Product Description

The hilarious Steve Martin (FATHER OF THE BRIDE) and Academy Award(R)-nominee Queen Latifah (Best Supporting Actress, 2002, CHICAGO) star with Eugene Levy (AMERICAN PIE) in the laugh-out-loud hit comedy BRINGING DOWN THE HOUSE. Peter Sanderson (Martin), a divorced, straitlaced, uptight workaholic attorney, meets a brainy bombshell lawyer in an on-line chat room and they make a date. Expecting his soul mate, he opens the door and finds himself face-to-face with Charlene (Latifah) -- a wild and crazy soul "sister" who's just escaped from prison and wants Peter to clear her name. But Peter wants absolutely nothing to do with her, and that prompts Charlene to turn Peter's perfectly ordered life totally upside down. Hysterical complications abound and Peter soon finds out he may need Charlene just as much as she needs him. It's a houseful of fun your family will enjoy again and again.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #27150 in DVD
• Brand: MARTIN,STEVE/LATIFA
• Released on: 2003-08-05
• Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Aspect ratio: 2.35:1
• Formats: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC
• Original language: English, French
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 105 minutes

Amazon.com
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

From The New Yorker
The joy of seeing Queen Latifah in a new film is muted by the general lameness of this would-be ghetto-fabulous comedy. The setup has the Queen as an escaped convict, moving in with an uptight lawyer (Steve Martin) whom she tries to convince of her innocence. The script and Adam Shankman's shameless direction seem to belong to a torpid "Saturday Night Live" sketch-Martin's character receives a predictable hip-hop facelift, and his shufflin'-gangsta performance offers nothing new. Only Eugene Levy, who plays a lawyer colleague in awe of Latifah's bodaciousness, arouses any comic interest. -Bruce Diones
Copyright © 2006 The New Yorker

Customer Reviews

not recommend for childrens
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.

hillarious
Steve Martin & Queen Latifah, A Perfect Match. you wouldn't think that these 2 would make a team but they do. this movie is really good and really funny. it's a must see.

Blaxplotation at its finest.
The use of corny stereotypes and slang made as an african american man want to vommit.