Bringing Down the House (2003)

2003 105 min Mar 7, 2003

Comedy

Storyline

Straight-laced lawyer, Peter Sanderson (Steve Martin) meets and falls in love with online chat friend "Lawyer-Girl", Charlene Morton (Queen Latifah), only to discover she's a convicted bank robber. Charlene escapes from jail and comes looking for Peter to help clear her name.

Release DateMarch 7, 2003

Runtime105 minutes

IMDBBringing Down the House (2003)

Directors

Adam Shankman

Writers

Shane West

Cast

Steve Harris, Anne Fletcher, Missi Pyle, Queen Latifah, Eugene Levy, Michael Rosenbaum, Seth Howard, Jernard Burks, Betty White, Jean Smart, Steve Martin, Randy Oglesby, Tracey Cherelle Jones, Oscar Orosco, Eddie Garcia, Victor Webster, John Prosky, Michael Ensign, Joan Plowright, Jesse Corti, Cris Judd , Matt Lutz, Erik Betts, Paul Hopkins, Kimberly J. Brown, Jim Haynie, Angus T. Jones, Deezer D, Anne Bellamy, Walter Addison, Laura Grady, Sundy Carter, Aengus James, Bronzell Miller, Smalls, Teddy Lane Jr., Vincent M. Ward, Josh Waters, Alonzo Bodden, Diana Carreno, Tim Stevenson, Robin Michelle McClamb, Gina Morelli, Seth Altschull, Kelly Price, Candace Jackson, Erika Nuri, Faida Amana Brigham, Aminah Abdul-Jillil, Barry Lee Youngblood, Garland Spencer, Montrose Hagins, Christianna Carmine, Wahayn Inello Clayton, Joseph J. Dawson, Daymond Johnson, Michelle McGinty, Lucas Meyers, Bibi Nshimba

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Reviews

ReelViews

James Berardinelli

Having funny lines and amusing gags is only half the battle. The rest is in the delivery, and that's where the trio of Martin, Latifah, and Levy excel.

Philadelphia Inquirer

Carrie Rickey

A high-performance low comedy, House succeeds because Martin's Peter Sanderson and Latifah's Charlene Morton each plays Henry Higgins to the other's Eliza Doolittle.

New York Post

Lou Lumenick

The best scene centers on neither Latifah nor Martin. Rather, it's the venerable Plowright delivering an a capella rendition of the slave spiritual "Is Massa Gonna Sell Me Tomorrow?"

Baltimore Sun

Unnamed

A gut-busting black-and-white culture clash comedy. It's not elegantly done. Some of the acting is too broad to enjoy. It has plot problems and racial-stereotype problems.

Chicago Sun-Times

Roger Ebert

Here is a movie that ignores the Model Airplane Rule: First, make sure you have taken all of the pieces out of the box, then line them up in the order in which they will be needed. Bringing Down the House is glued together with one of the wings treated like a piece of tail.

Bringing Down the House (2003)

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