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Bringing Down the House

2003 • 1h45m Comedy, Drama

Rating

6.0/10

Popularity

2

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 convince 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.

Details

Director

Adam Shankman

Screenplay

Jason Filardi

Cast

Steve Martin

Queen Latifah

Eugene Levy

Release date

3/7/2003

Status

Released

Budget

$20,000,000

Revenue

$132,700,000

Origin country

US

Vote count

734