Diary of a Mad Black Woman
Diary of a Mad Black Woman film poster
Directed by	Darren Grant
Produced by	Tyler Perry
Written by	Tyler Perry
Starring	Kimberly Elise Steve Harris Shemar Moore Cicely Tyson and Tyler Perry
Distributed by	Lions Gate Films
Release date(s)	February 25, 2005 (USA)
Running time	116 min.
Language	English
Budget	$5,500,000 US dollars
Followed by	Madea's Family Reunion (2006)
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Diary of a Mad Black Woman is a film adaptation written by Tyler Perry, which was inspired by the play of the same name. The movie stars Kimberly Elise, Shemar Moore, Cicely Tyson, Steve Harris, and Perry himself. Directed by Darren Grant, the film was released in the US on February 25, 2005. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (442x655, 44 KB)Movie poster for Diary of a Mad Black Woman (2005) This work is copyrighted. ... Darren Grant is American music video director. ... Tyler Perry (born September 13, 1969 in New Orleans, Louisiana) is an American playwright and actor. ... Tyler Perry (born September 13, 1969 in New Orleans, Louisiana) is an American playwright and actor. ... Kimberly Elise (born Kimberly Elise Trammel on April 17, 1967) is an African-American actress. ... Steve J. Harris (born December 3, 1965) is an African-American actor who has appeared in a number of films including Tyler Perrys Diary of a Mad Black Woman, The Rock, The Mod Squad and Minority Report. ... Shemar Franklin Moore (born April 20, 1970 in Oakland, California) is an Emmy Award-winning American actor and former male fashion model with Irene Marie Models, best known for his role as Malcolm Winters on The Young and the Restless, which he originally played from 1994 to 2002, and is... Cicely Tyson (born December 19, 1933) is an Emmy Award-winning and Academy Award-nominated American actress. ... Tyler Perry (born September 13, 1969 in New Orleans, Louisiana) is an American playwright and actor. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Lions Gate Films. ... is the 56th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Madeas Family Reunion is a film adaptation of the acclaimed stage production written by Tyler Perry and sequel to Diary of a Mad Black Woman. ... “Moving picture” redirects here. ... Tyler Perry (born September 13, 1969 in New Orleans, Louisiana) is an American playwright and actor. ... For other uses, see Play (disambiguation). ... Kimberly Elise (born Kimberly Elise Trammel on April 17, 1967) is an African-American actress. ... Shemar Franklin Moore (born April 20, 1970 in Oakland, California) is an Emmy Award-winning American actor and former male fashion model with Irene Marie Models, best known for his role as Malcolm Winters on The Young and the Restless, which he originally played from 1994 to 2002, and is... Cicely Tyson (born December 19, 1933) is an Emmy Award-winning and Academy Award-nominated American actress. ... Steve J. Harris (born December 3, 1965) is an African-American actor who has appeared in a number of films including Tyler Perrys Diary of a Mad Black Woman, The Rock, The Mod Squad and Minority Report. ... Darren Grant is American music video director. ... is the 56th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Plot synopsis

Helen McCarter has everything a woman wants: a nice house and rich husband. However her husband Charles throws her out of the house after admitting to an affair. A distraught Helen turns to her mother, grandmother Madea and cousin Brian who take her in and turn back to God. Helen learns for the first time in her life to stand up on her own two feet and is ready to remove herself from her relationship with Charles and move on with Orlando. But when her husband is almost killed by a vengeful client, Helen wonders if she has the heart to forgive him despite everything.

Detailed plot

The movie starts at a banquet for Charles who is a prominent Atlanta lawyer. As he accepts his award he thanks his lovely wife Helen of eighteen years for supporting him. As they arrive home he throws her out of the car while letting it be known that he hates her. In the morning she goes to his office and asks to see him because she brought him some lunch and suddenly she sees him with another woman named Brenda. He tells her to go home. Back home she discovers all her clothes being loaded into a U-Haul.

She goes inside to ask the maid what is going on and the maid tells her that Charles ordered her to pack up Helen’s things and to put these things in their place. Helen, thinking that the new dresses are hers puts on one and waits for Charles to come home and thank him. Little does she know that Charles is kicking her out and moving in his mistress, Brenda. Helen has nowhere to turn except to Madea a gun toting, grandmother figure who is a part of her extended family.

The next morning Madea and Helen go to Charles' house and tear it up. Charles and Brenda come home to their surprise and Madea nearly shoots Charles but instead cuts everything in half with a chainsaw claiming that half of everything belongs to Helen. They end up in court with Helen being released on bond and Madea being placed on house arrest. Madea has a house party where Brian introduces Helen to his friend Orlando. Helen and Orlando have already met since Orlando was hired by Charles to pack and move Helen out. Madea makes Helen find a job so that she can learn to be independent.

The cousin Brian is introduced and he has a wife Debra who is a drug addict and no longer lives with him or their two kids. It is revealed that Charles received his money through drug deals, and by buying off judges, when one of the people he helped forces him to be his lawyer.The client ends up shooting him because he couldn't get him acquitted. In the meantime love develops between Orlando and Helen and soon Orlando proposes to Helen. But when she finds out Charles is hurt she leaves and goes to the hospital without saying yes or no.

At the hospital the doctor tells Helen, Brian, and the mistress that Charles might be paralyzed or worse. The doctor asks them what to do if something should go wrong. The mistress tells him to let Charles die but since Helen is still legally his wife she tells him to do everything he can to save Charles. Charles is paralyzed and so Helen lets him know exactly what she thinks of how he treated her and decides to get even with him. She lets him sit in the same spot for days and then later comes in and tells him that he stinks. She gives him a bath by throwning him in to the tub and he nearly drowns.

During these incidents she lectures him and later Charles tells Helen how much he loves her and wants to be with her. The next Sunday they are in church and Charles and Debra walk down the aisle to accept Jesus into their heart. Afterwards, the family gathers to celebrate and have lunch. At lunch Helen tells Charles that she loves him and that they will always be friends and then hands him the divorce papers signed. Helen runs out the door and her mother asks her where she is going and Helen says "I am going to find my man!" She goes to find Orlando at work and there she professes her love for him and the two kiss and Orlando shouts “Hey everyone, this woman wants to marry me!”

Trivia

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• Mablean Ephriam, presiding judge of TV's Divorce Court, makes a brief cameo appearance in the film as the judge who places Madea on house arrest.
• The sequel, Madea's Family Reunion was released on February 24, 2006, almost exactly one year after the first film. And Tyler Perry's new movie, Daddy's Little Girls, came out on February 14, 2007, almost one year after the previous one.
• Both Kimberly Elise and Shemar Moore each now co-star in different CBS dramas. (Elise in Close to Home (TV series), and Moore in Criminal Minds).

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Box Office

• Budget: $5.5 million
• Total U.S. Gross: $50.6 million

External links

• Official site
• Diary of a Mad Black Woman at the Internet Movie Database
• Diary of a Mad Black Woman at Yahoo! Movies
• Box Office Prophets