| Overall: | B |
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| Violence: | C+ |
| Sexual Content: | B- |
| Language: | C+ |
| Drugs/Alcohol: | C |
| Run Time: | 113 |
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| Video Release: | 12 Jan 2010 |
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Down in the Delta deals with another young single mother who lives with her children in the Chicago Housing projects where she subsists on a diet of alcohol and drugs—then she is forced to spend the summer with her Uncle Earl down in the Mississippi Delta. Balancing a demanding fashion career with the sudden arrival of her sister’s children is an overwhelming challenge for Helen Harris after she becomes sole guardian of the orphans in Raising Helen. Actress Taraji P. Henson gives an outstanding performance as a caregiver in a nursing home that mothers a cast-off child in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.
Tyler Perry has created several films around the character Madea (played by Tyler Perry in drag). We have reviewed Diary of a Mad Black Woman and Madea’s Family Reunion. Other titles he has worked on included Madea Goes to Jail, Tyler Perry’s The Family That Preys and Tyler Perry’s Meet the Browns
Home Video Extra Features
Tyler Perry’s: I Can Do Bad All By Myself is releasing to DVD on January 12, 2010. The disc includes an audio commentary and a photo gallery.

Kerry Bennett is interested in media from both a journalist and parent perspective. Along with authoring articles for several family-oriented publications, she has written for Parent Previews for nearly 10 years. She serves as Vice President of the Alberta Association for Media Awareness. She and her husband Garry have four sons.