

Bringing Down the House
"Everything he needed to know about life, she learned in prison."
Overview
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.
Movie Details
Budget
$20.0M
$20,000,000
Revenue
$132.7M
$132,700,000
Languages
English
Studio
Touchstone Pictures
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Key Crew

Ashok Amritraj
Producer

Adam Shankman
Director

Queen Latifah
Executive Producer

David Hoberman
Producer
Cast

Steve Martin
Peter Sanderson

Queen Latifah
Charlene Morton

Eugene Levy
Howie Rottman

Joan Plowright
Mrs. 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
Aengus James
Mike

Jernard Burks
Widow's Bodyguard
Bronzell Miller
Widow's Bodyguard

Matt Lutz
Aaron

Randy Oglesby
FBI Agent

Jesse Corti
Italian FBI Agent

Smalls
Doorman

Victor Webster
Glen