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Great Condition
I just watched in my dvd player, played great with no problems.
Actors: Kimberly Elise, Steve Harris, Shemar Moore, Tamara Taylor, Lisa Marcos
Directors: Darren Grant
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, NTSC
Language: English
Subtitles: English, Spanish
Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only.)
Number of discs: 1
Rated: PG-13
Studio: Lions Gate
DVD Release Date: June 28, 2005
Run Time: 116 minutes
An irreverent, yet overtly Christian film about a black woman wronged and her response to the black man who wronged her, Diary of a Mad Black Woman: The Movie is a powerful film of contradictions. On the one hand, it's a story about Helen, a loving woman who's given everything to her husband Charles (Steve Harris), only to be rejected and literally thrown into the street after 18 years of marriage; we witness the radical range of emotions she experiences and the actions she takes following their separation. But interspersed with this mostly serious story about relationships and Christian forgiveness is a look at Helen's extended family--in particular the outrageous antics of her grandmother Madea, and Madea's live-in brother Joe. The sassy black matriarch is vocal with her opinions and figures a pistol will solve any disagreement; Joe talks tough, is completely lacking in social refinement, and is really just a powerless old man. Add in a side story about a drug-addicted mother and the effect of her addiction on her husband and children, and Helen's stumbling discovery of the man she's truly meant to love, and this film is at once a poignant, funny, repulsive, and Christian depiction of the unpredictability of life and the power of God and forgiveness.