Bringing Down The House (Widescreen Edition) | 
| Director: Adam Shankman
Actors: Steve Martin, Queen Latifah, Eugene Levy, Joan Plowright, Jean Smart
Studio: Walt Disney Video
Category: DVD
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Rating:  202 reviews
Sales Rank: 22077
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dvd, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), French (Original Language)
Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 105 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.3 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: 786936227130
UPC: 786936227130
EAN: 0786936227130
ASIN: B00005JM4B
Theatrical Release Date: March 7, 2003
Release Date: August 5, 2003
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Product Description
Peter Sanderson (Steve Martin) is a divorced workaholic L.A. lawyer trying to forget his ex-wife (Jean Smart). Successful but lonely, Peter falls for an online chat buddy and is eager to meet his dream girl, until he meets the real woman behind the screen name and realizes she is nothing like he thought. Instead of a svelte blonde businesswoman he comes face to face with Charlene Morton (Queen Latifah), a sassy African American ex-con who is eager to infiltrate Peter's stereotypically uptight white suburban world. Charlene wants Peter to defend her and prove she's innocent of a crime that she didn't commit but Peter wants nothing to do with the fast-talking homegirl. However, Peter's geeky best friend Howie (Eugene Levy) feels different and begins to woo the voluptuous diva with "hip" street lingo and hysterically deadpan come-ons. Soon enough, Charlene is shacked up in Peter's palatial estate, throwing wild parties, and opening his eyes to life, love and infectious freedom. Steve Martin and Queen Latifah are a fresh and dynamic comic team in this hysterical spin on the black-white buddy comedy that is a mixture of Pretty Woman and The Fresh Prince of Bel Air.
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The pleasingly contrasting comic styles of Queen Latifah and Steve Martin bring some energy to Bringing Down the House, a hopelessly formulaic comedy. Martin plays Peter, an uptight lawyer too obsessed with work to spend quality time with his kids. Into his life comes Queen Latifah as Charlene, an escaped convict who threatens to wreck his relationship with a wealthy but arch-conservative client (Joan Plowright, in high dudgeon) if Peter won't take up her case. Of course, Latifah's exuberant ways enchant his kids and bring out a looser, livelier side of Peter, all in a series of scenes so standard they hardly register. Thank goodness for Eugene Levy; as one of Peter's law partners with a taste for Charlene's bodacious brand of sexy, Levy's ingenious transformation from nebbish to loverman is the movie's secret weapon, stealthily planting comic explosions amidst the modest rice-krispie-crackle of the stale plot. --Bret Fetzer
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 Excellent! July 1, 2009
Alissa Reitmeier
Seller was easy to work with and promptly got me the DVD I ordered in excellent condition. Thanks!
One of the best comedies April 22, 2009
S. McKinley
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is one of the best comedies of all time.
Queen Latifa and Steve Martin are a great combination.
Everyrhing Queen Latifa does is classy, and Steve Martin is Steve Martin.
 Not Happy April 13, 2009
Felicia Coston
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I have not been able to get this video to work. I am going to return it if I cannot get it to run. 1st time not satisfied with a purchase I have made through Amazon. Hopefully it will be my last one.
William Shakespeare (the dog) steals the show March 29, 2009
Jason (Backwater, Alabama)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Going into this nonsense I already knew that Latifah was going to do the stereotypical black thang, Steve Martin was going to be a stereotypical WASP, and painfully corny to the point that it would be comparable to kidney stones. What I didn't know, however, was that it would be a blatant rip-off of You've Got Mail, with Martin failing to fill Tom Hanks' shoes, Latifah (I refuse to call her a queen) playing the equivalent of two Meg Ryans, and some of the most painful scenes ever caught on film.
In case you can't see it coming, there's a decent chance that Latifah and Martin will dance together and she'll either teach him or disapprove of his spastic, uncoordinated, rehashed and unfunny King Tut act. But I won't "ruin it" for you. Oh, and you guessed it, the older white guys - which includes the lamest person in history: Eugene Levy - all make feeble attempts at ebonics that cause ever-increasing groans and cringes with each ignorant usage. There has never been a more out of touch combo in history. In fact, I'd say neither has EVER been hip.
It's truly baffling to me how anyone could convince so many black people to be in such a racially stereotypical movie. After this movie, I'm convinced that "The Man" does exist, and he's a producer in Hollywood attempting to perpetuate the racial divide. To be honest, I'd swear that Steve Martin is complicit, because between him and Levy, they've taken back racial understanding roughly 10-20 years. And it's not the content; it's just the method of delivery. They really wish they could crassly deliver the stereotypically racist lines, but they fail with each attempt. I tried to count each instance, but I forgot to watch the movie while holding an abacus.
The best possible way I can summarize this movie would be to say that I had a post-movie headache from constantly rolling my eyes at the bad jokes, poor timing, atrocious site gags, and aforementioned ridiculous racial content. If it weren't for the hilarious English Bulldog named William Shakespeare, this movie would be unbearable, dawg.
 not recommend for childrens September 24, 2008
Joan D. Dodson (Htfd . Ct.)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
to many grown up actions in the movie and also too many colorful words but good for grown upd very funny all the way through the movie.gave 3 stars because of the colorful words that children could not here and some of the action that was and performed,we do not want to give children any ideals nor do we want to incourge them.
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