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House Arrest (1996)
Released By: HBO Video   Rating: PG   In Theaters: N/A
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Studio: HBO Video
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Harry Winer
Language: English
Official Website: N/A
Theatrical Release: N/A
Home Video Release: N/A
Cast: Jamie Lee Curtis, Jennifer Tilly, Ray Walston, Wallace Shawn, Kevin Pollak, Jennifer Love Hewitt
Published ID: 6646
UPC: 026359129629, 026359273629, 097360607925, 097360607949,
Plot: Grover Reindorf (Kyle Howard) is a kid with a problem, which is how to keep his parents from divorcing. He hits on a solution that makes sense to him. Why not lock them up in the basement, and keep them there until they reconcile? He and his younger sister Stacey (Amy Sakasitz) agree to do just that, and they successfully lure their parents into the basement and lock them in. When their junior-high-school friends find out what they've done, they decide that their own misbehaving parents need exactly the same treatment. One after another, all are tricked into entering into the Reindorf's basement. Meanwhile, upstairs, the youngsters have a very mild good time, as they can't even bring themselves to swallow the champagne they try. ~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide
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Guilty Pleasure
Added 11/5/2008
I am so glad this movie is finally available in widescreen! It has definitely been a guilty pleasure of mine for some time. They really assembled a great cast here. And the premise is cool. Granted it's not really plausible but who cares, it's just a movie!
2 out of 2 people found this helpful.
Cute kids flick
Added 4/16/2008
not the greatest movie ever but, somethign good to atch on a sat arvo with the kids.
1 out of 3 people found this helpful.
The kids have saved the day oh whoopie.
Added 4/8/2007
Locking your parents in the basement just to work out their marrage problems what a joke! I think my parents would be so incredibly pissed off and would kill me if I ever locked em in the basement like that with no food and treating them like they are prisoners you don't do that to your family if they want a divorce and move on with their lives that's their business. You can't change people like that it just doesn't work. this use to come on all the time on HBO and HBO is a huge waste of money nothing but worthless re run crappy movies on all the time. I give this crap 0 stars it sucked.
2 out of 7 people found this helpful.
Kind of annoying!
Added 8/24/2005
I use to think it was a cool movie when I first saw it a few times but then I started to get sick of it. The kids in the movie started to get noisy and annoying and I just wanted to turn off the TV. It's not a bad movie but it comes on HBO every once in awhile and that what gets annoying about it.
2 out of 11 people found this helpful.
Kids are not smarter than adults.
Added 8/14/2005
They need to remake this movie where the parents remember five minutes into being locked up that they have a cell phone. When they get out, they ought to smack the skin off their children's rear ends.
5 out of 18 people found this helpful.
Guilty Pleasure
Added 11/5/2008
I am so glad this movie is finally available in widescreen! It has definitely been a guilty pleasure of mine for some time. They really assembled a great cast here. And the premise is cool. Granted it's not really plausible but who cares, it's just a movie!
2 out of 2 people found this helpful.
Cute kids flick
Added 4/16/2008
not the greatest movie ever but, somethign good to atch on a sat arvo with the kids.
1 out of 3 people found this helpful.
The kids have saved the day oh whoopie.
Added 4/8/2007
Locking your parents in the basement just to work out their marrage problems what a joke! I think my parents would be so incredibly pissed off and would kill me if I ever locked em in the basement like that with no food and treating them like they are prisoners you don't do that to your family if they want a divorce and move on with their lives that's their business. You can't change people like that it just doesn't work. this use to come on all the time on HBO and HBO is a huge waste of money nothing but worthless re run crappy movies on all the time. I give this crap 0 stars it sucked.
2 out of 7 people found this helpful.
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