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Title: Bringing Down the House (2003)
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Steve Martin | ... | Peter Sanderson | |
| Queen Latifah | ... | Charlene Morton | |
| Eugene Levy | ... | Howie Rottman | |
| Joan Plowright | ... | Virginia Arness | |
| Jean Smart | ... | Kate Sanderson | |
| Kimberly J. Brown | ... | Sarah Sanderson | |
| Angus T. Jones | ... | Georgey Sanderson | |
| Missi Pyle | ... | Ashley | |
| Michael Rosenbaum | ... | Todd Gendler | |
| Betty White | ... | Mrs. Kline | |
| Steve Harris | ... | Widow | |
| Jim Haynie | ... | Ed Tobias | |
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Aengus James | ... | Mike |
| Jernard Burks | ... | Widow's Bodyguard | |
| Bronzell Miller | ... | Widow's Bodyguard | |
Peter Sanderson (Steve Martin) is a divorced, straight-laced, uptight attorney who still loves his ex-wife and can't figure out what he did wrong to make her leave him. However, Peter's trying to move on, and he's smitten with a brainy, bombshell lawyer with whom he's been chatting on-line. However, when she comes to his house for their first face-to-face, she isn't refined, isn't Ivy League, and isn't even a lawyer. Instead, it's Charlene Morton (Queen Latifah), a prison escapee who's proclaiming her innocence and wants Peter to help her clear her name. But Peter wants nothing to do with her, prompting the loud and shocking Charlene to turn Peter's perfectly ordered life upside down, jeopardizing his effort to get back with his wife, and win a billion-dollar client. Written by Sujit R. Varma
This is pretty much another one of those typical culture clash comedies where a streetsmart character meets the classy rich character, there's conflict and then the conflict is resolved and friendship blossoms, then there's another conflict but that too is resolved by the end. The story has been told x number of times. But what makes 'Bringing Down The House' likable is Queen Latifah, Steve Martin and Joan Plowright. These three provide some laugh-out-loud moments some including Martin and Latifah's dance number, Martin dressing and talking 'black', Queen Latifah and Missy Pyle's catfight and doing a break-dance, Plowright's pompous and stuck up character getting stoned, Peter's neighbour catching him and Charlene in a compromising position. The chemistry between Latifah and Martin is convincing and both have a good comic timing. Thus, even though the story has nothing new to offer, the funny moments make 'Bringing Down The House' fun to watch.