Attorney Charles and his devoted wife Helen have the American Dream: money, a beautiful mansion, and happiness. But just as Helen prepares to celebrate their 18th wedding anniversary, she discovers that her husband intends to divorce her.
18 February 1971
3 November 1966, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
18 December 1924, New York City, New York, USA
9 November 1959, Amityville, New York, USA
14 September 1969, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
20 April 1970, Oakland, California, USA
4 January 2000, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
5 December 1973, Florence, Alabama, USA
30 July 1964, Abington, Pennsylvania, USA
8 September 1955, Rochester, New York, USA
17 April 1967, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
23 April 1949, Hazlehurst, Mississippi, USA
15 March 1982, Toronto, Canada
9 June 1966, Limestone County, Texas, USA
1967
November 14, 2013
It is a film full of jagged edges, but one that is sincere and beguiling at its core.
February 25, 2005
Perry doesn't have any delusions of artistry, and potentially, at least, that's refreshing. But any points he earns for lack of pretense are immediately gobbled up by his lack of subtlety.
February 25, 2005
Raucous and overwrought, the movie is still a hoot to watch and even more fun to talk back to.
March 18, 2005
It's never less than watchable, a bizarre hybrid that somehow works as a whole, even though its various components don't mesh.
February 25, 2005
The material comes off as a serious miscalculation in Perry and director Darren Grant's film adaptation.
March 30, 2007
In an extremely strange genre combo, inner city gross out comedy meets evangelical passion play in Diary Of A Mad Black Woman.
February 17, 2007
What ruins this revenge flick is Madea's boorish, bull in the china store act reminiscent of the sassy black woman stereotype popularized by Sanford and Son's Aunt Esther. Loud and ignorant, Medea tends to trivialize every scene.
December 22, 2010
Syrupy drama -- not much here for kids.
January 19, 2012
[Jams] together not two but three separate genres that probably should have remained that way.
November 01, 2006
A satisfying end, but it takes a lot of work -- and a lot of suspended disbelief -- to get there.
March 18, 2005
It's a cheap melodrama that presses all the right sentimental buttons.
February 25, 2005
Stay clear of this mess.
