Bringing Down the House

2003

105 min

6.0

Ends at

Uptight lawyer Peter Sanderson wants to dive back into dating after his divorce and has a hard time meeting the right women. He tries online dating and lucks out when he starts chatting with a fellow lawyer. The two agree to meet in the flesh, but the woman he meets — an escaped African-American convict named Charlene — is not what he expected. Peter is freaked out, but Charlene tries to convinces him to take her case and prove her innocence. Along the way, she wreaks havoc on his middle-class life as he gets a lesson in learning to lighten up.

Budget

$20,000,000

Genre

Comedy, Drama

Director

Adam Shankman

Country

United States of America

Cast & Crew

Steve Martin

Queen Latifah

Eugene Levy

Joan Plowright

Jean Smart

Kimberly J. Brown

Angus T. Jones

Missi Pyle

Michael Rosenbaum

Betty White

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Bringing Down the House

Uptight lawyer Peter Sanderson wants to dive back into dating after his divorce and has a hard time meeting the right women. He tries online dating and lucks out when he starts chatting with a fellow lawyer. The two agree to meet in the flesh, but the woman he meets — an escaped African-American convict named Charlene — is not what he expected. Peter is freaked out, but Charlene tries to convinces him to take her case and prove her innocence. Along the way, she wreaks havoc on his middle-class life as he gets a lesson in learning to lighten up.

  • Steve Martin

  • Queen Latifah

  • Eugene Levy

  • Joan Plowright

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