
Feature film — 2001
Tyler Perry's Diary of a Mad Black Woman - The Play (2001)
Before it was a movie, it was a theatrical phenomenon! When Helen learns that her husband is leaving her for her best friend, the women in her family are ready with advice. Her devout mother preaches strength and forgiveness, while her parolee grandmother shows up with a gun! Acclaimed African-American playwright Tyler Perry dares to mix sacred and secular humor with riotous results. Experience his most famous morality tale, now a major motion picture, in its original stage format...complete with live musical numbers!
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A high-signal pick with 25 votes.
Lionsgate / Tyler Perry Studios / My.Te.Pe. Productions
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Director: Tyler Perry
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Cast & crew

Tyler Perry
Daddy Charles / Mable 'Madea' Simmons
Marva King
Helen Simmons-McCarter
Curtis Blake
Charles

Tamela Mann
Myrtle Simmons

Cordell Moore
Orlando
Tunja Robinson
Brenda
Ty London
Willie
Regina McCrary
Mildred
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