Bringing Down the House
Everything he needed to know about life, she learned in prison.
Uptight lawyer Peter Sanderson wants to dive back into dating after his divorce and has a hard time meeting the right women. He tries online dating and lucks out when he starts chatting with a fellow lawyer. The two agree to meet in the flesh, but the woman he meets — an escaped African-American convict named Charlene — is not what he expected. Peter is freaked out, but Charlene tries to convince him to take her case and prove her innocence. Along the way, she wreaks havoc on his middle-class life as he gets a lesson in learning to lighten up.
- Year: 2003
- Country: United States of America
- Genre: Comedy, Drama
- Studio: Touchstone Pictures, Hyde Park Entertainment
- Keyword: prison, workaholic, parent child relationship, love at first sight, ex-boyfriend, support, mistaken identity, prison escape, lawyer, female prisoner, racist remark, racism, los angeles, california, divorce, bank robbery, catfight, single father, racial stereotype, wrongful conviction, country club, online dating, divorced man, online chat, catfishing, pool party, all work no play
- Director: Adam Shankman
- Cast: Steve Martin, Queen Latifah, Eugene Levy, Joan Plowright, Jean Smart, Kimberly J. Brown
