I Can Do Bad All by Myself
2009 · Movie · PG-13 · 113 min · ★ 6.3 · 58% critics
After three siblings are caught stealing, they’re sent to stay with an aunt who wants nothing to do with them. As her already messy life is disrupted by the children and a new houseguest, she’s pushed to face family, responsibility, and the possibility of change.
Based on Madea
Also known as Tyler Perry's I Can Do Bad All By Myself
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Details
- Original title
- I Can Do Bad All By Myself
- Years
- 2009
- Release date
- 2009-09-11
- Language
- English
- Rated
- PG-13
- Runtime
- 113 min
- Critic score
- 58/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.3/10 (143 votes)
About
You may like this if you enjoy emotional family dramas mixed with humor, music, and uplifting themes in the vein of Daddy's Little Girls or Good Deeds; Not for you if you dislike preachy, melodramatic stories.
Pros: heartfelt story; strong emotion; funny comic relief | Cons: preachy at times; messy tone shifts; uneven overall
Themes
- aunt
- singer
- teenage girl
- mistress
- church
- alcohol abuse
- diabetic
- duringcreditsstinger
- emotionally distant
- handyman
- kept woman
- estranged mother
- +5 more
Cast & crew
Tyler Perry
as Madea
Taraji P. Henson
as April
Adam Rodriguez
as Sandio
Mary J. Blige
as Tanya
Gladys Knight
as Wilma
Brian J. White
as Randy
Hope Olaidé Wilson
as Jennifer
Kwesi Boakye
as Manny
- FS
Frederick Siglar
as Byron
- RH
Renee Horton
as Dancer (uncredited)
Directed by Tyler Perry