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Carpool (1996)

Directed by Arthur Hiller

Overview

A man with an important business meeting finds himself having to take care of the carpool for the neighborhood school children when his wife gets sick. Stopping to get donuts for the kids, things go even more awry when he finds himself a victim of a robbery. However, the situation only gets worse as a desperate man who had been contemplating a bank robbery robs the robbers and takes the man and the kids hostage in their van as his truck is blocked by an armored car. The thing then proceeds into a comedic chase movie. The father finds his kids don’t really respect him and they react better to the robber. The end result is everyone gets a lifestyle change, including the original store owner.

Rated PG | Length 89 minutes

Actors

Tom Arnold | David Paymer | Rhea Perlman | Rod Steiger | Kim Coates | Rachael Leigh Cook | Mikey Kovar | Jordan Warkol | Micah Gardener | Colleen Rennison | Obba Babatundé | Ian Tracey | John Tench | David Kaye | Brian Arnold | Dolores Drake | Patti Allan | Stellina Rusich | Betty Linde | Alan van Sprang | Victor Favrin | Toby Simkin | Jewel Staite | Shawn Macdonald | Edie McClurg | Kathleen Freeman | Miriam Flynn