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Experience the laugh-out-loud comedy Bringing Down The House. The hilarious Steve Martin (Father Of The Bride) and Academy Award® nominee Queen Latifah (Best Supporting Actress, 2002, Chicago) star with Eugene Levy (American Pie) and Betty White (The Proposal) in this hysterical culture clash hit. When Peter Sanderson (Martin), a divorced, uptight lawyer, meets Charlene (Latifah), a street-smart soul sister who’s just escaped from prison, his life is turned upside down. Crazy complications abound, and Peter soon discovers he may need Charlene just as much as she needs him. It’s a houseful of fun your family will enjoy again and again.

2003 · 1h 45m
Director Adam Shankman

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Bringing Down the House

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Experience the laugh-out-loud comedy Bringing Down The House. The hilarious Steve Martin (Father Of The Bride) and Academy Award® nominee Queen Latifah (Best Supporting Actress, 2002, Chicago) star with Eugene Levy (American Pie) and Betty White (The Proposal) in this hysterical culture clash hit. When Peter Sanderson (Martin), a divorced, uptight lawyer, meets Charlene (Latifah), a street-smart soul sister who’s just escaped from prison, his life is turned upside down. Crazy complications abound, and Peter soon discovers he may need Charlene just as much as she needs him. It’s a houseful of fun your family will enjoy again and again.

COMMON SENSE

Martin and Latifah rule in boundary-pushing PG-13.

TOMATOMETER
Average 4.9
Reviews 148
Fresh 49
Rotten 99

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Studio
Touchstone Pictures
Released
2003
Run Time
1 hr 45 min
Rated
PG-13 for language, sexual humor, and drug material.
Content Advisories
Sexual Content, Suggestive Dialogue, Language, Violence
Region of Origin
United States
© 2003 Buena Vista Home Entertainment, Inc.

Languages

Original Audio
English, German (Germany)
Audio

English (United States) (⁨Dolby 5.1⁩, AAC), French (France) (AAC), Spanish (Latin America) (AAC)

Subtitles

English (CC), Hebrew , Russian , Spanish (Latin America) , Turkish

Accessibility

Closed captions (CC) refer to subtitles in the available language with the addition of relevant non-dialogue information.