Tyler Perry's I Can Do Bad All By Myself - The Play

NR 4.4
2002 2 hr 0 min Drama , Comedy

When Madea gets sick, her family comes to her aid. What they don't realize is that they're the ones who need her help. As always, Madea's cockeyed outlook on life saves the day and guarantees side-splitting laughs along the way.

  • Cast:
    Tyler Perry , David Mann , Tamela Mann

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Reviews

Phonearl
2002/09/01

Good start, but then it gets ruined

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Claysaba
2002/09/02

Excellent, Without a doubt!!

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Kidskycom
2002/09/03

It's funny watching the elements come together in this complicated scam. On one hand, the set-up isn't quite as complex as it seems, but there's an easy sense of fun in every exchange.

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Marva
2002/09/04

It is an exhilarating, distressing, funny and profound film, with one of the more memorable film scores in years,

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NCseedSCbreed
2002/09/05

i totally disagree maybe your head is too far up your butt to realize that humor(laughter) next to health is very essential to life if you were a movie critic no good movies would come out.Every story has a plot even horrible ones.So when u watch these type of movie actually watch them they're not meant to hurt but to help he teaches life lessons. Maybe not the most incredible way to tell it but it still gets the point across. And all in all even the most horrible film has something or another great to offer. your mind is in 'dial up' switch to 'broadband' maybe u can see what i see and what others see. So please take this to the bank cash it and buy ever movie Tyler perry has ever made watch them and love them .

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Morganalee
2002/09/06

It was my distinct displeasure to be subjected to this video and to the more recent but equally bad (and largely undistinguishable) "Madea Goes to Jail" as part of a captive audience on a long-distance bus trip. Under any other circumstances, I would not have spent ten minutes of my life in the same venue as this character. As it was, I was trying to plug my ears. Black man in drag plays loud, intimidating, violent virago—it wasn't funny in 1906, and it isn't funny in 2006. I am baffled and angry that Tyler Perry has resurrected this ugly staple of an unmourned past. There was no plot. The writing was worthy of a seventh-grader. The platitudes were non-stop. And the cues for the sad attempts at original "songs" were so obvious that I almost wept, because I knew that another assault on my ears was coming. The poisoning to death of a neighbor's dog is amusing, so much so that it gets ten minutes (it seemed at least that long) of exposition as a "joke"? Young black girls are prostituted by their own mothers or fathers or both so often that this plot device showed up in two out of two of these videos? When are black people going to stop celebrating violence, stop whooping in delight at the violent punishment of children? When are black people going to stop gyrating in orgiastic delirium at the mere mention of "de Lawd"? And where did black writers/"composers" like Perry get the idea that if you scream it loud enough, you need neither poetry, beauty, harmony, nor symmetry? We don't need violent Aunt Jemimas in 2006, and, if you value your history, your intellect, and your hearing, you don't need "Madea."

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sjvarengo
2002/09/07

Tyler Perry makes us laugh, oh does he ever make us laugh. But for TP laughter is a tool to help convey a message. There is no real secret here as to what the message is. It runs through all the plays, it runs through Diary of A Mad Black Woman, and although I haven't gotten to see the movie of Madea's Family Reunion yet, I'm willing to bet it runs through that as well.Tyler Perry is a dedicated Christian, and that is the message of his work. The teachings of Jesus are filtered through Madea and her wild family, and although Madea says repeatedly that she'll be seen in church "when they get a smoking section," she is the mortar which binds the family together.Tyler Perry is probably the most talented man in the film industry today.

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honorgrad0183
2002/09/08

I believe this is one of the first Tyler Perry Plays. I ordered the four-pack holiday set that Lion Gate Films has released for users who are fans of Tyler Perry and Madea. I finally got a chance to watch it this weekend and I really enjoyed it. It kept me laughing for awhile.The play opens up with Madea and her granddaughter Vianne having a heart to heart about everyday issues such as health, men, love and loss. Throughout the play we see plenty of problems that happen including Vianne's husband suddenly being seen with her own sister, the sister who cannot act like a decent mom to her fourteen year old and finally, Vianne, who is struggling to find love again. With the host of old favorites, such as Cora and Brown, a person who is a big Tyler Perry fan will be sure to enjoy this feature.I found Vianne's story to be compelling and amazing because in the end, she was able to find love again through someone who she originally thought was not her match. Her husband was a complete fool towards her, calling her all sorts of names, but she ignored him because she had a strong faith in God.I definitely recommend this play because there are many life lessons to be learned. Who can forget Madea, the gun-toting, joint smoking, grandmother who is as hilarious as they come. I definitely give this play 10 stars and then some.

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