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Bringing Down the House
Directed by
Adam Shankman
PG-13
2003
1h 45m
Comedy
,
Drama
5.6
33%
49%
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When a lonely guy meets a woman on the internet who happens to be in prison, she breaks out to get him to prove her innocence, and proceeds to wreak havoc on his middle-class life.
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Cast of Bringing Down the House
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
Teddy Lane Jr.
Big Man
Vincent M. Ward
Big Man
Michael Ensign
Daniel Barnes
Tracey Cherelle Jones
Sofia
Josh Waters
College Party Boy
Anne Fletcher
Saleslady
John Prosky
Male Commentator
Alonzo Bodden
Bear
Seth Howard
Caddy
Diana Carreno
Hip Hopper
Tim Stevenson
Hip Hopper
Eddie Garcia
Hip Hopper
Sundy Carter
Flygirl
Anne Bellamy
Hostess
Robin Michelle McClamb
Bartender
Walter Addison
Mr. Kline
Gina Morelli
Rosa
Seth Altschull
Waiter
Deezer D
Heavy Guy
Kelly Price
Nightclub Singer
Candace Jackson
Backup Singer
Erika Nuri
Backup Singer
Faida Amana Brigham
Down Low Dancer
Aminah Abdul-Jillil
Down Low Dancer
Barry Lee Youngblood
Down Low Dancer
Cris Judd
Down Low Dancer
Oscar Orosco
Down Low Dancer
Garland Spencer
Down Low Dancer
Montrose Hagins
Charlene's Neighbor
Laura Grady
Hotel Hostess
Erik Betts
House Guest #4
Christianna Carmine
Club Goer
Wahayn Inello Clayton
Club Goer
Paul Hopkins
Party Guest
Daymond Johnson
Partygoer
Michelle McGinty
Attorney in Photo
Lucas Meyers
Valet
Bibi Nshimba
Club Goer
Adam Shankman
Director
Jason Filardi
Writer
Ashok Amritraj
Producer
David Hoberman
Producer
Bringing Down the House Ratings & Reviews
mickerdoo
June 27, 2025
One of my guilty pleasures. Martin, Levy and Latifah crack me up. The overly blatant racist characters make for some funny situations.
Bitch Media
Rachel Swan
The film fails as a satire because it's plenty racist on its own.
Common Sense Media
Nell Minow
Martin and Latifah rule in boundary-pushing PG-13.
New York Daily News
Jami Bernard
A comedy that successfully plays with stereotypes, both racial and personal.
Ebert & Roeper
Richard Roeper
You have somebody as smart as Steve Martin, and as smart and appealing as Queen Latifah in a movie like this. To have such an awful, offensive story is a real disappointment.
Boxoffice Magazine
Tim Cogshell
This is an early '80s Whoopi Goldberg movie.
Village Voice
Jane Dark
A Film in Which Steve Martin Will Appear in Full Hip-Hop Drag With Appropriate Slang for Not Less Than Six Minutes.
Austin Chronicle
Marjorie Baumgarten
The equivalent of a fast-food meal -- everyone seems to love it, it slides down in a hurry, imparts few nutrients, and has us skipping back the next day hungry for more. Rarely do we stop to ask why.
New York Magazine/Vulture
Peter Rainer
The material is thin and pandering and almost criminally negligent in bypassing opportunities for humor.
USA Today
Claudia Puig
It's a sorry situation when actors as talented and funny as Queen Latifah and Steve Martin waste their efforts in an offensive exercise that feels like a bad sitcom.
Seattle Times
Moira MacDonald
The rare film that manages to be simultaneously bland and offensive.
San Francisco Chronicle
Mick LaSalle
This is strictly formula stuff, made worse by an utterly careless depiction of the characters, whose road to friendship is neither believable nor remotely accounted for.
Newsday
Gene Seymour
Like one of those overbearing relatives who bursts into the living room, invited or not, and shatters your domestic tranquility with a barrage of soggy platitudes and moldy jokes, both of which he's sure you've never heard before.
Houston Chronicle
Bruce Westbrook
It's inspired comic casting with rare feel-good chemistry.
Detroit News
Tom Long
While Bringing Down the House is far from perfect, it is still guaranteed to get you laughing.
Boston Globe
Ty Burr
It's depressingly tame stuff.
Salon.com
Charles Taylor
The movie appears to have been made for an audience that considers the idea of black people terribly exotic.
Washington Post
Rita Kempley
An embarrassment for all concerned, this witless, odd-couple comedy slings separate but equal gibes at blacks and whites... and still manages to ridicule gays and Hispanics.
Detroit Free Press
John Monaghan
The kind of comedy whose best bits have already surfaced in the coming attractions trailer.
New York Post
Lou Lumenick
There's no shortage of laughs, thanks to some sharp one-liners, two stars at the top of their game, and a solid supporting cast of veteran laugh-getters.
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