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House Arrest (1996) 5.7
A group of children, desperate to keep their various parents from getting divorces, kidnap them and hold them prisoner in a basement in order to force them to reconcile. Director:Harry WinerWriter:Michael Hitchcock |
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Cast
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Gregory Alan 'Grover' Beindorf
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T.J. Krupp
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Janet Beindorf
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Ned Beindorf
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Stacy Beindorf
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Mooky Arizona | ... |
Matt Finley
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Louise Finley
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Jimmy Finley
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Josh Wolford | ... |
Teddy Finley
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Victor 'Vic' Finley
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Brooke Figler
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Cafeteria Cashier
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Chief Rocco
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Donald Krupp
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Mrs. Burtis
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High-schooler Grover Beindorf and his younger sister Stacy decide that their parents, Janet and Ned, are acting childishly when they decide to divorce after 18 years of marriage, so they lock them up in the basement until they'll sort out their problems. Their schoolfriends also decide to do the same with their parents to solve their respective problems. Written by Anonymous
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
14 August 1996 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Areszt domowy See more »Box Office
Opening Weekend:
$3,121,824 (USA) (16 August 1996)Gross:
$6,970,578 (USA) (18 October 1996)Company Credits
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Matt Finley: Yeah...
Gregory Alan 'Grover' Beindorf: Well, I did! Only I didn't lock them in the closet, I locked them in the basement. Only, I didn't actually lock them in, I nailed the door shut. And I told them I wasn't letting them out until they worked out their problems.
Matt Finley: You're kidding right?
Gregory Alan 'Grover' Beindorf: No Matt, I swear, I swear... it was like, I had to do it.
Matt Finley: Dude, you kidnapped your parents? Jeez!
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T.J.'s van is a customized '70s Dodge Tradesman. See more »Goofs
There would be no cobwebs, and certainly no live rats, in a laundry chute that had been completely sealed years earlier as shown. See more »Quotes
Gregory Alan 'Grover' Beindorf: Remember when you said I should lock my parents in the closet?Matt Finley: Yeah...
Gregory Alan 'Grover' Beindorf: Well, I did! Only I didn't lock them in the closet, I locked them in the basement. Only, I didn't actually lock them in, I nailed the door shut. And I told them I wasn't letting them out until they worked out their problems.
Matt Finley: You're kidding right?
Gregory Alan 'Grover' Beindorf: No Matt, I swear, I swear... it was like, I had to do it.
Matt Finley: Dude, you kidnapped your parents? Jeez!
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House Arrest
Two kids are shocked when their parents announce that they are separating. As a last resort, the siblings decide to lock them in the basement and not let them out until their marital problems are solved. However, the friends of the children soon find out about what they are up to, and force their parents into the basement as well. Will the group of couples be able to sort out their relationships, or is this just one really bad plan gone wrong?
Okay, first of all, it's unlikely that the events in 'House Arrest' would ever happen, but the film is still frothy and fun. Even though some of the acting is highly irritating, the children (apart from the main guy) are very funny, as is Jamie Lee Curtis. While everything about the film is far too predictable and safe (even for a family film), there's an energy about the production that is impossible to resist. A guilty pleasure.
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