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House Arrest

1996 · 109 min

A light, goofy family comedy with mischievous kids and silly parent traps, easy to watch and mildly heartwarming.

Directed by
Harry Winer
Genres
Comedy, Family
Tagline
There's More Than One Way To Keep A Marriage Together...
Overview
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.

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Directed by
Harry Winer
Genres
Comedy, Family
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Tone
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 1 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • parenthood
  • coming-of-age
  • love
  • rebellion
Places
  • suburbs
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
family
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour7
Realism6
Romance3
Tension3
Darkness2
Complexity3
Emotional weight4

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Details

Genres
comedy, family
Directed by
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Written by
Michael Hitchcock
Starring
Kyle Howard, Jamie Lee Curtis, Kevin Pollak, Jennifer Tilly, Christopher McDonald, Sheila McCarthy, Wallace Shawn, Caroline Aaron
Music
Bruce Broughton
Cinematography
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Runtime
109 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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