Bringing Down the House

Mar 7, 2003

1h 45m

★ 6.0

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

Overview

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.

Genres

Comedy

Drama

Production Companies

Touchstone Pictures

Hyde Park Entertainment

Mandeville Films

Bringing Down the House Trailers

Cast

Peter Sanderson

Steve Martin

Charlene Morton

Queen Latifah

Howie Rottman

Eugene Levy

Mrs. Virginia Arness

Joan Plowright

Kate Sanderson

Jean Smart

Sarah Sanderson

Kimberly J. Brown

Georgey Sanderson

Angus T. Jones

Ashley

Missi Pyle

Todd Gendler

Michael Rosenbaum

Mrs. Kline

Betty White

Widow

Steve Harris

Ed Tobias

Jim Haynie

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