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.

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Comedy
Drama
Release Date

Mar 07, 2003

Duration: 1h 45 min

Popularity: 1.7331
712 votes
Directed by

Adam Shankman

Casting: Victoria Thomas

Screenplay by

Jason Filardi

Productions

Touchstone Pictures (US)Hyde Park Entertainment (US)

Budget 20.0 M

132.7 M

Top Cast

Crew & Team

Adam Shankman

Director

Kerry Lyn McKissick

Script Supervisor

Conte Mark Matal

Second Assistant Director

Daniel Silverberg

First Assistant Director

Sharron Reynolds-Enriquez

Script Supervisor

John Medlen

Second Unit Director

John Pontrelli

Second Second Assistant Director

Lisa Bloch-Tobey

Second Unit First Assistant Director

Bradley Morris

Second Second Assistant Director

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