Overview - Bringing Down the House

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.

Cast

• Name: Steve Martin

  Character: Peter Sanderson

  Popularity: 1.4235

  

• Name: Queen Latifah

  Character: Charlene Morton

  Popularity: 0.7291

  

• Name: Eugene Levy

  Character: Howie Rottman

  Popularity: 7.049

  

• Name: Joan Plowright

  Character: Mrs. Virginia Arness

  Popularity: 0.5359

  

• Name: Jean Smart

  Character: Kate Sanderson

  Popularity: 1.9172

  

• Name: Kimberly J. Brown

  Character: Sarah Sanderson

  Popularity: 4.9047

  

• Name: Angus T. Jones

  Character: Georgey Sanderson

  Popularity: 1.0541

  

• Name: Missi Pyle

  Character: Ashley

  Popularity: 3.5332