Bringing Down the House

2003 · directed by Adam Shankman

Rating

49/100

Hit

no

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.

Bringing Down the House (2003), directed by Adam Shankman, rates 49/100. See how its director, cast and crew rate across their careers.

Cast

• Steve Martin
• Queen Latifah
• Eugene Levy
• Joan Plowright
• Jean Smart
• Kimberly J. Brown
• Angus T. Jones
• Missi Pyle
• Michael Rosenbaum
• Betty White

Crew

• Johnny E. Jensen — Director of Photography
• Julio Macat — Director of Photography
• Gerald B. Greenberg — Editor
• Lalo Schifrin — Original Music Composer
• Jason Filardi — Screenplay

More from Adam Shankman

1. Hairspray (2007) — 75/100
2. Stop! That! Train! (2026) — 59/100
3. A Walk to Remember (2002) — 58/100
4. Disenchanted (2022) — 57/100
5. Rock of Ages (2012) — 54/100
6. What Men Want (2019) — 53/100

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