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I Can Do Bad All by Myself is a 2009 American romantic musical comedy-drama film which was released on September 11, 2009. The film was directed, produced, and written by Tyler Perry, who also makes an appearance in the film as his signature character Madea. The rest of the cast consists of Taraji P. Henson, Adam Rodriguez, Brian White, Mary J. Blige, Gladys Knight, and Marvin L. Winans. Although the film and play share the same title, the film is not an adaptation of Perry's play of the same name, the two works have different storylines. Both are named for a lyric in the Changing Faces song "G.H.E.T.T.O.U.T.". The film adaptation tells the story of an alcoholic nightclub singer being ordered to confront her actions, after being prompted to take in her estranged neice and nephews. It is the fifth film in the Madea cinematic univserse. I Can Do Bad All by Myself received generally mixed reviews from critics.

Plot
April, is a nightclub singer, who works at Club Indigo. One night of the nightclub shift, Madea and Joe Simmons catch Jennifer, Manny, and Byron breaking into their house, in which Jennifer accidentally drops and breaks the VCR, Joe owned. The grandmother of the children, is reported to be raising them, after their mother had been dead. Their grandmother, however, had been missing for reportedly, four days. April gathers alcoholic beverages, while questioning the location of her boyfriend Randy, with the question irritating Tanya, the bartender of the nightclub. April arrives to her residence with Randy, who is actually married and have children of another residence, in which April permits. The next day, Madea brings the children to April, in which April is revealed to be their estranged aunt. Sandino, a Colombian immigrant and Handyman, is sent to reside and work for April, after arriving as a targeted-guest to the church missionary work, done under Pastor Brian and Wilma. April tells of how her sister died from drugs, after Pastor Brian had noticed, Jennifer escaping the nearby drugstore with stolen needles. Pastor Brian also reveals of how the grandmother of the children is seemingly aging and is becoming notably weak. April orders Sandino to reside in her basement, and to have facial makeover, in a partially jokingly manner. The needles are revealed to be for Manny, who have severe diabetes. Randy arrives, and heckles Sandino for being unexpectedly present, and proceed in making advancements to Jennifer, after intervening to verbally discipline Jennifer, to express proper manners, after she was arguing with April, and when she aggressively responded back to Randy. The children visit Madea, to clean the house. It is a totally separate day, where Pastor Brian and Wilma tells April; her mother Rose had died from a brain aneurysm on a city bus. Rose was dead for approximately one week, resulting in her cremation, which occurred before she was claimed. April receives the urn, and then hugs Randy in attempt of comfort. Randy is sleeping and he shrugs her off, since the couple were already awoken by Sandino with construction noise. Subsequently, April eventually goes to Sandino for comfort, in which, April tells of her strained relationship with her sister and mother. Jennifer tell Madea about her finding out of her grandmother being dead and the potential impacts on her brothers. She asks about prayer, which she said is one of the topics her grandmother notably spoke of. Madea attempts to instruct her, but subsequently give incoherent stories from the Bible. Later during the same night, Tanya calls out April of her actions, including only allowing Randy for certain periods of time, while using Randy for her advantage. April is eventually in a love-triangle, with Randy and Sandino. One day, after April goes on a date with Sandino, it is revealed that Sandino renovated a bedroom for the children, with Manny and Byron in delight, but Jennifer orders her brothers to leave, while expressing how April still does not allow them to be welcomed. One Sunday morning, Sandino knocks on the door of the bedroom, April and Randy use. Randy calls out Sandino for knocking on the door, while inviting April to attend the ongoing church service. Randy gives a death threat to Sandino, but April still chooses to attend the church service. After the church service, it is later during the same night; in which Jennifer goes to the kitchen to get the insulin shot for Manny. Jennifer accidentally stumbles upon Randy at the table. Randy continues to follow Jennifer elsewhere in the kitchen, and he attempts to be in conversation, before he tries to rape her. Sandino fights off Randy, with April arriving to the scene. Randy claims Jennifer offered him sex for money. April sends Randy to take a bath, in response to the effects from the fight. Jennifer sobbingly claims that Randy was lying, after April ignored the refute that Sandino gave. April arrives to the upstairs bathroom, and Randy refutes the occurrence while in the bathtub. April leaves and returns with a radio, and threatens electrocute Randy while the refutes were repeated. April reveals on how she had a similar experience under the boyfriend of her mother, named Lee, who then framed April in front of her mother. April mocks Sandino, who attempts to forbid her from killing Randy, in which she subsequently drops the radio into the water. The radio short circuits, with smokes and flashes. Randy collapses onto the floor while trying to escape the tub. The short circuit, also causes the ceiling lights to flicker. April notices Randy in frail condition, and leaves after being alarmed of her action. Sandino also notices Randy in frail condition, and still orders him to leave the house. April is drinking inside the nightclub, and expresses guilt of not being aware of the signs, comparing it to her mother not being aware of the previous occurrence. Sandino arrives, with April urgently