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.
Bringing Down the House is a Comedy, Drama film released in 2003.
4 subtitle releases available in English. 3 releases include Hearing Impaired (HI) subtitles.
Movie Dialogue Sample
737
00:36:51,375 --> 00:36:54,336
Well, well, well!
Come in, have a seat, spend some time.
738
00:36:54,420 --> 00:36:56,838
Thanks, homeboy, and, no,
it can't wait. You gotta check this out.
739
00:36:56,923 --> 00:36:58,548
- What is it?
- I found the deposition.
740
00:36:58,633 --> 00:37:00,592
The prosecution interviewed
an eyewitness,
741
00:37:00,635 --> 00:37:05,055
and she told them that the perpetrator
didn't have a tattoo on the chest.
742
00:37:05,139 --> 00:37:06,973
They never told my lawyer
about this shit.
743
00:37:07,683 --> 00:37:09,559
- That's withholding exculp...
- Exculpatory evidence.
744
00:37:09,644 --> 00:37:10,977
People v. Stanley, I know.
745
00:37:12,480 --> 00:37:13,772
How do you know that?
746
00:37:13,814 --> 00:37:16,441
Why wouldn't she know that?
She's got it goin' on.
747
00:37:16,651 --> 00:37:19,069
Damn, Pete,
all I did in there was read law books.
748
00:37:19,487 --> 00:37:20,695
And with comprehension.
749
00:37:21,072 --> 00:37:22,364
Made you think I was a lawyer.
750
00:37:22,531 --> 00:37:25,659
I mean, you obviously have
pockets of intelligence.
751
00:37:25,743 --> 00:37:29,871
So, why do you
walk and talk and act the way you do?
752
00:37:30,748 --> 00:37:32,040
Because it's sexy.
753
00:37:33,501 --> 00:37:35,335
<font color="#D900D9">(SCOFFS)</font> It ain't actin'!
754
00:37:35,378 --> 00:37:36,586
This is who I am.
755
00:37:37,546 --> 00:37:39,130
I mean, you think I can't talk like you?
756
00:37:39,423 --> 00:37:40,674
<font color="#D900D9">(IN REFINED ACCENT)</font> Oh, Peter,
757
00:37:40,758 --> 00:37:42,676
I absolutely love
what you've done with the place!
758
00:37:42,927 --> 00:37:46,263
It's so sterile, so bland, so wonderful!
759
00:37:46,806 --> 00:37:48,014
See? You can do it.
760
00:37:49,016 --> 00:37:50,308
<font color="#D900D9">(IN NORMAL ACCENT)</font>
Oh, you like that, huh?
761
00:37:50,351 --> 00:37:53,353
Well, you can kiss my natural black ass,
because I don't need your approval.
762
00:37:53,396 --> 00:37:55,230
No, she don't need your approval.
763
00:37:55,648 --> 00:37:57,857
Hey, you don't think
I compromise the way I act?
764
00:37:57,900 --> 00:38:00,819
You think I like walking around
like an uptight honky?
765
00:38:01,904 --> 00:38:03,613
Yes. I know your lingo.
766
00:38:04,740 --> 00:38:06,366
<font color="#D900D9">(TELEPHONE BEEPS)</font>
767
00:38:06,409 --> 00:38:08,535
<font color="#CC6600">SOFIA:</font> Peter, Mr. Tobias
is coming to see you.
768
00:38:08,577 --> 00:38:09,828
Oh, God.
769
00:38:10,538 --> 00:38:11,871
Well, this should be interesting.
770
00:38:12,540 --> 00:38:15,583
Uh-oh. What we gotta do,
play "hide the sister"?
771
00:38:15,668 --> 00:38:17,252
Or do I gotta do that slave thing again?
772
00:38:18,296 --> 00:38:20,338
Just... Just act natural.
773
00:38:21,549 --> 00:38:23,633
- Let's get her out of here.
- Right. Why don't we get her out?
774
00:38:29,056 --> 00:38:30,807
<font color="#D900D9">(ELEVATOR BELL DINGS)</font>
775
00:38:35,896 --> 00:38:37,564
Peter. Howie.
776
00:38:37,648 --> 00:38:38,732
Ed.
777
00:38:39,358 --> 00:38:40,525
Who is this?
778
00:38:41,277 --> 00:38:42,569
Uh... This is the...
779
00:38:42,653 --> 00:38:44,070
- Well, we were just having...
- Well, Mr. Sanderson,
780
00:38:44,155 --> 00:38:46,573
I can see you are very busy.
A very busy man you are.
781
00:38:46,657 --> 00:38:50,452
That's why I really appreciate you
offering your services free of charge.
782
00:38:50,536 --> 00:38:52,495
Oh, I... Well, I just... Gosh.
783
00:38:52,747 --> 00:38:53,913
- <font color="#D900D9">(CHUCKLES)</font>
- Peter...
784
00:38:55,082 --> 00:38:56,958
- She is...
- Well, see, Mr. Sanderson here,
785
00:38:57,043 --> 00:38:59,586
being the heavenly man that he is...
786
00:38:59,628 --> 00:39:01,171
God bless you!
787
00:39:01,255 --> 00:39:03,423
Oh, you got that anointing on you.
788
00:39:03,466 --> 00:39:06,384
...has offered to do the taxes
for the Compton Evangelistic
789
00:39:06,427 --> 00:39:09,346
Episcopal Baptist Church
of South Central.
790
00:39:09,430 --> 00:39:11,389
<font color="#D900D9">(CHUCKLES)</font> You know,
just anything to help
791
00:39:11,432 --> 00:39:13,350
Reverend Shack Tillfont.
792
00:39:14,769 --> 00:39:16,186
Just call him Shack.
793
00:39:16,270 --> 00:39:17,270
Shack.
794
00:39:17,355 --> 00:39:18,646
Well, anyway, I'll let you guys go.
795
00:39:18,731 --> 00:39:20,607
I'll see you at choir rehearsal
on Thursday.
796
00:39:20,649 --> 00:39:22,150
- Thursday. Okay.
- 7:00, now!
797
00:39:22,234 --> 00:39:23,860
<font color="#D900D9">(SINGING)</font> He got the whole world
in his hands...
798
00:39:23,944 --> 00:39:27,739
I'll escort Mrs. Shack Tillfont
799
00:39:27,782 --> 00:39:29,824
to the elevator. Gentlemen.
800
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