Film

Bringing Down the House

2003 · 1h 45m · Comedy · Drama

Everything he needed to know about life, she learned in prison.

IMDb

5.6

Rotten Tomatoes

33%

Metacritic

39

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.

Steve Martin

Peter Sanderson

Queen Latifah

Charlene Morton

Eugene Levy

Howie Rottman

Joan Plowright

Mrs. Virginia Arness

Jean Smart

Kate Sanderson

Kimberly J. Brown

Sarah Sanderson

Angus T. Jones

Georgey Sanderson

Missi Pyle

Ashley

Michael Rosenbaum

Todd Gendler

Betty White

Mrs. Kline

Steve Harris

Widow

Jim Haynie

Ed Tobias

Aengus James

Mike

Jernard Burks

Widow's Bodyguard

Bronzell Miller

Widow's Bodyguard

Matt Lutz

Aaron

• Adam ShankmanDirector
• Jason FilardiScreenplay
• Ashok AmritrajProducer
• David HobermanProducer
• Jane BartelmeExecutive Producer
• Queen LatifahExecutive Producer
• Julio MacatDirector of Photography
• Johnny E. JensenDirector of Photography
• Lalo SchifrinOriginal Music Composer
• Gerald B. GreenbergEditor

Bringing Down The House DVD Trailer

Release date

March 7, 2003

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 45m

Rated

PG-13

Budget

$20,000,000

Revenue

$132,700,000

Genres

Comedy, Drama

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