Steve Martin, Queen Latifah, Eugene Levy
When a lonely guy (Martin) meets a woman (Latifah) on the Internet who happens to be in prison, she breaks out to be with him, and proceeds to wreak havoc on his middle-class life.
DVD Release Date: August 5, 2003
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Flixster Reviews (10,937)
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November 16, 2008This movie was hilarious. I love Queen Latifah, and Steve Martin and Eugene Levy are always funny as well.
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August 31, 2008This movie is so fanatically racist at times that, had Steve Martin not been starring in it, I could swear I was watching Roots. And with Eugene Levy co-starring here with his lifelong list of films he's been in (read: every single one ever) it wouldn't surprise me if he was righ...( read more)
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July 29, 2008Dear Steve Martin, what happened to you? You were in some of the funniest movies of the 80s and you didn't seem to age one bit. Why do they not offer you decent scripts anymore? Why do you do movies like this? Sure, it's not awful, has its moments and it's actually you and Queen ...( read more)
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March 27, 2008now this isn't one of the best comedy films out there but it works due to how over the top it goes. the scene where steve martin dresses "gangsta" and goes to a club... that's so o.t.t. that its quite brilliant. latifah has some good lines in it... and eugene levy (jims dad in am...( read more)
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September 30, 2007Only way this movie's bringing down the house is if Queen Latifah sits on it.
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October 25, 2009Bringing Down the House proves how sometimes internet dating can go wrong. Steve Martin's character meets a woman online and they form a friendship. Well this woman(Queen Latifah) is in prison and escapes and hides out at his place. The film is funny. Martin and Latifah seem to h...( read more)
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October 15, 2009OMG I love Queen Latifa in this movie she is jsut so friggen funny. Best damn movie ever! lol
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Critic Reviews
March 7, 2003
Claudia Puig, USA Today
March 7, 2003
Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times
The rare film that manages to be simultaneously bland and offensive. full review
March 7, 2003
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle
This is strictly formula stuff, made worse by an utterly careless depiction of the characters, whose road to friendship is neither believable nor remotely accounted for. full review
March 7, 2003
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
A comedy is not allowed to end with the couples incorrectly paired. It goes against the deeply traditional requirements of the audience. full review
March 7, 2003
Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail
A movie where each scene seems to stand in a world of its own: funny; tasteless; stale; very funny; what on earth were they thinking? full review
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March 31, 2008This film had me in fits of laughter all the way through. Steve Martin at his best.
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