Parents of America: Beware! Should you choose to sit through this insufferable bit of high-concept fluff, you will feel as though
you have been unlawfully detained for nearly two hours. This escapist fantasy aimed at children of broken marriages involves a group of
small-town kids who imprison their parents in a basement, figuring that forced confinement in close quarters will drive all thoughts of divorce from their addled brains. Jamie Lee Curtis and Kevin Pollak are the bickering mom and dad whose kids cook up the screwy scheme. They, like the rest of the
movie's supposed grown-ups, spend their time hatching lamebrained plans to escape while their bratty ...
Released:
1996
Rated:
PG
Length:
108 mins