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Tyler Perry's I Can Do Bad All By Myself

Tyler is consistent with his movie formula in this film as he is in his others which include emotional scenes, a hardened sista, a good man vs. bad man, laughs and some preaching. And I still enjoy it.

Movie Details

Rated: PG-13

Run Time: 2 hr 0 min

Release Date: 9/11/2009

Genre: Comedy

Writer: Tyler Perry

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Director: Tyler Perry

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Synopsis

April (Taraji P. Henson) is a self-centered, drinking-every-day woman who doesn't know how to love. So, when pistol-packing Madea brings April's niece and nephews to her front door to take in, April doesn't want any part of them. When a handsome Mexican immigrant is sent to her for place to stay he challenges her to open up her heart. Will April give up her old ways to become a better more loving person?

Review

Was this film a musical? Oh, no it’s just a dramedy. My goodness there was 100 songs in this film. GREAT singing, but one too many songs for me. Give me the straight up acting scenes because they were pretty dynamic with a great leading lady such as Taraji P. Henson (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button). She plays April, a selfish alcoholic who doesn’t really know how to love. She becomes inconvenienced when the very outspoken Madea (Tyler Perry) brings her sister’s kids right to her doorstep for a place to stay. April isn’t having it, but really has no choice because her mother who is watching the kids is missing.

Now with a typical Tyler Perry formula you know he opened up a bottle of a Good Looking Man part Wonderful and poured it all into the film. This man goes by the name of Sandino (Adam Rodrigquez, CSI Miami). He’s a Columbian immigrant who’s looking for work and a place tostay so the local Pastor (Marvin Winans) has the nerves, if you ask me, to suggest Sandino knocks on April’s door for a room. Homedude rolls up to April’s home, looking scruffy as heck, for a place to hang up his hat and coat. I don’t care that the Pastor sent him over, who in the world is this man and what makes the good Pastor think he can just blindside April with some strange man? You know?

Anyhoo, this is another typical Tyler movie complete with, singing, preaching, a good man vs. a bad man, a woman who needs help in some way or needs to change and the quick witted, no holding back 6’6 Madea. The thing is I liked this movie. It was filled with emotional scenes and wonderful acting. The child actress Hope Olaide Wilson known as April’s niece Jennifer is truly a star. This young lady can act. She had me boo hooing a bit. How does Tyler do that? He always gets me to crying at some part in his films.

I Can Do Bad is very touching, emotional, has a message for Tyler’s unwavering fan base and a very talented cast. I was cracking up at Madea and April, crying at other parts and also saying “I would jack him up.” You’ll know what I mean with that. You know Tyler can’t do a film without at least, one “I would jack him up.” I took my parents who are in their sixties to see this film and they LOVED it! Of course my mom was saying, I was about to yell out AMEN! So, if you’re not familiar with Tyler Perry movies, he usually has the same kind of theme to his films. You’ll get some laughs and you’ll get a sermon.


My Rating ~ 4 Reels

4 - Watch in the theater

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