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  • 2003
  • PG-13
  • Buena Vista Pictures Distribution
  • 1 h 45 m
  • 2003
  • PG-13
  • Buena Vista Pictures Distribution
  • 1 h 45 m

Summary A divorced, uptight attorney (Martin) is smitten with a brainy, bombshell barrister he's been chatting with on-line. However, when they finally meet, she (Queen Latifah) turns out to be a prison escapee who's proclaiming her innocence and wants his to help clear her name. In the end, the unlikely pair has the chance to put each other's l...

Directed By: Adam Shankman

Written By: Jason Filardi

  • 2003
  • PG-13
  • Buena Vista Pictures Distribution
  • 1 h 45 m
  • 2003
  • PG-13
  • Buena Vista Pictures Distribution
  • 1 h 45 m

Bringing Down the House

Metascore Generally Unfavorable Based on 31 Critic Reviews
39
User Score Mixed or Average Based on 27 User Ratings
6.0
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Summary A divorced, uptight attorney (Martin) is smitten with a brainy, bombshell barrister he's been chatting with on-line. However, when they finally meet, she (Queen Latifah) turns out to be a prison escapee who's proclaiming her innocence and wants his to help clear her name. In the end, the unlikely pair has the chance to put each other's l...

Directed By: Adam Shankman

Written By: Jason Filardi

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Metascore
Generally Unfavorable Based on 31 Critic Reviews
39
23% Positive
7 Reviews
45% Mixed
14 Reviews
32% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Unfavorable Based on 31 Critic Reviews
39
23% Positive
7 Reviews
45% Mixed
14 Reviews
32% Negative
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80
Hits an edginess that will keep today’s audiences laughing.
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63
A gut-busting black-and-white culture clash comedy. It's not elegantly done. Some of the acting is too broad to enjoy. It has plot problems and racial-stereotype problems.
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50
Even the director's flat-footed moves can't quell Martin and Latifah, whose combined energy is fearsome and sometimes most amusing.
By Chuck Wilson FULL REVIEW
50
Here is a movie that ignores the Model Airplane Rule: First, make sure you have taken all of the pieces out of the box, then line them up in the order in which they will be needed. Bringing Down the House is glued together with one of the wings treated like a piece of tail.
By Roger Ebert FULL REVIEW
40
What's offensive in Bringing Down the House is the way the jokes have been calculated not to offend.
By Charles Taylor FULL REVIEW
30
Yet another comedy that suggests someone should take Martin aside and remind him that he can do better.
By Keith Phipps FULL REVIEW
10
The rare film that is capable of offending both Trent Lott and Al Sharpton.
By Rita Kempley FULL REVIEW

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6.0
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9 Ratings
56% Mixed
15 Ratings
11% Negative
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Mixed or Average Based on 27 User Ratings
6.0
33% Positive
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56% Mixed
15 Ratings
11% Negative
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Production Company Touchstone Pictures, Hyde Park Films, Mandeville Films
Release Date Mar 7, 2003
Duration 1 h 45 m
Rating PG-13
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Tagline Everything he needed to know about life, she learned in prison.
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Awards

Teen Choice Awards
• 1 Win & 6 Nominations
MTV Movie + TV Awards
• 3 Nominations
BET Comedy Awards
• 2 Nominations

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