Bringing Down the House
- Released on
- Runtime
- 105 mins
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.
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
- 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
- Bronzell Miller
- Matt Lutz
- Randy Oglesby
- Jesse Corti
- Smalls
- Victor Webster
- Teddy Lane Jr.
- Vincent M. Ward
- Michael Ensign
- Tracey Cherelle Jones
- Josh Waters
- Anne Fletcher
- John Prosky
- Alonzo Bodden
- Seth Howard
- Diana Carreno
- Tim Stevenson
- Eddie Garcia
- Sundy Carter
- Anne Bellamy
- Robin Michelle McClamb
- Walter Addison
- Gina Morelli
- Seth Altschull
- Deezer D
- Kelly Price
- Candace Jackson
- Erika Nuri
- Faida Amana Brigham
- Aminah Abdul-Jillil
- Barry Lee Youngblood
- Cris Judd
- Oscar Orosco
- Garland Spencer
- Montrose Hagins
- Laura Grady
- Erik Betts
- Christianna Carmine
- Wahayn Inello Clayton
- Paul Hopkins
- Daymond Johnson
- Michelle McGinty
- Lucas Meyers
- Bibi Nshimba
Director
- Adam Shankman
Producers
- Ashok Amritraj
- David Hoberman
Screenwriter
- Jason Filardi
