Bringing Down the House
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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.
Status: Released
Released Date: 2003-03-07
Runtime: 105 mins
Director: Adam Shankman
Spoken language: English
Genres: Comedy, Drama
Original title: Bringing Down the House
Production Companies: Touchstone Pictures, Hyde Park Entertainment, Mandeville Films
Production Countries: United States of America
Cast
Steve Martin
Queen Latifah
Eugene Levy
Joan Plowright
Jean Smart
Kimberly J. Brown
Angus T. Jones
Missi Pyle
Michael Rosenbaum
Betty White
Steve Harris
Jim Haynie
Aengus James
Jernard Burks
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