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Bringing Down the House

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

2003

105 min

Rated PG-13

5.6IMDB

39Metacritic

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.

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ComedyDrama

Director

Adam Shankman

Cast

Steve MartinQueen LatifahEugene LevyJoan PlowrightJean SmartKimberly J. BrownAngus T. JonesMissi Pyle

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Keywords

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