asking Sandino, on why he left Randy alone in the house, who was already seemingly close to being dead. Sandino reveals how he took the keys and still found his way to have Randy to leave. April realizes of how Sandino is attentive to her neice and nephews, in which she uses the claim to accuse Sandino of being a child molester. While exiting the nightclub, Sandino reveals his backstory as a child laborer and explains that the predicament of seeing Jennifer and her brothers, triggers his trauma. Sandino bumps his shoulder onto April, and diverges his presence from her. April officially welcomes Jennifer and her brothers to the residence, in which April apologizes to Jennifer for extensively resenting her and her brothers. Jennifer mentions the incoherent Bible stories, given from Madea, to encourage April to recognize Sandino as being needed. Periods later, Sandino returns, with April subtly expressing her romantic love to him. Sandino is skeptical, but eventually tells April, of how she should love herself and love others properly. The pair exchange kisses. Periods later, April and Sandino gets married, with the subsequent block party for their reception. ==Cast==
Cast
Taraji P. Henson as April, an alcoholic nightclub singer at Club Indigo; Cheryl Pepsii Riley singing overdubs for April. • Adam Rodriguez as Sandino Ramirez, a Colombian immigrant that moves in with April • Brian White as Randy, April's boyfriend • Mary J. Blige as Tanya, a bartender at Club Indigo • Gladys Knight as Wilma, a member of the church in April's neighborhood • Marvin L. Winans as Pastor Brian, the pastor of a church in April's neighborhood • Tyler Perry as: • Mabel "Madea" Simmons, a tough old lady • Joe Simmons, the brother of Madea • Hope Olaidé Wilson as Jennifer, the niece of April • Freddy Siglar as Byron, the nephew of April • Kwesi Boakye as Manny, the nephew of April • Eric Mendenhall as Man #1 • David Paulus as Miller • Randall Taylor as Mr. Bradley • Tess Malis Kincaid as Ms. Sullivan • Joseph Taylor as Announcer • Cheryl B. Pratt as 911 Dispatcher ==Soundtrack==
Soundtrack
The film features 13 songs, including two new songs by Blige. Perry was not able to produce a soundtrack album for the film due to the various record companies involved. • "Good Woman Down" (Robert F. Aries, Mary J. Blige, Sean Garrett, Freddie Jackson, Meli'sa Morgan) – Blige • "I Can Do Bad" (Blige, Chuck Harmony, Shaffer Smith) – Blige • "Playboy" (Michael Akinlabi, Tasha Schumann) – Candy Coated Killahz • "Contagious" (Xavier Dphrepaulezz) – Chocolate Butterfly • "H.D.Y." (Ronnie Garrett, Herman (Pnut) Johnson) – Club Indigo Band • "Indigo Blues" (Garrett, Johnson) – Club Indigo Band • "Lovers Heat" (Garrett, Johnson) – Club Indigo Band • "Tears of Pain" (Foster) – Ruthie Foster • "Rock Steady" (Aretha Franklin) – Cheryl Pepsii Riley • "The Need to Be" (Jim Weatherly) – Gladys Knight • "Just Don't Wanna Know/Over It Now" (Marvin L. Winans) – Knight and Winans • "Oh Lord I Want You to Help Me" (Traditional, arranged by Jerome Chambers and Edward O'Neal) – Riley and Winans ==Reception==
Reception
Critical response I Can Do Bad All by Myself received mixed reviews from critics, becoming his most acclaimed film, until 2021's ''A Jazzman's Blues''. Rotten Tomatoes gave it a 62% approval rating based on 45 reviews, with an average rating of . The site's consensus states: "Though somewhat formulaic and predictable, Perry succeeds in mixing broad humor with sincere sentimentality to palatable effect." Metacritic reported that the film has a score of 55 out of 100 based on 13 critics, indicating "mixed or average" reviews. Entertainment Weeklys Lisa Schwarzbaum gave the movie an "A−" grade, saying, "After a summer of phony, pasty rom-coms, do this: See a movie where old-fashioned notions of love, faith, strength, and the possibility of redemption are taken seriously." Ty Burr of The Boston Globe called the film "overlong but well-shaped and involving", praising Perry for finding a balanced mix of "earnest soap opera moralism with [his] comic instincts", calling it his "most confident and competent mixture of uplifting black middle-class melodrama and low-down comedy." Cliff Doerksen of the Chicago Reader said about the film: "Contrived, sentimental, tonally bipolar, and as predictable as clockwork, this latest from chitlin' circuit impresario Tyler Perry is just a fat slab of ecstatic entertainment." Rob Humanick of Slant Magazine felt the film was a great gateway for people not familiar with the "scabrous antics and homegrown moralizing" delivered by the Madea character, saying that Perry lends his creation a more "greater level[s] of tonal consistency" than his previously contradictory Madea Goes to Jail, writing that "I Can Do Bad acknowledges Madea's flaws with loving scrutiny, and doesn't require approval of her more selfish attributes." Randy Cordova of The Arizona Republic was critical of Perry's filmmaking for delivering lengthy musical numbers and overlooked story elements but gave praise to the performances of Henson and Wilson for showcasing his ability to "create meaty roles for women." The A.V. Clubs Nathan Rabin gave the film a "B−" grade, praising Henson's performance and the "riveting musical numbers" by Knight and Blige for emitting more "feverish emotions" to the film than Perry's "characteristically ham-fisted screenplay", concluding that "His oeuvre has always been shameless and over the top, but Bad might just be the first of Perry’s films to border on operatic." Kimberley Jones of The Austin Chronicle criticized Perry for prolonging the film's conclusion but gave him credit for bringing "increasingly mature moviemaking" to his production, highlighting the Madea scenes as being "pretty damn funny" and the performances of Wilson and Henson for being "nuanced and quite moving" and having a "likable screen presence" respectively. ==References==
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