Steve Martin can do anything. Here he is teamed up with Queen Latifah, and they are excellent together. Martin is divorced tax lawyer looking for a girlfriend on the internet, via a legal chat room. He encounters Charlene(Latifah), who has posted a photo of a blonde woman, and this leads to the first encounter which, of course, shocks Martin. She is a convict seeking a lawyer to clear her name in a case where she has been convicted of armed robbery. She winds up living in his house under the guise of being a nanny to his son and daughter. The story is rather silly, but due to the great chemistry of the leads, it worked for me anyway. Nothing profound here, but it provides a good escape from the real world for a while.
Review of Bringing Down the House
