History Film / DiaryOfAMadBlackWoman

Helen (Creator/KimberlyElise) and Charles [=McCarter=] (Steve Harris) had everything: fine home, beautiful clothes and success. In public, they were the perfect match. But behind the scenes was another matter. On what should have been the end of the happiest day of their lives, Charles evicts Helen, his wife of 18 years, from their house in the presence of his mistress. She moves in with her grandmother, Madea (Tyler Perry). Helen then goes from meek and mild to mad, starts a diary and a new life, and meets a new man, Orlando (Creator/ShemarMoore).

** RecoverySequence

* ScrewThisImOuttaHere:Brenda takes off with the money and kids the second she realizes that Charles is going to be disabled and she'd be expected to take care of him.

* ArmorPiercingSlap: [[spoiler:Helen gives Charles a well deserved one in the climax of the film]].

** Charles also orders Helen out of his house [[RuleOfThree three times:]] first when he dragged her out, again later on when Madea was with her and after his frustration with her being unable to locate some legal documents. Fortunately, by the third time [[ArmorPiercingSlap Helen wasn't]] [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech having it.]]

-->'''Helen''':September 19th. Dear '''Diary''', as I sit here thinking about picking up the pieces of what used to be my life, I realized something. Every room in this house holds a painful memory for me. Even though he's suffering, something somewhere in me wants him to suffer more. A few months and a divorce can take you through just as many emotions as 18 years in a marriage. And I'm starting to feel all of them at once. But the one that is clear is rage. Signed, '''a Mad Black Woman'''.

* DomesticAbuse: Downplayed: Charles slaps Helen in the face when trying to kick her out of his house, but no other physical abuse is seen or implied. Furthermore, the shot of him doing this is so fast, one wouldn't know about it if they didn't mention it. He also grabs and briefly shakes her in anger when she and Madea break into his house to get her money.

* {{Diary}}: Helen's diary is used a narration device for the movie.

* SassyBlackWoman: Madea
* SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan

* RealityEnsues: Even though [[spoiler:Charles apologizes to Helen for his actions and starts treating her better, Helen still divorces Charles due to the fact that she already moved on and found another man. Also, Charles changing into a better person won't nullify his past actions]].

* NeverTrustATitle: In this case, the title is accurate, but also very easily misinterpreted. The "mad black woman" it refers to is the angry Helen, not the insane and gun-toting Madea so prominently featured on the poster.

* NeverTrustATitle: In this case, the title is accurate, but also very easily misinterpreted. The "mad black woman" it refers to is the angry Helen, not the insane, gun-toting Madea so prominently featured on the poster.

* YourCheatingHeart: Charles, who not only cheated with a mistress (and possible other women), but had children with said mistress.
** It's even his motive for kicking Helen out "I can't keep doing this to my kids."

Helen (Kimberly Elise) and Charles [=McCarter=] (Steve Harris) had everything: fine home, beautiful clothes and success. In public, they were the perfect match. But behind the scenes was another matter. On what should have been the end of the happiest day of their lives, Charles evicts Helen, his wife of 18 years, from their house in the presence of his mistress. She moves in with her grandmother, Madea (Tyler Perry). Helen then goes from meek and mild to mad, starts a diary and a new life, and meets a new man, Orlando (Creator/ShemarMoore).

* BaldOfEvil: Charles.
* BerserkButton: Lay a hand on Madea or her family and she will not hesitate to shoot. Not even for a second.
* BewareTheNiceOnes

* BreakTheCutie: Helen at the beginning.

* GetOut: Joe attempts to order Helen out of their house, citing how she needs to look for a [[{{Malaproper}} department]] and even doing a ShoutOut to ''Film/TheAmityvilleHorror1979''. She does eventually leave, but because she found a place to live instead of by his orders.

* UglyGuyHotWife: Charles and Helen. Helen looks very attractive, while Charles has a bald head and thuggish facial features.

* DomesticAbuser: Downplayed: Charles slaps Helen in the face when trying to kick her out of his house, but no other physical abuse is seen or implied. Furthermore, the shot of him doing this is so fast, one wouldn't know about it if they didn't mention it. He also grabs and briefly shakes her in anger when she and Madea break into his house to get her money.

* RevisedEnding: [[spoiler: In the original play, Helen gets back together with Charles after his HeelFaceTurn. Though at the same time, Charles was ''considerably'' less of a {{Jerkass}} in the play.]]

* UglyGuyHotWife: Charles and Helen. Helen looks very attractive, while Charles has a bald head and exaggerated facial features.

* BrokenAesop: You know the moral about loving God and trusting Him with your life and problems and worshiping only Him that this movie tries to preach? Well, that gets broken by Madea of all people who told a tale about a man who used to abuse her who she was so angry with that even when she was at his ''funeral,'' she beat him down an extra two feet (from the six feet he was under already), all while proclaiming that she did it because sometimes "God waits too long" to answer our prayers or get revenge on those who we feel deserve it.

* DomesticAbuser: Guess.

* TheFirstCutIsTheDeepest
* FoodSlap: Helen eats a salad in front of Charles, knowing he can't get food for himself, and when she is almost done throws the plate at him.

* HugeGuyTinyGirl: Brian and Debra. Then again, Tyler Perry is this with everyone being 6'4'' and all.

* ItsAllAboutMe