Bringing Down the House (2003) — comedy, drama film. Directed by Adam Shankman. Starring Steve Martin, Queen Latifah, Eugene Levy, Joan Plowright. This page maps 8 characters and 12 relationships between them as an interactive character network. Rated 6/10 from 754 votes.
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A workaholic attorney's life is transformed when he hides a felonious nanny who helps him reconnect with his family while clearing her name.
Comedy, Drama · 6/10 · 105 min · 2003
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.