Bringing Down the House 2003

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

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PG-13
Comedy Drama

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 convinces 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.

Release Date 2003-03-07
Runtime 1h 45m
Directors Julio Macat, Adam Shankman, Daniel Silverberg, John Medlen, Johnny E. Jensen, John Pontrelli, Lisa Bloch-Tobey, Johnny E. Jensen, Conte Mark Matal
Producers Ashok Amritraj, Queen Latifah, Jane Bartelme, David Hoberman, Todd Lieberman, Cookie Carosella, Kim Meade, Justin Nelson, Teena Deocales, LaWanda Black, Andrea Milford
Writer Jason Filardi