steve martin have always have my respect for be a very funny comedian and a pretty good actor and and i love plane and train and automobile and bowfinger but bring down the house definately isn not one of martin funny work and and it doesn not even seem a if it try to be and which be just plain sad . i do not know while maybe i do not like this movie because of the fact that i rent it along with harry potter and the chamber of secret and phone booth and both of which be excellent film and or maybe it because i be use to so much good from martin and or maybe it just because i be in a frickin bad mood today . regardless and this film just wasn not very funny or entertaining and and i never manage more than a smile or a weak chuckle at the film gag and which be really a shame and since the preview of this comedy be so promising . i be expect bring down the house to be an all out comedy bash and and i certainly expect more slapstick comedy and inter racial laugh from martin . instead and be treat to see queen latifah jiggle all over the screen and try to do her best with her totally uninspired character . the funny thing in this clunker be eugene levy and but even he doesn not get the screen time he deserve . i would have really like to enjoy bring down the house and but i do not and i would find it very difficult to recommend it to anyone but the most die hard steve martin fan . skip this one and rent plane and train and automobile instead . you will have a much good time .