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someone named “lawyer girl.” When he invites her over to have drinks, however, he doesn’t get what he expects. Instead of a thin, blonde, svelte woman, he is greeted by a voluptuous, African American ex-con named Charlene (Queen Latifah).
Peter does everything he can to extricate himself from the situation, but Charlene keeps coming back until he agrees to look into her case (she claims she was framed) and expunge her record. Meanwhile, as Peter is doing his best to distance himself from Charlene, his smitten co-worker and friend, Howie (Eugene Levy), is trying to get closer to her.
For Queen Latifah, this role follows her Oscar nomination role in “Chicago.” In “Bringing Down the House” she is just as brassy and showy, although she doesn’t do any singing.
She and Martin display a degree of comedic chemistry that is alone worth the price of admission. Then there’s Eugene Levy who steals several scenes from his co-stars. No one does deadpan better than Levy.
The film is rated PG-13 and contains risque racial humor, sexual situations and obscenity. Run time is 107 minutes.
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