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Carpool

1996 · 89 min

A goofy, fast-paced caper that turns a chaotic school run into a warm, kid-friendly adventure full of slapstick and unlikely bonding.

Directed by
Arthur Hiller
Genres
Family, Comedy
Tagline
A dad in a hurry. A man on the run. And five kids with an attitude.
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.

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Directed by
Arthur Hiller
Genres
Family, Comedy
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How it feels

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Tone
  • lightstrength 3 of 3
  • absurdstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • campystrength 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
  • work
  • friendship
  • redemption
Places
  • big city
  • road trip
Era
contemporary
Audience
family
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror0
Humour7
Realism4
Romance1
Tension3
Darkness2
Complexity2
Emotional weight3

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