I Can Do Bad All By Myself

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I Can Do Bad All By Myself is a romantic comedy-drama film written, directed and produced by Tyler Perry, and was motivated by Perry's drama of the similar name. The film centers on a egocentric alcoholic named April who raises her sister's three kids and falls in love with a Colombian immigrant who works for her and thereby realizing the value of true love and family. The movie stars Taraji P. Henson Adam Rodriguez, Brian J. White, Mary J. Blige, Gladys Knight, Marvin Winans, and Tyler Perry.

Madea (Tyler Perry) and Uncle Joe (Perry) catch Jennifer (Hope Olaide Wilson), Manny (Kwesi Boakye), and Byron (Frederick Siglar) breaking into their home. The kids tell Madea that they live with their aunt, April, who lives with her wedded crooked boyfriend, Randy (Brian J. White). The next morning, Madea brings the kids to April's house but April doesn't even care of it. Meanwhile, Pastor Brian (Marvin Winans) sends a Colombian immigrant named Sandino (Adam Rodriguez) to her home for job and a place to stay. As he is strange to her,April puts Sandino in her underground room and locks him there . While working around the home, Sandino surprises April by cleaning himself up and becoming very handsome. When Randy arrives, he sees April with the kids and Sandino and harasses him while making cunning advances at Jennifer.

A few church members from a deadly brain aneurysms. Sandino comforts and over time, Sandino and April become friends .While on a rendezvous, Sandino teaches April about actual love. The next morning, Sandino gets April ready for church, but Randy threatens to slay Sandino if he continues to spend time with April.

Late one night, Manny needs his insulin injection and Jennifer gets it for him in the kitchen. There, Randy attempts to molest Jennifer, but is thrashed off by Sandino. April walks in on the fight and Randy claims that Jennifer made sexual advances with him for money. April sends Randy to take a bath and while bathing, angry April drops the radio into the water causing Randy to get a terrible shock. Randy jumps out and survives, but is casted out from the house. And April goes to the bar for a drink and blames the scene on him, but Sandino tries to stop her from drinking. Sandino tells April of his early days as a child laborer and that he loves the kids so much that he sees himself in them. Feeling upset, Sandino says farewell to Jennifer, Manny, and Byron and leaves. Jennifer and April begin to get along and bond after April tells Jennifer about her bad experience as a child. Jennifer tells April that she should recognize Sandino as a good man. Also, that April needs a good man and maybe Sandino is the one for April. Sandino returns to April apologizes to him and admits that she loves him. Later on April and Sandino get married.

It is similar to The Nutty Professor(1996, Tom Shadyac) and Big Momma's House (2000, Raja Gosnell) .The film has received mixed or average reviews from critics. Rotten Tomatoes reported that 64% of critics gave positive reviews based on 19 reviews with an average score of 6.0/10 with MPAA rating PG13. On its opening weekend, the movie opened at #1 with more than $24 million.The movie was released on September 11, 2009. One can grab the original DVDs at the nearest store or you can also view free films online, which include file sharing sites, video distribution sites, and individual movies of notability, directories, archives and guides to more sites where you can view for free.