House Arrest
Seen it?1996 | 109 min | Comedy, Family
Monday Morning Maybeearly ratingWhy it’s a Monday Morning Maybe
With just 10% on Rotten Tomatoes, a lukewarm 48% audience score and soft box office, this one could be a tough watch. Keep your phone handy.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- One for people who love relationship stories and anyone who wants a laugh. Relationships are put under a microscope, for better or worse. A good follow-up to Freakier Friday. Built to entertain rather than impress the critics, and audiences love it for that.
- The mood
- Light and funny, feel-good.
- The pace
- Paced for all ages, at 1 hr 49 min.
- What might put you off
- Rated PG. Worth a look first if you have very young kids.
- Critics were cooler on it than audiences.
- Skip it if you're after something serious tonight.
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.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsWeak
10% on Rotten Tomatoes
- AudiencesBelow par
Our audience score: 48%
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Box office & staying powerBelow par
$7 million worldwide; still draws a steady audience long after release
- Buzz & cultural impactBelow par
About 41K people sought it out in the past year
Trailer
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Cast & crew
Directed by Harry Winer
- Kyle HowardGrover Beindorf
- Jamie Lee CurtisJanet Beindorf
- Kevin PollakNed Beindorf
- Jennifer TillyCindy Figler
- Christopher McDonaldDonald Krupp
- Sheila McCarthyGwenna Krupp
- Wallace ShawnVic Finley
- Caroline AaronLouise Finley
- Mooky ArizonaMatt Finley
- Herbert RussellT.J. Krupp