Bringing Down the House Page #5

Synopsis: Peter Sanderson is a divorced, straight-laced, uptight attorney who still loves his ex-wife and can't figure out what he did wrong to make her leave him. However, Peter's trying to move on, and he's smitten with a brainy, bombshell barrister he's been chatting with online. However, when she comes to his house for their first face-to-face, she isn't refined, isn't Ivy League, and isn't even a lawyer. Instead, it's Charlene, a prison escapee who's proclaiming her innocence and wants Peter to help her clear her name. But Peter wants nothing to do with her, prompting the loud and shocking Charlene to turn Peter's perfectly ordered life upside down, jeopardizing his effort to get back with his wife and won a billion dollar client.
Genre: Comedy
Director(s): Adam Shankman
Production: Touchstone Pictures
  4 wins & 13 nominations.
 
IMDB:
5.6
Metacritic:
39
Rotten Tomatoes:
34%
PG-13
Year:
2003
105 min
Website
2,912 Views


at the details in a word,

so most of the time,|he's just guessin'.

What you got to do|is just slow it down

and give him somethin'|stimulatin' to read.

Dad?

What's a rack?

It's a country.

Well...

I was just doin' it|'cause he was botherin' me.

Well, either way...

Can you get rid of this?

Just put it back in my room,

'cause I'll get rid of it,|'cause I have a special...

Well, Mrs. Kline,|how wonderful to see you.

Come in!

It's girls poker night|at the house.

Where's my little dealer?

Well, just wait right here,|and I will just go get him.

Georgey, Mrs. Kline is here!

Hi, Mrs. Kline.

Come on, Georgey!

Tonight, I'm gonna|teach you to bluff.

And I think we need to|comb your hair differently.

You look like a fag.

- I'm not a fag!|- I didn't say you were.

- Hello.|- Hi. How are you?

Oh, good evening, sir.

Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait.

Dad, I don't want you|to freak out, okay?

Why would I freak out?

Well...

Dad, this is Aaron.

Hi.

- Hello.|- How do you do, sir?

L-l-I'm so glad|to actually meet you.

L-l-I told Sarah|that it was very important

that you feel comfortable|with me

taking her to|my parents' for dinner.

So, this is a date?

Oh, um, I'll have her home|by 11:00 at the latest, sir?

I guess that'd be all right.

All right. Did it work?

Yeah,|like a charm, my friend.

All right. Let's party.

Hey, watch the seats.

- All right...|- Oh, shut up.

No, I'm serious.|It's leather.

Hmm.

Well, look at you,|all growed up.

There's nothing to eat|in the house.

Yeah.|You comin' to a point?

Well, I'm hungry.|Are you?

You askin' me out?

Well, no, I'm not.

Yes, I am.

Okay.

Oh, look at the legs|on this wine.

I'm telling you,|this place is bangin'.

Don't you just mean,|"This is nice"?

Why the word "bangin"'|make you so uptight?

You're smart... if you'd just|deign to speak English

with what you learned|on the Internet and in prison,

you could be|a paralegal tomorrow.

Like they gonna be beatin' down|my door to let me in school.

You're exactly|the kind of person they want.

Well, why would I want|to do that, anyway?

I've been to your office.

Everybody's all uptight,|overworked,

tired, stressed-out,|don't see their family.

"Ooh, Ed is comin'."|"Ooh, Tobias."

I get a wedgie|just walking in your office.

Hey, it's what people do.|They work.

Look, all I'm sayin' is|I did the confinement thing

for four years.

If you're so concerned|with my future,

just help me clear my name.

I got it from there.

I got my own dreams,|my own goals.

- Hey, give it to me.

Hey!|What'd you do that for?!

- 'Cause you work too much.|- This is my phone!

That's probably why your wife|left your sorry ass.

Okay, Oprah, if you're so good|at relationships,

how come you don't|have a boyfriend?

I had one.

It's just I haven't seen|or heard from him

since I went in|four years ago.

Were you in love with him?

Come on, let's go dance.

Ha ha ha ha... no.

Come on. When is|the last time you danced?

At my wedding.

Don't worry, I can dance.|It's just that I don't wanna.

Come on, smooth. Show me|what you're workin' with.

I can dance.|I just don't want to dance.

Man, you can't dance.

