Bringing Down the House

Everything he needed to know about life, she learned in prison.

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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.

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Creators

Adam Shankman

director

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Jason Filardi

writer

Cast

Steve Martin actor Queen Latifah actor Eugene Levy actor Joan Plowright actor Jean Smart actor Kimberly J. Brown actor Angus T. Jones actor Missi Pyle actor Michael Rosenbaum actor Betty White actor Steve Harris actor Jim Haynie actor

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Aengus James actor

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Jernard Burks actor

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Bronzell Miller actor Matt Lutz actor

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Randy Oglesby actor Jesse Corti actor

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Smalls actor Victor Webster actor