House Arrest is a 1996 comedy film. The film was directed by Harry Winer who has directed other films but is more prolific as a television series director. The film stars Jamie Lee Curtis and Kevin Pollak. The film boasts a very thorough supporting cast in Christopher McDonald, Wallace Shawn, Jennifer Tilly, Ben Stein, and an up and coming Jennifer Love Hewitt.
The film was released on August 14, 1996 and went on to gross only over six million dollars at the box office. The film was panned by critics which could explain its low take at the box office.
The film was shot at various locations in the U.S. states of California and Ohio. The main area for filming in California was Monrovia, California. This was the location for both internal and external house scenes. Defiance, Ohio and Chagrin Falls, Ohio were used for the other film scenes.
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. Their schoolfriends also decide to do the same with their parents to solve their respective problems. Written by Anonymous
A group of children, desperate to keep their various parents from getting divorces, kidnap them and hold them prisoner in the basement in order to force them to reconcile. Written by David Stumme
