I Can Do Bad All By Myself

2009 · directed by Tyler Perry

Rating

56/100

Hit

no

When Madea catches teenage Jennifer and her two younger brothers looting her home, she decides to take matters into her own hands and delivers the young delinquents to the only relative they have: their aunt April. A heavy-drinking nightclub singer who lives off of her married boyfriend, April wants nothing to do with the kids.

I Can Do Bad All By Myself (2009), directed by Tyler Perry, rates 56/100. See how its director, cast and crew rate across their careers.

Cast

• Tyler Perry
• Taraji P. Henson
• Adam Rodriguez
• Mary J. Blige
• Gladys Knight
• Brian J. White
• Hope Olaidé Wilson
• Kwesi Boakye
• Frederick Siglar
• Renee Horton

Crew

• Alexander Gruszynski — Director of Photography
• Maysie Hoy — Editor
• Aaron Zigman — Original Music Composer
• Tyler Perry — Writer

More from Tyler Perry

1. Doing Life (2026) — 78/100
2. A Jazzman's Blues (2022) — 68/100
3. The Six Triple Eight (2024) — 64/100
4. STRAW (2025) — 64/100
5. Tyler Perry's The Family That Preys (2008) — 59/100
6. Tyler Perry's Divorce in the Black (2024) — 59/100

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