When Madea catches sixteen ... their aunt April. A heavy-drinking nightclub singer who lives off of Randy, her married boyfriend, April wants nothing to do with the kids. But her attitude begins ...

When Madea catches teenage ... their aunt April. A heavy-drinking nightclub singer who lives off of her married boyfriend, April wants nothing to do with the kids.

Perry plays both Madea and her brother, Joe Simmons. I Can Do Bad All by Myself is a story of neglect, abuse, and the consequences of choices, presented with shades of humor. Through April ...

Tyler Perry could do (and has done) a lot worse than “I Can Do Bad All by Myself,” a near-total overhaul of the play that introduced his cross-dressing Madea character. Elbowing the ...

There’s more life, more heart, more simple pleasure in “I Can Do Bad All by Myself” than in any Tyler ... He gives his cross-dressing creation Madea a botched Bible stories monologue ...

These days you hardly ever see a film that believes in itself as openly as "I Can Do Bad All by Myself." In fact ... both the fearsome matriarch called Madea and her oxygen-challenged husband ...

Mabel "Madea" Simmons is a character created and portrayed by Tyler Perry. The character is a tough elderly black woman. Madea has appeared in several plays directed by, written by, and starring ...

When Madea (Tyler Perry) catches three young siblings raiding her home, she takes matters into her own hands and delivers the children to their only relative: Aunt April (Taraji P. Henson). At first, ...

In the insistently uplifting I Can Do Bad All by Myself, the former comes courtesy of April (Henson), a selfish ... dressing Perry’s sassy grandma Madea, whose wild threats of violence to ...

In the film April’s no nonsense best friend Tanya is portrayed by none other than Grammy Award winning singer Mary J. I Can Do Bad All By Myself is recommended for the positive theme of ...

With I Can Do Bad All By Myself Tyler Perry has opened yet another ... The key to that success has always been Madea, a monstrosity of a woman (played by himself) who approaches life with a ...