sep 11, 2020 Full Review Debbie Lynn Elias Behind The Lens Disappointing overall, I Can Do Bad All By Myself falls short in comparison to some of Perry's other films and the level of excellence both technically and from a storytelling standpoint. Nov 8, 2019 Full Review Micheal Compton Bowling Green Daily News I've never been a fan of Perry's Madea. I will concede this is probably the best use of the character, but the comic relief still takes away from some potentially powerful dramatic moments. Rated: C May 16, 2019 Full Review Read all reviews

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Mikayla A Very real and raw. Great movie Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 02/14/23 Full Review Audience Member This, flat out, is not a film. I am having trouble holding on to one single thing from it. This doesn't tell a story. This doesn't move anything forward. It is just a random collection of unrelated surface-level scenes. Things happen; people react to it; that's the entire film. We are told to care about these characters that we, truly, know nothing about. And we know nothing about them because TP doesn't bother giving any intro, context, or backstory on any of them. So, I am left wondering, who cares? I have two parting points to make: 1. What is with the title? How does this relate at all to what we were just subjected to? Does the title have any relevance at all? 2. And finally, the church reverend is possibly the sweatiest man to ever live. I was dry-heaving. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 02/23/23 Full Review Audience Member Too many musical numbers and not enough Madea. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/14/23 Full Review Audience Member Taraji P. Henson's leading performance is engaging and powerful, and makes this formulaically plotted comedy drama better than it would have been otherwise. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/13/23 Full Review uncle p Story/Screenplay: (2.5/5) Tyler Perry knows how to make movies, but he has a bad tendency of creating stories with crazy wicked men as antagonists. The behavior of these men tend to be borderline evil, which doesn't work well for me in the sort of snappy comedies that Perry is capable of producing. It would help if these men would just display bad boy behavior as opposed to being truly bad. Duration/Tempo: (3.5/5) At 1 hour and 53 minutes, it's a longer than average movie that felt shorter. There was plenty of room to edit this film down to get it on the short side, but it was OK as is. Cast & Crew: (4/5) The best lines came from characters played by Tyler Perry, as well as a few lines from Kwesi Boakye. Taraji P. Henson and Hope Olaide Wilson rounded out the cast nicely. Summary: (3.5/5) The story had some good stuff but was formulaic as Tyler Perry movies go. However, the cast was good and the film didn't feel long. A thumbs up. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member THE GREATEST TYLER PERRY MOVIE OF ALL TIME AND IS HIS BEST WORK EVER!!!! IT COMBINES LOVE, HEART, FAMILY, STRUGGLE, AND CARING FOR ONE ANOTHER!!! ITS THE GREATEST FILM EVER MADE AND DESERVES ALL THE RESPECT IN THE WORLD!!!! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/26/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis When Madea (Tyler Perry) catches three young siblings raiding her home, she takes matters into her own hands and delivers the children to their only relative: Aunt April (Taraji P. Henson). At first, April, a boozy nightclub singer who leeches off her married boyfriend, wants nothing to do with them, but when a Mexican immigrant named Sandino (Adam Rodriguez) rents a room in her basement, April begins to realize that life may hold more possibilities.
Director
Tyler Perry
Producer
Tyler Perry, Reuben Cannon
Screenwriter
Tyler Perry
Distributor
Lionsgate Films
Production Co
Reuben Cannon, Tyler Perry Studios, Lionsgate Films
Rating
PG-13 (Sexual Assault of a Child|Mature Thematic Material|Drug References|Smoking|Violence)
Genre
Comedy, Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Sep 11, 2009, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Feb 1, 2012
Box Office (Gross USA)
$51.7M
Runtime
1h 53m
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