House Arrest (1996)

Directed by

Harry Winer

Genre

comedy film, teen film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 49m

Rated

PG

Rating

5.3 of 10 from 143 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Two kids lock their divorcing parents in the basement to stop the separation. Their friends join in by locking up their own troublesome parents too.

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What happens

House Arrest is a 1996 American comedy film directed by Harry Winer, written by Michael Hitchcock, and starring Jamie Lee Curtis, Kevin Pollak, Jennifer Tilly, Christopher McDonald, Wallace Shawn, and Ray Walston, with Kyle Howard, Amy Sakasitz, Mooky Arizona, Russel Harper, and an up-and-coming Jennifer Love Hewitt in supporting roles. It tells the story of two children who lock their parents in the basement upon their plans for a separation as the other children they know get involved by locking their respective problem parents in there as well. The film was produced by Rysher Entertainment and released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer on August 14, 1996, and went on to gross just over $7 million at the box office. It was panned by critics. The film was shot at various locations in the U.S. states of California and Ohio. Monrovia, California was the location for several exterior house scenes while most interior shots were done at the CBS/Radford lot in Studio City, California. The story was set in Defiance, Ohio, although Chagrin Falls, Ohio actually doubled for it. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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