Bringing Down the House Page #9

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
3,043 Views


Oh, I was, uh, meeting,|uh, uh...

- for my aunt's estate.|- About her aunt's estate.

There was a codicil.

Well, say goodbye|to half your stuff.

I'll call you.

Lookin' good, kids.|Almost there.

Peter, your 4:
00 is waiting|for you in your office.

I don't have|any meetings today.

I'm sorry. I didn't realize|I had an appointment.

Hey.

So, this is how a big-time|tax attorney lives, huh?

This place is big pimpin',|P. Diddy.

- How you doin'?|- I'm a'ight.

I really wanted|to tell you again

how much I appreciate|what you did for me.

If I could only give you back|half of what you've given me.

Please. We'll call it even.|Now give me a hug.

Hey, white people don't hug.

You ain't white.

Well, I'm off-white.

Good to see you.

Kate...

Hi.

Um, oh, well, I'm, uh...

I got to finish up|some things with Howie.

Oh, Kate, this is Charlene.|Charlene, this is Kate.

Hi. You've certainly been|shaking things up around here.

Well, shakin'|is what I do best.

It's a pleasure|to meet you, Kate.

Thank you.

And take care of him for me.

Hi.

Hi.

So...

what...|what brings you down?

I mean, you know,|not what brings you down,

but, I mean,|what brings you down here?

Well, I was|just wondering, um...

how often do you take|that shortcut past my house?

Technically?

Uh, well...

uh, pretty much every day.

Well, you know,|technically...

That's stalking.

It's kind of cute.

Kate...

There's something|I want to say to you.

The cool points|are out the window,

and I'm all twisted up|in the game.

What does that mean?

It means I love you.

- Ohh!|- Ohh!

Rastaman, hold still,|or you're gonna have

these Jamaican beads|all over the floor.

Yeah, here we go.

All right, halfway done.

What you think?

Holler at your boy.

- Hey.|- Nothin' is nothin'.

Who's your daddy now?

Boy, you are some kind|of freaky.

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Jason Filardi

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