joshuabush-28688 This movie is just a funny, feel good experience to revisit time and time again.

TheBlueHairedLawyer This film's bad reviews seem to be mostly in regards to its racism featured within the story. Although I think the film was trying to poke fun at racists in a satirical way, to be honest it did make me pretty uncomfortable. I mean, of course the character who's a convicted felon in prison HAS to be a black woman, not the lawyer she pretends to be online. Of course most of the rich characters are white, sophisticated and nonchalantly make statements such as "oh my, I thought I heard negro in here!" And that plantation song bit was really special, too. I'm not sure whether to find it weirdly offensive or offensively weird. The film does have some solid acting and genuinely good moments, but a lot of its "jokes" were either annoying, racist, lame or just plain bizarre. I'm a sucker for lawyer films, but there were hardly any redeemable qualities in these characters at all. Martin and Latifah are both first-rate actors and do put in a lot of effort with their roles. It shows a lot on-screen as their characters come to realize that they have a lot more in common than they realize, but sadly they get really overshadowed by the sheer ridiculousness of the surrounding characters and the cliche plot, which has already been done a million times before in one form or another.

Predrag Steve Martin and Queen Latifah (and Eugene Levy) are an odd combo, but certainly a funny one! Coming out in 2003, "Bringing Down the House" was a movie about two different worlds coming together; probably not the first, and the result is some hilarity! Steve Martin plays a divorced lawyer trying to juggle his work-life and spending time with his two kids, and Queen Latifah is an escaped prisoner (as you probably already know). The plot of Martin's lawyer trying to find love and unexpectedly running into Latifah's straight-up "sister" personality results in a pretty hilarious film! Add in Eugene Levy's "down white guy" persona, and you have the makings of some very funny moments! Some may argue that this film relies too much on typical plot lines, "been-there-done-that" routines, and stereotypes, but that's not the case.This movie is a very funny and enjoyable romp. Meaningless fun. A laugh out loud. Don't get me wrong, Steve Martin does shine especially in the scene where his daughter is relaying the events of a party that a dad just doesn't want to hear. Following Latifa's character's advice to stay cool to gain her trust, he bites his tongue and instead of going mad, says, "That was some party"! Overall, 'Bringing Down The House' is funny and very entertaining film that you will not regret watching, although it could have been a little better with a better script, the acting was brilliant all round, and it does work pretty well, especially with Steve Martin as the main character who is very funny as usual.Overall rating: 7 out of 10.

Chrysanthepop This is pretty much another one of those typical culture clash comedies where a streetsmart character meets the classy rich character, there's conflict and then the conflict is resolved and friendship blossoms, then there's another conflict but that too is resolved by the end. The story has been told x number of times. But what makes 'Bringing Down The House' likable is Queen Latifah, Steve Martin and Joan Plowright. These three provide some laugh-out-loud moments some including Martin and Latifah's dance number, Martin dressing and talking 'black', Queen Latifah and Missy Pyle's catfight and doing a break-dance, Plowright's pompous and stuck up character getting stoned, Peter's neighbour catching him and Charlene in a compromising position. The chemistry between Latifah and Martin is convincing and both have a good comic timing. Thus, even though the story has nothing new to offer, the funny moments make 'Bringing Down The House' fun to watch.