Bringing Down the House Page #3

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
2,796 Views


Well, do tell.

Well,|I want to reopen my case.

And what did you do, smoke|some homies on a drive-by?

Smoke? Homies?

Well, you a regular|gangster, huh?

No, man. I was in for armed|robbery, but I didn't do it.

Yeah, nobody did it.

I can't be having|this conversation

because you're a criminal-type.

If I was a criminal,|I would have shanked you

when I had|that knife in my hand.

The fact that you even said that|is a problem for me.

- But I didn't think that.|- It's just time to go.

Please, just listen to me.|Just give me one second.

No, I don't have a second.

Okay, can I just|say something, please?

What?

I didn't do the crime.

You rude mother...

I ain't goin'.

It's your baby,|Peter, and don't you deny it!

That DNA test told on you!

You lie, Peter!

You know lil' Kareem is yours!

Why?!

How you gonna do me|like that, Peter?!

You told me I was your|beautiful African Queen.

And I loved you|for that, Peter!

I didn't care if your|little thing was curved.

And lil' Kareem don't want|your child support.

He just want a relationship|with his white daddy.

A little|chocolate/vanilla swirl

from that magical night|at the crackhouse.

Oh!

Come on.|Just be quiet!

Wait just a second.|My shoes.

- Mr. Sanderson?|- Whoa!

Is everything okay?

I thought I heard Negro.

- No. No Negro spoken here.

Oh.

Well... good night, then.

Oh, uh...

good night.

Come on!

Come on, come on!

You stay. You stay.|You wait right there.

Who you callin'?

- The police.

Police department.|Sergeant Panella. Please hold.

What's that?

It's all of our e-mails.

You think anybody at Tobias,|Kline, and Barnes

would be interested|in hearing

about you looking for Boom-boom|in the federal pen?

And I'll send a photo.

Thanks for holding.|Can I help you?

Now, this is just|for tonight, understand?

A'ight.

I can work with this.

But, uh, look,|don't be gettin' no ideas

about sneakin' up in here|and hittin' this ass,

'cause you blew your chance|with this fine sister.

Dare to dream.

Please.

Oh, my God! A bed!

Oh, a nice, big, cushy bed.

Ohh, no roommates,|no cellmates.

Charlene?

Charlene.

Charlene! Come on,|you're not fooling anybody.

Who that? Who there?

Who want it with Lene?

I put some bagels outside.

I thought|we could discuss your case.

Ahh!

What up, dog?|Where 'em bagels at?

Hey, guess what, girlfriend?|Your game is up.

Because I burned|all those e-mails,

including the second set hidden|in the lining of your coat.

And I deleted everything|off my computer.

So I never met you,|and you never met me.

Don't even try, girlfriend,|because it's locked.

And now I am going to go|get my kids,

as in innocent young persons

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Jason Filardi

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