Released:
2002-04-04

Overview:
Before it was a movie, it was a theatrical phenomenon! When Helen learns that her husband is leaving her for her best friend, the women in her family are ready with advice. Her devout mother preaches strength and forgiveness, while her parolee grandmother shows up with a gun! Acclaimed African-American playwright Tyler Perry dares to mix sacred and secular humor with riotous results. Experience his most famous morality tale, now a major motion picture, in its original stage format...complete with live musical numbers!

Director:
Tyler Perry

Runtime:
2h 10min

Genre:
Comedy, Drama

• Cast:
• 
  Tyler Perry
  as
  Daddy Charles / Mable 'Madea' Simmons
• 
  Marva King
  as
  Helen Simmons-McCarter
• 
  Curtis Blake
  as
  Charles
• 
  Tamela Mann
  as
  Myrtle Simmons
• 
  Cordell Moore
  as
  Orlando