5/5 Fantastic Movie - Excellently done !!
  by Anita Cool (Florida)
This movie is truly the best of Tyler Perry's that I have seen so far. I am not saying that the others were not very good. They were ! But this one with a different story line is precise in acting and deliberate with its message. You laugh and cry at the same time. Your heart is touched with a deep message of hope in mankind revealed through finding peace with God. The entire cast must have been hand-picked after much prayer by Tyler Perry and his group. They blended together with such depth of expression and acting. Must say Tyler Perry is becoming a master with turning his plays into successful movies and as I know he would say 'all Glory to God !' Go see this movie if you haven't and you will understand what I am trying to say !

5/5 "Tyler Perry's I Can Do Bad All By Myself" is great!
  by Kris King (Malone, NY USA)
"Tyler Perry's I Can Do Bad All By Myself" is great! This is how the story goes: When Madea, America's favorite pistol-packing grandma, catches sixteen-year-old 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 Raymond, her married boyfriend, April wants nothing to do with the kids. But her attitude begins to change when Sandino, a handsome Mexican immigrant looking for work, moves into April's basement room. Making amends for his own troubled past, Sandino challenges April to open her heart. And April soon realizes she must make the biggest choice of her life: between her old ways with Raymond and the new possibilities of family, faith... and even true love.

The cast led by Taraji P. Henson (as April) & Tyler Perry (as Madea / Joe) is great! The story and screenplay and directing by Perry (who recently directed "Madea Goes To Jail" (2009, also produced and wrote the story and screenplay), & the upcoming "Why Did I Get Married Too" (2010, also produced and wrote the story and screenplay) is great!

The cinematography by Alexander Gruszynski (who also did the cinematography to "Madea Goes To Jail") is great! The film editing by Maysie Hoy (who has been doing the film editing to Perry's films since "Daddy's Little Girls" (2007, which he also directed, produced and wrote the story and screenplay) is great! The casting by Alpha Tyler (who has been working with Perry since "Meet The Browns" (2008, which he also directed, produced and wrote the story and screenplay) is great! The production design by Ina Mayhew (who has been doing the production design to Perry's films since "Diary Of A Mad Black Woman" (2005, which he also wrote the story and screenplay and produced) is great! The art direction by Mayne Berke (who also did the production design to "S.W.A.T." (2003) is great! The costume design by Keith G. Lewis (who has been doing the costume design to Perry's films since "Diary Of A Mad Black Woman") is great!

This is another great Tyler Perry film. This is another different film for him. Solid performances all around.

5/5 I Can Do Bad All By Myself
  by Harriet A. Robinson
I think every man and woman should see this movie. The actors and actresses were excellent. I have been in this situation myself and finally got out of it. We can always let bad men run our lives but once we wake up and see that we are better off without them we "Can Do Bad All By Ourselves". I can't wait until the soundtrack comes out because the music was excellent. Mr. Perry you chose the right people to do the music and I really felt like I was in church with the Reverand. Thank you for being so real.

4/5 Good Story, Same Perry
  by Steven (Kansas City)
This is another excellent movie in the Tyler Perry collection. While it keeps you pulled in, you can't help but to realize that the story is similar to most of the other Perry movies. There's always the abused woman who finally realizes how bad her life is, takes action and ultimately finds true love. The rest of the intense moments and story are just padding for the rest of the movie.
Don't get me wrong, they're great movies, but they're starting to become predictable due to the same direction they always seem to go. It's definitely worth a watch and is way better than some of the other trash out there in the movie store.

3/5 Not what I expected
  by William E. Goetsch (Aurora, Colorado)
I have every Tyler Perry dvd to date. I enjoy Tyler Perry's writing, directing, producing and acting. Tyler Perry has a knack putting the right hollywood actress/actor into his characters. I Can Do Bad All By Myself has a good story line/plot. What ruined the movie is the character MADEA being written into the story/plot. WHY???? Made no sense, very distracting, nothing to do with the story. Bad attempt at "comedy?" Should have been ANY ONE but the character of MEDEA for the plot to build around. Otherwise, the acting was very good. Taraji P. Henson has a great future as an actress, as does Adam Rodriguez. Mary J Blige and Gladys Knight need acting lessons and should never have been written into the script in the first place. This one is average Tyler Perry, disappointing to say the least. If you are a Tyler Perry collector like I am, buy it and be disappointed with me. If not, wait for it to come out on TV and save your money.