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Director:
Writer (WGA):
Jason Filardi (written by)
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Release Date:
7 March 2003 (USA) more
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Everything he needed to know about life, she learned in prison. more
Plot:
When a lonely guy meets a woman on the Internet who happens to be in prison, she breaks out to be with him, and proceeds to wreak havoc on his middle-class life. full summary | add synopsis
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3 wins & 13 nominations more
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Also Known As:
In the Houze (USA) (working title)
JailBabes.com (USA) (working title)
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Rated PG-13 for language, sexual humor and drug material.
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105 min
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2.35 : 1 more
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Jason Filardi's original screenplay was entitled "Jailbabe.com". He had Adam Sandler and Angelina Jolie in mind when he first wrote it. more
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Continuity: The shoulder space between Peter and Howie when Peter introduces Howie to Mrs. Arness at the country club. more
Quotes:
Howie Rottman: Do me a favor, precious: don't ever scare me like that again, or I'm gonna give you a nasty spankie... if I'm not being too subtle!
Charlene Morton: [smiles] He's such a damn freak!
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Really something, Boo., 18 March 2006
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Author: Lee Eisenberg (eisenberg.lee@gmail.com) from Portland, Oregon, USA

OK, so the white-yuppie-and-black-ghetto-person-joining-up idea has been used a number of times in movies, but the dialog between Steve Martin and Queen Latifah makes this one worthwhile. Probably the best scenes are Betty White's nasty comments, Queen Latifah teaching Missi Pyle a lesson, Steve Martin dressed - and attempting to talk - like a rapper (especially because of what Joan Plowright ends up doing in that scene), and of course, Eugene Levy's statements ending with "Boo". "Bringing Down the House" really does bring down the house. Completely silly, but fun nevertheless.

Who ever would have imagined Joan Plowright (aka Laurence Olivier's widow) doing what she did and saying what she said in the rapper scene?

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