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.
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Cast
| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Kyle Howard | ... | Gregory Alan 'Grover' Beindorf | |
| Herbert Russell | ... | T.J. Krupp (as Russel Harper) | |
| Jamie Lee Curtis | ... | Janet Beindorf | |
| Kevin Pollak | ... | Ned Beindorf | |
| Amy Sakasitz | ... | Stacy Beindorf | |
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Mooky Arizona | ... | Matt Finley |
| Caroline Aaron | ... | Louise Finley | |
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Alex Seltz-Wald | ... | Jimmy Finley (as Alex Seitz) |
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Josh Wolford | ... | Teddy Finley |
| Wallace Shawn | ... | Victor 'Vic' Finley | |
| Jennifer Love Hewitt | ... | Brooke Figler | |
| Patrika Darbo | ... | Cafeteria Cashier | |
| Ray Walston | ... | Chief Rocco | |
| Christopher McDonald | ... | Donald Krupp | |
| Colleen Camp | ... | 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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wanting parents back together | motherhood | police officer | basement | divorce |Taglines:
There's More Than One Way To Keep A Marriage Together... See more »Parents Guide:
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27 November 1996 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Box Office
Opening Weekend USA:
$2,275,808, 18 August 1996Gross USA:
$7,032,782Cumulative Worldwide Gross:
$7,032,782Company Credits
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Louise Finley: It's not that, it's just, it must be nice to have kids who love you so much.
Victor 'Vic' Finley: What're you talking about? My kids love you.
Louise Finley: You see? It's your kids. They don't think of me as their mother, they don't even want me as their mother.
Victor 'Vic' Finley: Well of course they do! Why do you think they locked you in here?
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Written by Jeffrey McDonald and Steve McDonald
Performed by Redd Kross
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Christopher McDonald And Kevin Pollack both appear in grumpy old men. See more »Goofs
When Mr. Krupp gets through the concrete, the appearance is given that he'd been digging straight through, however when Mr. Finley goes through and gets stuck in the concrete, he's coming up through a hole made in the concrete lain ground level, rather than perpendicular to the ground. In addition to it being a factual goof, given the previous scene, it would also be physically impossible for him to climb through, seeing as his back would have to be bent at a 90 degree angle at one point in order to accomplish this feat. See more »Quotes
Victor 'Vic' Finley: [Louise is crying] Just hang in there, honey, when we get out of here I'll buy you a whole truck load of cigarettes.Louise Finley: It's not that, it's just, it must be nice to have kids who love you so much.
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I don't know why a lot of critics attacked this movie. What is there to attack? That's the problem with critics, they're always way too serious. Lighten up! No one said this would be Saving Private Ryan. It's not even Honey I Shrunk The Kids, but it's still cute.
I mean think about it, at one point (well, more than one) in our lives we all just wish we could lock our parents in the basement. The acting is not superb but it's cute and the kind you would expect from a movie like this. The one person I will hand it to is Jennifer Tilly, who really stole the show as Jennifer Love Hewitt's teen-like mother. Not bad at all, though not near to becoming one of the best. This movie will soon be forgotten but if it ever comes on TV watch it.