Bringing Down the House

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1h 45min

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.

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Awards
- 4 wins & 13 nominations

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Steve Martin in Bringing Down the House (2003)

Steve Martin, Queen Latifah, and Eugene Levy in Bringing Down the House (2003)

Steve Martin and Eugene Levy in Bringing Down the House (2003)

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Steve Martin in Bringing Down the House (2003)

Queen Latifah and Betty White in Bringing Down the House (2003)

Jean Smart in Bringing Down the House (2003)

Steve Martin in Bringing Down the House (2003)

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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. —Sujit R. Varma

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Taglines
- Everything he needed to know about life, she learned in prison.
Genre
- Comedy
Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
- Rated PG-13 for language, sexual humor and drug material
Parents guide

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

Top review

Comedy of the year!

This movie was amazing, Steve Martin and Queen Latifah are a great team they made the whole movie so much fun. When Peter Sanderson (Martin) expects a date with a classy lawyer at his home, instead a large loud woman just out of prison Charlene (Latifah), appears on his doorstep and comes into his home and his life with a bang! At the end of this hilarious movie after a whole lot of havoc Charlene and Peter actually build up a good relationship despite their differences. All of the cast were brilliantly picked including Peters hilarious assistant (Eugene Levy) Mrs Arness (Joan Plowright) and The Sanderson kids, they all contributed to making this film the movie of 2003!

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10

nbickerstaff
Dec 23, 2005

Release date
- March 7, 2003 (United States)
Country of origin
- United States
Language
- English
Also known as
- JailBabes.com
Filming locations
- 166 S McCadden Pl., Hancock Park, Los Angeles, California, USA
Production companies
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Budget
- $33,000,000 (estimated)
Gross US & Canada
- $132,716,677
Opening weekend US & Canada
- $31,101,026
- Mar 9, 2003
Gross worldwide
- $164,729,679

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Runtime
- 1h 45min
Color
- Color
Sound mix
Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1

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