Diary of a Mad Black Woman is a 2005 American romantic comedy drama film directed by Darren Grant and written by Tyler Perry. Inspired by the play of the same name, it marks Perry’s feature film debut and is the first entry in the Madea film franchise. Starring Perry alongside Kimberly Elise, Steve Harris, Shemar Moore, and Cicely Tyson, it tells the story of a woman who is thrown out of her house by her husband on their 18th wedding anniversary and subsequently moves in with her grandmother, and is the only film written, but not directed, by Perry.
Filmed in Atlanta and Fairburn, Georgia, and released theatrically by Lionsgate Films on February 25, 2005, the film grossed $50.6 million in North America. The sequel, Madea’s Family Reunion, was released on February 24, 2006.
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Diary of a Mad Black Woman
Helen Simmons-McCarter and her attorney husband Charles are successful and wealthy. However, Charles is distant, abusive, and has been having affairs, while Helen is unemployed, bored at home, and desperately trying to make her marriage work. On the evening of their eighteenth wedding anniversary, Helen arrives home to find all her belongings in a U-Haul and that Charles is divorcing her and planning to marry Brenda, his young mistress and the mother of his two sons. Helen kicks the driver Orlando out of the truck and visits her paternal grandmother Madea. Upsetting her brother Joe, Madea takes Helen in and helps her get back on her feet. Joe's attorney son Brian defends Madea and Helen after Charles and Brenda catch the pair breaking into and vandalizing the marital home. Judge Mablean Ephriam places Madea, a repeat offender, under house arrest and sets a $5,000 property or cash bond for Helen.