Bringing Down the House

105 min 2003 Published on, 1 year ago

6.0

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 convinces 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.

Country

United States

Genre

Comedy Drama

Released

07 Mar, 2003

Main Cast

Steve Martin , Queen Latifah , Eugene Levy , Joan Plowright , Jean Smart

Supporting Cast

Kimberly J. Brown , Angus T. Jones , Missi Pyle , Michael Rosenbaum , Betty White