First, the good news. Uncharacteristically for a February release targeting African-American viewers, Diary of a Mad Black Woman is not a yuppie romantic comedy featuring Gabrielle Union and Morris ...

If the posters have primed you for wicked fun with a gun-toting matron from the projects, be forewarned that writer/actor Tyler Perry’s cross-dressing turn as same only accounts for a meager portion ...

Tyler Perry first achieved mainstream success with the release of "Diary of a Mad Black Woman"; after raising $5.6 million himself for the film's production, it earned a gross of $50.7 million after ...

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 Tyler ...

Whether it's a scorned woman dragging her cheating husband out of bed (Diary of a Mad Black Woman), a lonely mother scammed and humiliated by a younger lover (A Fall From Grace), or a bitter wife who ...

Cataloging the Sins of Tyler Perry’s Religiously Inspired BlockbustersHow closely five of the Christian filmmaker’s top-grossing earlier movies stick to scripture — or, more to the point, do not.