Film2003105 min

Bringing Down the House

Name: Bringing Down the House
Genre: Comedy
Released: 2003
Duration: 105 min
Cast: Steve Martin, Queen Latifah, Eugene Levy, Joan Plowright, Jean Smart

Taste attributes: comedylegallinearenclosedall consuming questcomplex relationshipdeep rivalryfish out of water/culture clashinjustice/tragedy/vengeancerescue/escape/jeopardysocial commentaryunderdog triumphs

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"Everything he needed to know about life, she learned in prison."

Boxlist takeA contained comedy, balanced on most other counts. Best if you like close-up stories over spectacle.

Taste details

Pace: balanced · Originality: balanced · Tone: balanced · Weight: balanced · Realism: balanced · Story: balanced · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: confined · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score

Quality rating

6.0 /10

TMDB · 541 votes

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What lines up

Setting / scale: Small / confined, just how this profile likes it
Linearity: Linear / logical, just how this profile likes it

What might not click

Weightiness: Balanced weightiness, where this profile leans weighty / heavy
Intricacy: Balanced intricacy, where this profile leans smart / intricate

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Synopsis

When a lonely guy meets a woman on the internet who happens to be in prison, she breaks out to get him to prove her innocence, and proceeds to wreak havoc on his middle-class life.

Synopsis: TMDB