Carpool (film)

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Carpool
Carpool poster
Directed by	Arthur Hiller
Produced by	Arnon Milchan Michael G. Nathanson
Written by	Mark Christopher
Starring	Tom Arnold David Paymer Rachel Leigh Cook Mikey Kovar Micah Gardner Colleen Rennison
Music by	John Debney
Cinematography	David M. Walsh
Editing by	M. James Langlois William H. Reynolds
Distributed by	Warner Bros.
Release date(s)	23 August 1996
Running time	92 Min.
Country	United States
Language	English
IMDb profile

Carpool is a 1996 comedy film directed by Arthur Hiller and starring Tom Arnold and David Paymer.

[edit] Plot

Workaholic Daniel Miller (Paymer) has an important business meeting but finds himself having to drive the neighborhood carpool for his kids and their friends when his wife gets sick. Stopping to get danish for the kids, things go even more awry when he finds himself a victim of a robbery. The situation worsens as Franklin Laszlo (Arnold), a desperate carnival owner who had been contemplating a bank robbery, robs the robbers and takes Daniel and the kids hostage in their Toyota Previa van as his truck is blocked by an armored car. A comedic car chase ensues through Seattle. Daniel discovers his kids and their friends do not really respect him and they react better to Franklin.

[edit] Reception

The film was given a variety of reviews, with many critics panning its poor plot and acting, with a Metacritic rating at 15/100^[1] and other popular review sites such as Rotten Tomatoes giving the film a 0% rating.^[2]

[edit] Notes

v • d • e Films directed by Arthur Hiller The Careless Years (1957) • This Rugged Land (1962) • Miracle of the White Stallions (1963) • The Wheeler Dealers (1963) • The Americanization of Emily (1964) • Promise Her Anything (1965) • Penelope (1966) • Tobruk (1967) • The Tiger Makes Out (1967) • Popi (1969) • The Out-of-Towners (1970) • Love Story (1970) • The Hospital (1971) • Plaza Suite (1971) • Man of La Mancha (1972) • The Crazy World of Julius Vrooder (1974) • The Man in the Glass Booth (1975) • Silver Streak (1976) • W.C. Fields and Me (1976) • The In-Laws (1979) • Nightwing (1979) • Making Love (1982) • Author! Author! (1982) • Romantic Comedy (1983) • The Lonely Guy (1984) • Teachers (1984) • Outrageous Fortune (1987) • See No Evil, Hear No Evil (1989) • Taking Care of Business (1990) • The Babe (1992) • Married to It (1993) • Carpool (1996) • An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn (1997) • The Trouble With Frank (2005)