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Director:
Writer (WGA):
Jason Filardi (written by)
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Release Date:
7 March 2003 (USA) more
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Everything he needed to know about life, she learned in prison. more
Plot:
When a lonely guy meets a woman on the Internet who happens to be in prison, she breaks out to be with him, and proceeds to wreak havoc on his middle-class life. full summary | add synopsis
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3 wins & 13 nominations more
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(32 articles)
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A Funny Comedy With Many Good Moments more (234 total)
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Also Known As:
In the Houze (USA) (working title)
JailBabes.com (USA) (working title)
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MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for language, sexual humor and drug material.
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105 min
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2.35 : 1 more
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The Russian title for the film translates as "House Upside Down". more
Goofs:
Revealing mistakes: When Charlene uses the speed dial on Peter's cell phone, you can hear the tones as a number is being dialed. You can't hear the tones for the numbers if you do that in real life. more
Quotes:
Mike: [Charlene's hanging Mike by his feet off the top of a house after finding out he got rough with Sarah to have sex with her] Please don't kill me! Oh God! Pull me up!
Charlene Morton: Yo Sarah! Mike has something he wants to say,
[to Mike]
Charlene Morton: say sorry!
Mike: I'm sorry!
Charlene Morton: Say sorry!
Mike: [louder] I'm sorry!
Charlene Morton: Say no means no!
Mike: No means no!
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Movie Connections:
Featured in Reel Paradise (2005) more
Soundtrack:
Ain't Nobody more

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7 out of 9 people found the following comment useful.
A Funny Comedy With Many Good Moments, 21 September 2004
7/10
Author: Claudio Carvalho from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Peter Sanderson (Steve Martin) is a divorced workaholic lawyer, who spends his time working and in a chat room for lawyers in Internet, where he meets the young lawyer Charlene Morton. He has a teenager daughter and a son, and misses his wife Kate (Jean Smart). One day, he schedules a dinner at his home with the pretty and blonde Charlene, of whom he has a picture only. When he opens his door, he sees that Charlene is indeed a huge Afro-American woman (Queen Latifah), who was in jail and wants him to defend her, claiming that she is innocent. Charlene forces Peter to lodge and defend her, and from this moment on, his life turns upside-down. This movie is a very funny comedy, with many good moments. For example, when his teenager daughter trusts on him and decides to tell him other hidden stories about her, it is hilarious. Or when Peter opens the door and sees Charlene for the first time. There are many other funny scenes. Of course there are also many clichés, this film is not a surrealistic art movie and certainly will not be indicated for an Oscar. But I laughed a lot with the situations created by Steve Martin, Queen Latifah, Eugene Levy and Joan Plowright. Highly recommended for laughing. My vote is seven.

Title (Brazil): 'A Casa Caiu' ('The House is Down')

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