| The pleasingly contrasting comic styles of Queen Latifah and Steve Martin bring some energy to Bringing Down the House, a hopelessly formulaic comedy. Martin plays Peter, an uptight lawyer too obsessed with work to spend quality time with his kids. Into his life comes Queen Latifah as Charlene, an escaped convict who threatens to wreck his relationship with a wealthy but arch-conservative client (Joan Plowright, in high dudgeon) if Peter won't take up her case. Of course, Latifah's exuberant ways enchant his kids and bring out a looser, livelier side of Peter, all in a series of scenes so standard they hardly register. Thank goodness for Eugene Levy; as one of Peter's law partners with a taste for Charlene's bodacious brand of sexy, Levy's ingenious transformation from nebbish to loverman is the movie's secret weapon, stealthily planting comic explosions amidst the modest rice-krispie-crackle of the stale plot. --Bret Fetzer |
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 Bringing down the house |
| Review Date: July 14, 2010 |
| Reviewer: Lisa Stone, GRAHAM, NC, US |
| Queen Latifah & Steve Martin were the perfect pair for this movie. Steve probably had everybody laughing in the set. LOVE this movie! |
hilarious fun!
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| Review Date: July 6, 2010 |
| Reviewer: Janis W. Reno, tennessee |
| Very Funny! Lots of Action! Queen Latifah at her best! Unforgettable scene where Steve Martin transforms himself into a "homeboy" |
Bringing Down The House (Full Screen Edition)
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| Review Date: January 18, 2010 |
| Reviewer: Arnita D. Brown, USA |
| 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 woo a billion dollar client. Bringing Down the House is a very funny movie and you will have a good time seeing it, an absolute hoot, with the cast stealing the show with marvellous chemistry, and giving three of best comedic turns you're likely to see. |
very satisfied
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| Review Date: August 16, 2009 |
| Reviewer: David Pollock, |
| The DVD arrived in rapid time and was in great shape. We watched it and it is just what we hoped for. |
Excellent!
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| Review Date: July 1, 2009 |
| Reviewer: Alissa Reitmeier, |
| Seller was easy to work with and promptly got me the DVD I ordered in excellent condition. Thanks! |
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