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About
Uptight lawyer Peter Sanderson wants to dive back into dating after his divorce and has a hard time meeting the right women. He tries online dating and lucks out when he starts chatting with a fellow lawyer. The two agree to meet in the flesh, but the woman he meets — an escaped African-American convict named Charlene — is not what he expected. Peter is freaked out, but Charlene tries to convince him to take her case and prove her innocence. Along the way, she wreaks havoc on his middle-class life as he gets a lesson in learning to lighten up.
Theatrical
Mar 7, 2003
Box Office
$132.7M
Budget
$20.0M
Return
6.6x
DVD / Blu-ray
Aug 5, 2003
Director
Writer
Producers
Music
Studio
Touchstone Pictures, Hyde Park Entertainment, Mandeville Films
Keywords
prison
love at first sight
parent child relationship
workaholic
ex-boyfriend
support
prison escape
mistaken identity
lawyer
female prisoner
racist remark
racism
los angeles, california
divorce
bank robbery
catfight
single father
racial stereotype
wrongful conviction
country club
online dating
divorced man
online chat
catfishing
pool party
all work no play
Quotes
See all →Life Lessons Learned in Unlikely Places
Taglines
Everything he needed to know about life, she learned in prison.
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
Unexpected Romantic Suggestions in a Comedic Scene
Charlene
Pretend I'm your wife. Talk dirty to me.
Peter
Um, okay... I wanna kiss you A LOT!
Charlene
No no no! Dirtier...
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
Cast
Full credits →S
Steve Martin
Peter Sanderson
Q
Queen Latifah
Charlene Morton
E
Eugene Levy
Howie Rottman
J
Joan Plowright
Mrs. Virginia Arness
J
Jean Smart
Kate Sanderson
K
Kimberly J. Brown
Sarah Sanderson
A
Angus T. Jones
Georgey Sanderson
M
Missi Pyle
Ashley
M
Michael Rosenbaum
Todd Gendler
B
Betty White
Mrs. Kline
S
Steve Harris
Widow
J
Jim Haynie
Ed Tobias
A
Aengus James
Mike
J
Jernard Burks
Widow's Bodyguard
B
Bronzell Miller
Widow's Bodyguard
M
Matt Lutz
Aaron
R
Randy Oglesby
FBI Agent
J
Jesse Corti
Italian FBI Agent
S
Smalls
Doorman
V
Victor Webster
Glen
