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 Seitz | ... | Jimmy Finley |
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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:
Home is where the hostages are. See more »Parents Guide:
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Country:
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EnglishRelease Date:
27 November 1996 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Box Office
Opening Weekend USA:
$3,121,824, 29 November 1996, Wide ReleaseGross USA:
$6,970,578, 6 January 1997Company Credits
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Chief Rocco: Aren't your parents going to work today?
Grover: Uh, no, they got the bug that's been going around.
Chief Rocco: I didn't know there was one.
Stacy Beindorf: Yeah it's really bad... especially for old people.
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Written by Michael Sembello and Richard Rudolph
Performed by Jennifer Love Hewitt
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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
Stacy Beindorf: Good morning, Chief Rocco!Chief Rocco: Aren't your parents going to work today?
Grover: Uh, no, they got the bug that's been going around.
Chief Rocco: I didn't know there was one.
Stacy Beindorf: Yeah it's really bad... especially for old people.
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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). See more »Soundtracks
It's Good To Know That I'm AliveWritten by Michael Sembello and Richard Rudolph
Performed by Jennifer Love Hewitt
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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.