Bringing Down the House
Everything he needed to know about life, she learned in prison.
6.0(749) 2003-03-07 105 minComedyDrama
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.
ProducerAshok Amritraj
Original Music ComposerLalo Schifrin
DirectorAdam Shankman
ScreenplayJason Filardi
ProducerDavid Hoberman
Cast & characters
Steve Martin
as Peter Sanderson
Queen Latifah
as Charlene Morton
Eugene Levy
as Howie Rottman
Joan Plowright
as Mrs. Virginia Arness
Jean Smart
as Kate Sanderson
Kimberly J. Brown
as Sarah Sanderson
Angus T. Jones
as Georgey Sanderson
Missi Pyle
as Ashley
Michael Rosenbaum
as Todd Gendler
Betty White
as Mrs. Kline
Steve Harris
as Widow
Jim Haynie
as Ed Tobias
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Aengus James
as Mike
Jernard Burks
as Widow's Bodyguard
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Bronzell Miller
as Widow's Bodyguard
Matt Lutz
as Aaron
Randy Oglesby
as FBI Agent
Jesse Corti
as Italian FBI Agent
Smalls
as Doorman
Victor Webster
as Glen
Teddy Lane Jr.
as Big Man
Vincent M. Ward
as Big Man
Michael Ensign
as Daniel Barnes
Tracey Cherelle Jones
as Sofia
