Rating: 
Summary: This is the worst, most unoriginal movie EVER made
Review: I'm here with my review of "Bringing Down The House" starring Steve Martin, Queen Latifah, and Eugene Levy. Rated PG-13 for mild violence and drug use.
This movie is a must see for anyone over the age of 45 and has no idea how recycled, generic, and unfunny the content of this movie acually is. It is also a must see for anyone in their 20s or below who wants to spend an hour and a half yelling at the TV and feeling sorry for Steve Martin, et al. I'm sure he was well compensated for making this colossal waste of time, but
one is still left feeling terribly sorry for the once well-respected comedian. After reading Larry King's quote on the front of the DVD "The funniest movie ever..." I must say I was intrigued. Then I remembered that Larry King is in his 70s and falls right into the demographic for which this movie was made.
Eugene Levy, playing essentially the same character he plays in every other movie, can't even salvage this bomb, or for that matter, be funny at all. Lines such as "I got all my points in the game, you got me all twisted up on the inside" immediately fall flat on their face. And as for the knee slapper "You got me straight trippin' boo," well, my response is "Don't go there Eugene!"
The climax of the movie is a scene where Steve Martin attempts to go after Charlene or 'Lene, as she's known (Latifah), who is in an "urban" nightclub. Having been informed that the only white people who go to these clubs are "crackheads" or "cops" Martin is forced to buy urban-wear from two thugs on the corner. In what I'm certain the writers thought was the comedic
highpoint of the movie, the viewer is forced to watch Steve Martin, complete with sweatpants (one leg up), basketball jersey, gold chain, and wool cap, make a complete ass of himself. Whoever wrote this movie should be permanently banned from anything even remotely resembling entertainment. Martin enters the club and shows off his new "street talk" which again fails to be even slightly amusing. To make matters worse, Martin then proceeds to the dance floor, and I'm sure you can imagine the ensuing hilarity.
This is a movie that was made for people with the sense of humor of a piss-soaked paper towel. I must recommend it, however, to everyone I know, so they can see just how awful a movie can be.
Rating:
Summary: I couldn't last half a freakin hour into this dung!
Review: Steve Martin is an excellent comedian and Queen Latifah was absolutley fabulous in the musical "Chicago" and the movie's plot idea was very interesting, the idea of a wealthy businessman having his world intermingle with that of a poor (lacking a lot of money) woman who is in trouble with the law. Sadly however, this movie squanders everything that could've made this movie great. The acting is absolutely atrocious and the script is horrible and without any strengths. Steve Martin really drops the ball with awful acting and embarrassing attempts at humor. He's better than that. Queen Latifah fares little better. What also kills this movie for me is how offensive and excessively stereotypical it is. The dumbest part for me was when the character played by Martin dresses up as some hip-hop raver just made me laugh in derision at the scene. Not that it's obscene but it's just such a massive joke for such a talented actor to really slip on a banana peel like this. What were you thinking Steve? (Shakes head) I also hated the stereotypes that this movie seems to bring up about the African-American societies in this country even though in some ways we are still quite polarized.
This movie was already doomed to begin with even when it had potential. "Bringing Down THe House" could really have been a funny, witty, and original movie but whatever on Earth happened in it's making, it really destroys this movie. BDTH is complete rubbish and should be depolymerized immediately because it's a waste of natural resources and we cannot afford to waste them on making such God-awful movies. End of story!
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