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Hugo Pool

  • 19971997
  • RR
  • 1h 32m
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5.0/10
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Alyssa Milano in Hugo Pool (1997)
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ComedyRomance
An LA pool cleaner/Alyssa Milano falls in love with a young man with ALS/Lou Gehrig's Disease.An LA pool cleaner/Alyssa Milano falls in love with a young man with ALS/Lou Gehrig's Disease.An LA pool cleaner/Alyssa Milano falls in love with a young man with ALS/Lou Gehrig's Disease.
IMDb RATING
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    • Robert Downey Sr.
    • Robert Downey Sr.
    • Laura Ernst
  • Stars
    • Alyssa Milano
    • Mark Boone Junior
    • Malcolm McDowell
    • Robert Downey Sr.
    • Robert Downey Sr.
    • Laura Ernst
  • Stars
    • Alyssa Milano
    • Mark Boone Junior
    • Malcolm McDowell
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 34User reviews
    • 13Critic reviews
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    Patrick Dempsey and Cathy Moriarty in Hugo Pool (1997)

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    Alyssa Milano
    Alyssa Milano
    • Hugo
    Mark Boone Junior
    Mark Boone Junior
    • Pool Supply Man
    Malcolm McDowell
    Malcolm McDowell
    • Henry
    Brendan Dawson
    • Man with Truck
    • (as Brendan B. Dawson)
    Sean Penn
    Sean Penn
    • Strange Hitchhiker
    Robert Downey Jr.
    Robert Downey Jr.
    • Franz
    Cathy Moriarty
    Cathy Moriarty
    • Minerva
    Patrick Dempsey
    Patrick Dempsey
    • Floyd
    Sean Glenn
    • Andy
    Bert Remsen
    Bert Remsen
    • Sad Old Man
    Kevin Dornan
    • Bad Advice Father
    Michael Mazzola
    • Kid
    Richard Lewis
    Richard Lewis
    • Chick Chicalini
    Chuck Barris
    Chuck Barris
    • Irwin
    Jim Shield
    Jim Shield
    • Lifeguard
    Ann Magnuson
    Ann Magnuson
    • Drowning Matron
    Eddie Perez
    Eddie Perez
    • Gardener
    Lora Gómez Eastwood
    • Merengue Dancer
    • (as Lora Gomez Eastwood)
      • Robert Downey Sr.
      • Robert Downey Sr.
      • Laura Ernst
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    • Trivia
      Malcolm McDowell replaced Alan Arkin.
    • Goofs
      After Hugo changes from her pants into her shorts (right before crying in the truck) she is seen cleaning her first pool wearing pants again. After that she is back in her shorts.
    • Quotes

      Strange Hitchhiker: If words could speak, I'd still would have nothing to say.

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      Misterioso
      by Thelonious Monk

      Published by Thelonius Music Corporation (BMI)

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    User reviews34

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    8/10
    More fun than an indoor swimming pool!
    In "Hugo Pool" the adorable Alyssa Milano plays Hugo Dugay. A young diabetic pool cleaner who has to clean over forty pools in one day. She has some of the most eccentric David Lynch like customers, including a man (Patrick Dempsy) in a wheel chair who can only talk by a computer. Because of his kindness she can't help but fall head first, not in a pool but in love. Hugo also tries to help her crazy parents. Her father (Malcom Mcdowell) is a recovering junkie who shoots up drugs in a puppet. He calls the drug "Ring-Dang-Doo". Her mother is a compulsive gambler and owes someone money. Hugo is so kind, she even loans her mother money. "Hugo Pool" is a bizarre, colorful tragic comedy. Filled with bright blue and yellow colors throughout, it has a whacked out sense of humor that only Robert Downey Sr. could create. No wonder why his son is so crazy!
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    • Jul 29, 2005

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      • December 12, 1997 (United States)
      • United States
      • English
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      • BMG Independents
      • Nomadic Pictures
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    • 1 hour 32 minutes
      • Color
      • Dolby

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