- Well, I got moves.|- Let me see.

All right, all right.

Okay, one last|little drink here.

What, you got to pee?

This was big in high school.

Man, look, you can't dance|from your brain.

You gotta feel it.|Now, come on.

Show me how|you made them kids.

- What the hell...|- How's this?

That's great for an epileptic.|Come on, now.

You gotta move your pelvis|with it.

More hips.|There you go.

Get smooth with it.

Well, I'm sorry.|I can't help it. I miss him.

Oh, snap out of it, already.

I'm snapped. I'm snappy.

Oh, God, Ash.

I still can't believe|you were hit by a car.

Did you call a lawyer?

Oh, I can't talk to a lawyer.|I was jaywalking.

So, can we just stop...

- What?|- Oh, my God.

What?

Look at that!

Oh, my God, it's true.|Look at that! Look at that!

He never danced like that|with me.

I'm gonna go talk to him.

No! Sit!

Why?

I can't tell you.

If I talk about it,

gangster people will come|to my house and cut me.

Oh.

Oh, he almost looks|like a fun person.

Must've been me.

Was it me?

No. Stop beating yourself up.|It's him.

Can we just|get out of here? Now?

You know what they say...

once you go black,|you never go back.

Can we get the check, please?

And that's why|I worked so hard,

so I could give Kate a good|life, then it backfired!

Man, b*tches don't care|nothin' about that sh*t.

Oh, b*tches do too care.

I'm gonna|tell you a secret...

sometimes I drive by our old|house, and I just look at it,

and I just remember our life,|and it just hurts!

Man, that is so pathetic,|P. Diddy.

But you know what?|I'm gonna help you get her back.

How?

Well, first,|we gotta create a mood.

Just like at|the restaurant, baby.

I'm already there.

Yeah.|Now, feel the Barry.

Feel Barry White.|Talk like Barry.

- Okay, that's Barry.|- Yeah.

This is Kate.

Hey, Kate. Yeah.

I want you to talk nasty|to her!

Talk nasty!

I'd like to kiss you a lot.

Cut that sensitive sh*t,|Nancy Boy!

What?

- You gotta be a beast!|- A beast!

Yeah!

In the bedroom,|a woman wants a man

that knows how to ride her|when she bucks.

Ride 'em when she bucks!|Ride 'em!

It's just... I can't.|It's a sculpture. I just can't.

All right, okay.

Use me, then.

Damn it, grab these.

- What?!|- Grab 'em!

Oh, I get it, yeah.

- Hey, Kate.|- Uh-huh.

Yeah, you've been waitin'|for this for a while, huh?

That's right. Now,|what you gonna do to her?

I'll tell you|what I'm gonna do!

I'm gonna give you|an aromatherapy massage

with incense!

No! Come on, now!

Wimps give|aromatherapy massages!

Tell her again!

All right!

I'm gonna have...

sexual intercourse, baby!

No, you... you a beast!|You need some of these.

- Yeah.|- Cojones grande!

Yeah! I'm gonna put 'em|in my pants!

- Get in there, boys!|- Now, grab 'em!

- Grab 'em. Yeah, hey, baby!|- Grab 'em!

Now, what you gonna do?|What you gonna do?!

Yeah, Mama! You gonna be|my tawdry little woman?

Damn right!|Now get to humpin'!

- Ya-hoo!|- Whoa!

- How 'bout that, huh?!|- Yeah!

How would you like me|to pounce on you

- like a lion from above?|- I like it! I like it!

- Yo!|- That's what I'm talkin'!

You ain't just|no king of the jungle,

you own that jungle!

That's your pride!

You own that jungle,|and ain't no one

gonna come around|and mess with your pride!

That's right!|I like that.

Yeah! You ain't ready|for that sh*t! Come on, now!

Be a beast! What you gonna do|when she starts ridin', huh?

Take care of her!|That's what I'm gonna do!

- Uh-huh! Uh-huh!|- You're mine, Kate!

- Ride that lighting rod!|- You don't need these no more.

You got your own!|You found your balls!

Yeah, I don't need those balls!|I got my own balls!

Mandingo!

What goes on in your personal|life is none of our business,

but if it begins|to affect the firm,

we need to call attention|to it.

Guys, we were moving a statue,

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