Tyler Perry's I Can Do Bad All By Myself

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  • Opened September 11, 2009 
  • 1 hr 53 min
  • PG-13 | mature thematic material involving a sexual assault on a minor, violence, drug references and smoking
  • Parents: Common Sense Media says OK for kids 14+. More on child suitability

  • When Madea, America’s favorite pistol-packing grandma, catches sixteen-year-old Jennifer and her two younger brothers looting her home, she decides to take matters into her own hands and delivers the young delinquents to the only relative they have: their aunt April. A heavy-drinking nightclub singer who lives off of Raymond, her married boyfriend, April wants nothing to do with the kids. But her attitude begins to change when Sandino, a handsome Mexican immigrant looking for work, moves into April’s basement room. Making amends for his own troubled past, Sandino challenges April to open her heart. And April soon realizes she must make the biggest choice of her life: between her old ways with Raymond and the new possibilities of family, faith…and even true love. Full synopsis

  • Cast: Taraji P. Henson, Adam Rodriguez, Tyler Perry, Hope Olaide Wilson, Mary J. Blige
  • Director: Tyler Perry
  • Genres: Comedy, Drama

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this is like the best movie I've ever saw but it was also kinda sad ....

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Great movie, love it...

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Entertainment Weekly
| Lisa Schwarzbaum

It's probably the impresario's best-made movie yet, his most joyful, and his most moving. Read full review

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Boston Globe
| Ty Burr

It’s the best Tyler Perry movie to date - the writer/director/actor/mogul’s most confident and competent mixture of uplifting black middle-class melodrama and low-down comedy. Read full review

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Philadelphia Inquirer
| Carrie Rickey

A double shot of Saturday-night lowdown chased by a cheery chug of Sunday-morning uplift. Read full review

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Los Angeles Times
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What works best, though, is that it's practically an R&B/gospel musical. Read full review

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Taraji P. Henson as April, Mary J. Blige as Tanya and Adam Rodriquez as Sandino in "Tyler Perry's I Can Do Bad All By Myself."