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Carpool (1996)

Carpool poster
Directed by
Arthur Hiller
Genre
fiction film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 29m
Rated
PG
Rating
5.3 of 10 from 92 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man is forced to take over his daily carpool when the regular driver gets sick. He then has to handle a group of unruly kids while getting caught up in a botched robbery.

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What happens

Carpool is a 1996 American comedy film directed by Arthur Hiller, written by Don Rhymer, starring Tom Arnold and David Paymer. It was theatrically released with Superior Duck as the preceding cartoon. Carpool was released by Warner Bros. on August 23, 1996. The film received negative reviews from critics and was a box office bomb, grossing $3.3 million against a $17 million budget. The film is currently owned by the Walt Disney Studios through 20th Century Studios, which obtained the copyrights to 52 films from Regency Enterprises on June 22, 2021. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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