Movie1996·US·1h 29min

Carpool

Name: Carpool
Genre: Comedy, Family
Released: 1996-08-23T00:00:00Z
Duration: 89 min
Rating: 5.26
Cast: Tom Arnold, Arthur Hiller, David Paymer, Rhea Perlman, Rod Steiger

A dad in a hurry. A man on the run. And five kids with an attitude.

Comedy Family

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Premiere

Aug1996

Studio

Regency Enterprises

Box office

Budget$17M

About

Synopsis

Carpool (1996) is a family comedy by Arthur Hiller you can watch online on iFILM. Ad executive Daniel Miller has the biggest pitch of his career today — and a van full of neighborhood kids he promised to drive to school.

Then it all falls apart. Franklin Laszlo (Tom Arnold), a broke amusement-park owner trying to save his business and patch things up with his son, botches a stickup and bolts with the carpool — Daniel (David Paymer) and a pile of someone else's children included. What follows is a day-long chase where the grown-ups lose their minds and the kids start having the time of their lives. Rhea Perlman rounds out the cast.

Hiller, who once made Love Story, plays this one purely for slapstick — loud, harmless, no mean streak anywhere. It lands best with anyone nostalgic for big nineties family comedies built on chaos and good nature rather than snark. Stream Carpool (1996) online on iFILM.