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House Arrest

  • 19961996
  • PGPG
  • 1h 48m
IMDb RATING
5.7/10
8.7K
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Jamie Lee Curtis, Jennifer Tilly, Caroline Aaron, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Christopher McDonald, Kevin Pollak, Wallace Shawn, Mooky Arizona, Herbert Russell, Kyle Howard, Sheila McCarthy, Amy Sakasitz, Alex Seltz-Wald, Harry Winer, and Josh Wolford in House Arrest (1996)
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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  • Comedy
  • Family
Desperate to keep their various parents from getting divorced, a group of children kidnaps them and holds them prisoner in a basement to force them to reconcile.Desperate to keep their various parents from getting divorced, a group of children kidnaps them and holds them prisoner in a basement to force them to reconcile.Desperate to keep their various parents from getting divorced, a group of children kidnaps them and holds them prisoner in a basement to force them to reconcile.
IMDb RATING
5.7/10
8.7K
YOUR RATING
  • Director
    • Harry Winer
  • Writer
    • Michael Hitchcock
  • Stars
    • Jamie Lee Curtis
    • Kevin Pollak
    • Kyle Howard
Top credits
  • Director
    • Harry Winer
  • Writer
    • Michael Hitchcock
  • Stars
    • Jamie Lee Curtis
    • Kevin Pollak
    • Kyle Howard
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 32User reviews
    • 12Critic reviews
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 1 nomination

    Videos1

    Official Trailer
    Trailer 2:24
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    Caroline Aaron and Sheila McCarthy in House Arrest (1996)
    Jamie Lee Curtis and Kevin Pollak in House Arrest (1996)
    Jennifer Love Hewitt and Kyle Howard in House Arrest (1996)
    Jamie Lee Curtis, Christopher McDonald, Kevin Pollak, and Sheila McCarthy in House Arrest (1996)
    Harry Winer in House Arrest (1996)
    Kevin Pollak in House Arrest (1996)
    Christopher McDonald in House Arrest (1996)
    Jennifer Love Hewitt in House Arrest (1996)
    Wallace Shawn, Mooky Arizona, and Herbert Russell in House Arrest (1996)
    Kyle Howard and Amy Sakasitz in House Arrest (1996)
    Kyle Howard in House Arrest (1996)
    Jennifer Tilly in House Arrest (1996)

    Top cast

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    Jamie Lee Curtis
    Jamie Lee Curtis
    • Janet Beindorfas Janet Beindorf
    Kevin Pollak
    Kevin Pollak
    • Ned Beindorfas Ned Beindorf
    Kyle Howard
    Kyle Howard
    • Gregory Alan 'Grover' Beindorfas Gregory Alan 'Grover' Beindorf
    Herbert Russell
    Herbert Russell
    • T.J. Kruppas T.J. Krupp
    • (as Russel Harper)
    Amy Sakasitz
    Amy Sakasitz
    • Stacy Beindorfas Stacy Beindorf
    Mooky Arizona
    • Matt Finleyas Matt Finley
    Caroline Aaron
    Caroline Aaron
    • Louise Finleyas Louise Finley
    Alex Seltz-Wald
    Alex Seltz-Wald
    • Jimmy Finleyas Jimmy Finley
    • (as Alex Seitz)
    Josh Wolford
    • Teddy Finleyas Teddy Finley
    Wallace Shawn
    Wallace Shawn
    • Victor 'Vic' Finleyas Victor 'Vic' Finley
    Jennifer Love Hewitt
    Jennifer Love Hewitt
    • Brooke Figleras Brooke Figler
    Patrika Darbo
    Patrika Darbo
    • Cafeteria Cashieras Cafeteria Cashier
    Ray Walston
    Ray Walston
    • Chief Roccoas Chief Rocco
    Christopher McDonald
    Christopher McDonald
    • Donald Kruppas Donald Krupp
    Colleen Camp
    Colleen Camp
    • Mrs. Burtisas Mrs. Burtis
    Sheila McCarthy
    Sheila McCarthy
    • Gwenna Kruppas Gwenna Krupp
    Jennifer Tilly
    Jennifer Tilly
    • Cindy Figleras Cindy Figler
    K. Todd Freeman
    K. Todd Freeman
    • Officer Davisas Officer Davis
    • Director
      • Harry Winer
    • Writer
      • Michael Hitchcock
    • All cast & crew
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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      Film debut of Kyle Howard.
    • Goofs
      Stacey's nail gun would require air pressure to make it work. There is no air hose hooked to it, making it impossible to use.
    • Quotes

      Grover: Feel the fear... and go for it.

      [finds Brooke]

      Grover: You... owe me a quarter.

      [Brooke bursts into tears]

    • Crazy credits
      As the closing credits roll, we are shown the various family members in Hawaii hula-dancing, often in native garb or something close to it, singly and in various combinations. The footage ends with Chief Rocco (Ray Walston) stumbling out of some bushes with a set of night-vision goggles with which he tries to observe the rest of the cast (in full daylight).
    • Connections
      Featured in At the Movies: Tin Cup/House Arrest/Killer: A Journal of Murder/Alaska/Butterfly Kiss (1996)
    • Soundtracks
      Love Will Keep Us Together
      Written by Neil Sedaka and Howard Greenfield

      Published by Entco Music

      Performed by Captain & Tennille

      Courtesy of A&M Records

    User reviews32

    Review
    Top review
    7/10
    Funny with a useful lesson
    This comedy, about a teenager and his younger sister who lock their parents in the basement until they work out their marital problems, is not as bad as it sounds. We wind up with a bunch of kids upstairs who know how to relate to one another but gradually have to work out how to keep practical things running, and a bunch of adults downstairs who are just the opposite. In truth, neither side does very well, but at least this is not the tired condescension of the kids screwing up and needing to be rescued by the adults: both groups are portrayed with a mix of severity and sympathy. Throw in a meddling retired chief of police across the street, and make him Ray Walston whom I think everybody loved most in "Picket Fences," and you have a film that is very entertaining, and also carries across some deeper meaning about what contributions young people and older ones can make to each other's ongoing development. Kyle Howard was 18 trying to play 14, which took a good deal of suspension of disbelief, but that miscasting seems to be an obsession Hollywood just can't seem to grow out of.
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    Details

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    • Release date
      • August 14, 1996 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Çılgın Ev
    • Filming locations
      • Chagrin Falls, Ohio, USA
    • Production companies
      • Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
      • Rysher Entertainment
    • See more company credits at IMDbPro

    Box office

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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $7,032,782
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $2,275,808
      • Aug 18, 1996
    • Gross worldwide
      • $7,032,782
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 48 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • DTS
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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