Bringing Down the House
2003 · 105 MIN · IMDB 5.6 · 40,099 VOTES · DIR. Adam Shankman
Overview
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.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,868 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:43 Are you there?
00:05:43 What the heck was I thinking?
00:09:20 Now, if you want to avoid a legal situation
00:15:07 You're in the big house, and you get someone to type for you
00:19:01 Ohh, no roommates, no cellmates.
00:22:31 Hey.
00:26:10 This is insane!
00:29:21 I'm lookin' for the Sanderson table.
00:33:06 Oh, the kids just love her.
00:36:41 I do not know who you are...
00:40:04 Well.
00:45:49 Look, the boy don't look carefully
00:50:03 Okay, Oprah, if you're so good at relationships
00:54:37 that knows how to ride her when she bucks.
00:58:17 bandied between two tattooed people?
01:02:00 which he... didn't?
01:08:12 Sure, kitten.
01:11:45 This is much too much for me.
01:17:20 The FBI takes harboring a fugitive very seriously.
01:21:42 Julia? Julia?
01:26:05 If you so at home, man, then dance with the woman.
01:31:55 Wait, wait. Charlene!
01:35:34 I'm dreadfully hungry.
01:40:36 Who's your daddy now?
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,868
Dialogue density17.8 lines / min
First line00:00:43
Final line01:40:36
Production Record
DirectorAdam Shankman
LanguageEnglish
Budget$20,000,000
Revenue$132,700,000
IMDb votes40,099