House Arrest

Aug 14, 1996

1h 48m

★ 5.3

There's More Than One Way To Keep A Marriage Together...

Overview

High-schooler Grover Beindorf and his younger sister Stacy decide that their parents, Janet and Ned, are acting childishly when they decide to divorce after 18 years of marriage, so they lock them up in the basement until they'll sort out their problems.

Genres

Comedy

Family

Production Companies

Rysher Entertainment

House Arrest Trailers

Cast

Janet Beindorf

Jamie Lee Curtis

Ned Beindorf

Kevin Pollak

Gregory Alan 'Grover' Beindorf

Kyle Howard

Brooke Figler

Jennifer Love Hewitt

Cindy Figler

Jennifer Tilly

Donald Krupp

Christopher McDonald

Victor Finley

Wallace Shawn

Chief Rocco

Ray Walston

T.J. Krupp

Herbert Russell

Mrs. Burtis

Colleen Camp

Louise Finley

Caroline Aaron

Gwenna Krupp

Sheila McCarthy

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