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Bringing Down the House

  • 20032003
  • PG-13PG-13
  • 1h 45m
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5.6/10
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Steve Martin and Queen Latifah in Bringing Down the House (2003)
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When a lonely guy meets a woman on the internet who happens to be in prison, she breaks out to get him to prove her innocence, and proceeds to wreak havoc on his middle-class life.When a lonely guy meets a woman on the internet who happens to be in prison, she breaks out to get him to prove her innocence, and proceeds to wreak havoc on his middle-class life.When a lonely guy meets a woman on the internet who happens to be in prison, she breaks out to get him to prove her innocence, and proceeds to wreak havoc on his middle-class life.
IMDb RATING
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38K
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    • Adam Shankman
    • Jason Filardi
  • Stars
    • Steve Martin
    • Queen Latifah
    • Eugene Levy
    • Adam Shankman
    • Jason Filardi
  • Stars
    • Steve Martin
    • Queen Latifah
    • Eugene Levy
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    • 248User reviews
    • 97Critic reviews
    • 39Metascore
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    Steve Martin, Queen Latifah, and Eugene Levy in Bringing Down the House (2003)
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    Steve Martin
    Steve Martin
    • Peter Sanderson
    Queen Latifah
    Queen Latifah
    • Charlene Morton
    Eugene Levy
    Eugene Levy
    • Howie Rottman
    Joan Plowright
    Joan Plowright
    • Virginia Arness
    Jean Smart
    Jean Smart
    • Kate Sanderson
    Kimberly J. Brown
    Kimberly J. Brown
    • Sarah Sanderson
    Angus T. Jones
    Angus T. Jones
    • Georgey Sanderson
    Missi Pyle
    Missi Pyle
    • Ashley
    Michael Rosenbaum
    Michael Rosenbaum
    • Todd Gendler
    Betty White
    Betty White
    • Mrs. Kline
    Steve Harris
    Steve Harris
    • Widow
    Jim Haynie
    Jim Haynie
    • Ed Tobias
    Aengus James
    • Mike
    Jernard Burks
    Jernard Burks
    • Widow's Bodyguard
    Bronzell Miller
    Bronzell Miller
    • Widow's Bodyguard
    Matt Lutz
    Matt Lutz
    • Aaron
    Randy Oglesby
    Randy Oglesby
    • FBI Agent
    Jesse Corti
    Jesse Corti
    • Italian FBI Agent
      • Adam Shankman
      • Jason Filardi
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    • Trivia
      According to the DVD commentary, the house in which Kate Sanderson (Jean Smart) lives is the same house from Father of the Bride (1991), also starring Steve Martin.
    • Goofs
      When Peter takes Mrs. Arness, her dog William, and golf caddy out for a game of golf, there seems to be an extra player in their foursome. In the golf cart, sitting just behind the four, is a woman wearing a hat, taking off her socks. The woman is dressed exactly like Mrs. Arness. The woman then disappears entirely after Mrs. Arness takes a swing (she is Mrs. Arness' stunt double).
    • Quotes

      Howie Rottman: I'd like to dip you in Cheez Wiz and spread you all over a Ritz cracker, if I'm not being too subtle.

      Charlene Morton: Boy, you some kinda freaky!

      Howie Rottman: Oh, you have no idea. You got me straight trippin', boo!

    • Crazy credits
      Thanks to residents of McCadden Place.
    • Connections
      Featured in BET Comedy Awards (2004)
    • Soundtracks
      A Man and a Woman
      (Un Homme et une Femme)

      Music by Francis Lai

      French lyrics by Pierre Barouh

      English lyrics by Jerry Keller

      Performed by Gene Merlino and Melissa MacKay

    User reviews248

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    6/10
    Really something, Boo.
    OK, so the white-yuppie-and-black-ghetto-person-joining-up idea has been used a number of times in movies, but the dialog between Steve Martin and Queen Latifah makes this one worthwhile. Probably the best scenes are Betty White's nasty comments, Queen Latifah teaching Missi Pyle a lesson, Steve Martin dressed - and attempting to talk - like a rapper (especially because of what Joan Plowright ends up doing in that scene), and of course, Eugene Levy's statements ending with "Boo". "Bringing Down the House" really does bring down the house. Completely silly, but fun nevertheless.

    Who ever would have imagined Joan Plowright (aka Laurence Olivier's widow) doing what she did and saying what she said in the rapper scene?
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    • Mar 18, 2006

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    • Release date
      • March 7, 2003 (United States)
      • United States
      • English
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    • Filming locations
      • 166 S McCadden Pl., Hancock Park, Los Angeles, California, USA
    • Production companies
      • Touchstone Pictures
      • Hyde Park Films
      • Mandeville Films
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    • 1 hour 45 minutes
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