Critic Shelf
Home
Discover
Sign in
Your rating
Tap a star, half steps count

Carpool

A dad in a hurry. A man on the run. And five kids with an attitude.
Aug 23, 1996 · 1h 29m
No ratings yet
Family
Comedy

PLOT

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.

REVIEWS

View reviews

CAST

Tom Arnold
Franklin Laszlo
David Paymer
Daniel Miller
Rhea Perlman
Martha
Rod Steiger
Mr. Hammerman
Kim Coates
Detective Erdman
Rachael Leigh Cook
Kayla
Mikey Kovar
Andrew Miller
Jordan Warkol
Travis
Directed by Arthur Hiller

DETAILS

Status
Released
Original language
EN
Budget
$17,000,000
Revenue
—
Production
Regency Enterprises
Country
CA, US

SIMILAR TITLES

Sticky Fingers
2009
Sorority Babes in the Slimeball Bowl-O-Rama
1988
The Survivors
1983
American Graffiti
1973
Ocean's Eleven
1960
Raising Arizona
1987
Critic Shelf
Rate what you watch, show it on shelves, and compare taste with anyone. Film and TV data from TMDB.
ACCOUNT
Sign in
Create account
Delete account
COMPANY
About
Contact
Privacy
Terms
This product uses TMDB and the TMDB APIs but is not endorsed, certified, or otherwise approved by TMDB.
© 2026 Critic Shelf
WATCH · RATE · COMPARE