TY - ADVS AU - Grant,Darren AU - Elise,Kimberly AU - Harris,Steve AU - Moore,Shemar AU - Perry,Tyler ED - Artisan Home Entertainment (Firm) ED - Lions Gate Home Entertainment. TI - Diary of a mad black woman AV - PN1997 .D522 2005 U1 - 791.43/72 22 PY - 2005/// CY - Santa Monica, Calif. PB - Artisan Home Entertainment, Distributed by Lions Gate Home Entertainment KW - African American women KW - Drama KW - Divorced women KW - Man-woman relationships KW - Georgia KW - Atlanta KW - Women KW - Love KW - Feature films KW - lcgft KW - Video recordings for the hearing impaired N1 - Special features: Deleted scenes; behind-the-scenes - Making-of the movie; "Who is Tyler Perry?" featurette; "You can do it ... It's electric" featurette; feature commentary with Tyler Perry; The Tyler Perry collection trailer; trailer gallery; Director of photography, David Claessen ; editor, Terilyn A. Shropshire ; music, Elvin D. Ross, Tyler Perry ; costume designer, Keith G. Lewis ; production designer, Ina Mayhew; Kimberly Elise, Steve Harris, Shemar Moore, Tamara Taylor, Lisa Marcos, Tiffany Evans, Cicely Tyson, Tyler Perry; MPAA rating: PG-13; for drug content, thematic elements, crude sexual references and some violence N2 - Helen McCarter would seem to have it all. She's married to Charles who is one of Atlanta's most successful attorneys. But despite having wealth and prestige, things are not as they seem in the McCarter home. On the evening of their anniversary, Charles drops a bombshell on Helen - he's divorcing her for another woman. Thrown out of the house with nowhere to go, Helen moves in with her grandmother Madea, a sassy woman with no shortage of opinions and a gun that she's not afraid to use. As Madea helps Helen get back on her feet emotionally, she meets Orlando, a nice and handsome man who is obviously attracted to her. But after her experiences with Charles, Helen isn't sure if she's ready to trust a man again ER -