

Carpool
1996-08-23 · 89 min · ★ 5.2
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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Production details
- Directors
- Arthur Hiller
- Production companies
- Regency Enterprises
- Countries
- United States of America
- Status
- Released
- Budget
- USD 17,000,000
Top Cast
Tom ArnoldFranklin Laszlo
David PaymerDaniel Miller
Rhea PerlmanMartha
Rod SteigerMr. Hammerman
Kim CoatesDetective Erdman
Rachael Leigh CookKayla
Jordan WarkolTravis
Micah GardenerBucky Miller
Colleen RennisonChelsea
Obba BabatundéJeffery
Ian TraceyNeil
John TenchJerry
David KayeScott Lewis
Brian ArnoldNews Anchor
Dolores DrakeBonnie
Patti AllanWax Lips
Stellina RusichMrs. Miller
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