What’s offensive in “Bringing Down the House” is the way the jokes have been calculated not to offend. As we watch Steve Martin all hooded out as he makes his way through a black club, the ...

Bringing Down the House (1998) In Bringing Down the House, Martin stars as Peter, a straight-laced lawyer whose life changes when he meets Queen Latifah’s character, Charlene Morton.

Steve Martin is arguably the most successful alumnus of US sketch show Saturday Night Live. ... In "Bringing Down the House", he returns to his wild man roots.