Diary of a Tired Black Man (2009)

Director:

Tim Alexander

Writer:

Tim Alexander (writer)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama

Tagline:

Now It's Black Men's Turn To Exhale

Plot:

A humorous and deep look into why relationships fail to work from the point of view of a good black man. It is part scripted and a series of interviews with real people from across the country.

Plot Keywords:

Black Man | Divorce | Interview | Male Female Relationship | Marriage

Cast

Jimmy Jean-Louis	...	James
Paula Lema	...	Tonya
Tim Alexander	...	Interviewer / Speaker / Host
Natasha M. Dixon	...	Bridgette
Shavsha Israel	...	Linda
Shavonne Sciarillo	...	Joy
Alex Morris	...	Alex
Krista Woods	...	Girl in Pink
Tamika Pough	...	Girl in Green
Ricky Jones	...	The Nice Guy
Anika C. McFall	...	Juanita The Blind Date
Valerie Davis	...	Woman In Green
Vanessa Paul	...	Woman In Peach
John Webb	...	Young Thug Guy
Robynne Young	...	Wants A Man Girl

Also Known As:

Tired Black Man - TBM (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated R for pervasive language including sexual references.

Runtime:

USA:108 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

USA:R (director's cut)

Filming Locations:

Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Company:

ScreenTime Films

Trivia:

Tim Alexander started his career as a fashion photographer with no real experience as a filmmaker. After a life of making bad choices in the women he chose to deal with, he decided to make this film, by himself as a crew of one, to show the world the challenges a good man has in a relationship. It was a personal challenge to tell his personal story through the lead character Jimmy Jean-Louis. (Tim is now happily married with twin sons.)

No Bad Reviews?

I looked at the external reviews for this film; all of them were positive. That's pretty amazing, as very few films ever made have received only good reviews. Then I noticed that the IMDb rating is only 2.9 out of 10, one of the lowest ratings on IMDb.

It's also peculiar that out of 80 ratings, not one person wrote a review. These facts don't seem to add up.

The maker of the film didn't choose only the good reviews and exclude all of the bad ones, did he? That would be rather biased. However, almost all of the external reviews I read, even though they rated the film highly, said the filmmaker was very biased in his presentation of black men being mistreated by their unappreciative black women.

I really don't know what the rules of IMDb are as far as what external reviews are included or not; whether the filmmakers have control over what is posted regarding their films.

It just seems something rather skewed is going on; a film highly rated by certain critics I hadn't heard of before, but yet with one of the lowest ratings on IMDb.