House Arrest

House Arrest is a 1996 comedy film starring Kyle Howard, Jamie Lee Curtis and Kevin Pollak. The film tells the story about a group of children who kidnap their parents after learning of their problems with each other and hold them prisoner in a basement in order to force them to reconcile.

Home is where the hostages are.(taglines)

Quotes

T.J.: My dad treats my mom like dirt.

Matt: And my dad's coming up on his second year with Louise.

Grover: So?

Matt: So he always divorces in his second year, you know that, it's like clockwork.

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Gwenna: A lot of people don't dress their age. Phil Donohue did a whole special on...

Donald: Gwern, nobody wants to hear about Phil Donohue.

Cindy: Excuse me, why are you always interrupting her all the time?

Donald: Well I don't think I interrupt her all...

Cindy: How would you like it if somebody interrupted you every time you tried to talk?

Donald: Well like I said, I don't think I interrupt her all...

Cindy: I don't think you respect her very much.

Donald: Respect? That's my wife, of course I respect her.

Gwenna: Actually Don, you're not very nice to me.

Donald: Gwen, I am talking! [to Cindy] You're one to talk about respect. You think your daughter respects you? You dress like you're 12...

[Gwen shoves a piece of cake in his face]

Taglines

• Home is where the hostages are.
• There's More Than One Way To Keep A Marriage Together...
• Ever wanted to spend your parents to their room?

Cast

• Kyle Howard as Gregory Alan "Grover" Beindorf
• Jamie Lee Curtis as Janet Beindorf, Grover's mother
• Kevin Pollak as Ned Beindorf, Grover's father
• Amy Sakasitz as Stacy Beindorf, Grover's younger sister
• Mooky Arizona as Matthew "Matt" Finley, Grover's best friend
• Wallace Shawn as Victor "Vic" Finley, Matt's father
• Caroline Aaron as Louise Finley, Matt's mother
• Alex Seitz as Jimmy Finley, Matt's younger brother
• Josh Wolford as Teddy Finley, Matt's younger brother
• Herbert Russell (as Russel Harper) as Theodore Joseph "T.J." Krupp, Grover's bully later other best friend
• Christopher McDonald as Donald Krupp, T.J.'s father
• Sheila McCarthy as Gwenna Krupp, T.J.'s mother
• Jennifer Love Hewitt as Brooke Figler, Grover's love interest
• Jennifer Tilly as Cindy Figler, Brooke's single mother
• Ray Walston as Chief Rocco
• Ben Stein as Ralph Doyle

External links

• House Arrest quotes at the Internet Movie Database