Now In Theaters - I Can Do Bad All By Myself

Tyler Perry's string of after school special movie that have enough star power to make it to the big screen continue with his latest effort. 'I Can Do Bad' gives you just what you would expect in any of his movies as far as the cast goes... big name leading lady (Tarji P. Henson), heart throb black male (Brian J. White), nice cameo's (Gladys Knight and Mary J. Blige) and some adorable little bad kids! Oh and of course Madea and Joe (both played by writer/director Perry) poke their heads in for a piece of the action.

This story finds three young children roaming around hungry and end up crossing paths with Madea. She discovers that the children live with their grandmother but have not seen her for several days. They in turn go to their aunt April's house (Henson) who is ADMITTEDLY against the thought of having children. Partially for her own reasons and partially due to her live in boyfriend (White).

And also in traditional Perry fashion there is some preaching and some singing! Both Gladys and Mary J. flex their golden pipes. (shout out to the eTrade babies, lol) The Pastor of the church that the children attends attempts to reach out to April in various ways. I will assume that you have seen a Tyler Perry movie and/or play before and think you already know how this one is going to end.

The acting outside of Henson is nothing spectacular. It is on par for other Perry movies. The story line is cute, but the kids are cuter. Overall it is a fun movie to watch but not a must see by any means. If you want to feel better about yourself and have that "feel good" movie experience, by all means check it out. You will get some laughs and there will be something to take away from the whole thing. Overall I am going to give this one a 6.5 out of 10. I guess I would rate it higher if all of his movies weren't so similar. I guess it's just a bit tiring to pay 10 bucks to go watch yet ANOTHER after school special, lol.