
Carpool
1996 · Movie · PG · 89 min · ★ 5.3
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.
Also known as The Carpool
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Details
- Years
- 1996
- Release date
- 1996-08-23
- Language
- English
- Rated
- PG
- Runtime
- 89 min
- Max quality
- HD
- TMDB rating
- 5.3/10 (92 votes)
Themes
- robbery
- carpool
Cast & crew

Tom Arnold
as Franklin Laszlo

David Paymer
as Daniel Miller

Rhea Perlman
as Martha

Rod Steiger
as Mr. Hammerman

Kim Coates
as Detective Erdman

Rachael Leigh Cook
as Kayla
- MK
Mikey Kovar
as Andrew Miller

Jordan Warkol
as Travis

Micah Gardener
as Bucky Miller

Colleen Rennison
as Chelsea
Directed by Arthur Hiller