Bringing Down the House (2003)

Directed by

Adam Shankman

Genre

romantic comedy film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 45m

Rated

PG-13

Rating

6.0 of 10 from 747 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A lonely lawyer meets a woman online but she turns out to be an escaped prisoner trying to prove her innocence. She turns his orderly upper-class life upside down.

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What happens

Bringing Down the House is a 2003 American comedy film written by Jason Filardi and directed by Adam Shankman and starring Steve Martin and Queen Latifah alongside Eugene Levy, Jean Smart, and Joan Plowright. The film features Martin as Peter Sanderson, a lonely lawyer who meets a woman on the Internet, only to learn she has escaped prison to prove her innocence. She then proceeds to wreak havoc on his own upper-class life. The film was released on March 7, 2003 by Touchstone Pictures and was distributed by Buena Vista Pictures. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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