Bringing Down the House (2003)
Rating: 6.0/10
Duration: 105 min
Director(s): Adam Shankman,
Description:
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.
Cast
- Steve Martin as Peter Sanderson
- Missi Pyle as Ashley
- Jean Smart as Kate Sanderson
- Queen Latifah as Charlene Morton
- Joan Plowright as Mrs. Virginia Arness
- Eugene Levy as Howie Rottman
- Steve Harris as Widow
- Jernard Burks as Widow's Bodyguard
- Jim Haynie as Ed Tobias
- Michael Rosenbaum as Todd Gendler
- Betty White as Mrs. Kline
- Angus T. Jones as Georgey Sanderson
- Kimberly J. Brown as Sarah Sanderson
- Aengus James as Mike
- Bronzell Miller as Widow's Bodyguard