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Bringing Down the House

Everything he needed to know about life, she learned in prison.

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  • Drama
  • Comedy

Overview

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.

Keywords

  • los angeles
  • california
  • single father
  • parent child relationship
  • racism
  • prison
  • prison escape
  • love at first sight
  • lawyer
  • pool party
  • bank robbery
  • workaholic
  • ex-boyfriend
  • online dating
  • divorced man
  • divorce
  • support
  • all work no play
  • mistaken identity
  • country club
  • catfishing
  • female prisoner
  • racial stereotype
  • wrongful conviction
  • online chat
  • racist remark
  • catfight
  • los angeles, california

Details

Status
Released
Release date
March 7, 2003
Original language
English
Spoken languages
english, french
Countries
United States of America
Budget
$20,000,000
Revenue
$132,700,000
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