Carpool (film)

Carpool is a 1996 comedy film directed by Arthur Hiller, starring David Paymer, Tom Arnold, Rhea Pearlman, Rachael Leigh Cook and Rod Steiger.

Plot
Workaholic advertising executive Daniel Miller (David Paymer) has an important business meeting, but after his wife (Stellina Rusich) becomes ill, he finds himself having to drive the neighborhood carpool for his sons Bucky (Micah Gardener) & Andrew (Michael Kovar) and their friends.

When they go to the grocery store to get a Danish before school, they become part of a hostage situation after the owner of a carnival (Tom Arnold) decides to plan a bank robbery which leads to a car chase all over Seattle.

Cast

 * David Paymer as Daniel Miller
 * Tom Arnold as Franklin Laszlo
 * Rhea Perlman as Martha
 * Rod Steiger as Mr. Hammerman
 * Kim Coates as Detective Erdman
 * Rachael Leigh Cook as Kayla
 * Mikey Kovar as Andrew Miller
 * Micah Gardener as Bucky Miller
 * Jordan Blake Warkol as Travis
 * Colleen Rennison as Chelsea
 * Ian Tracey as Neil
 * John Trench as Jerry
 * Stellina Rusich as Mrs. Miller
 * David Kaye as Scott Lewis
 * Obba Babatundè as Jeffery
 * Edie McClurg, Kathleen Freeman, and Miriam Flynn as the voices of Franklin's mother

Production
"Carpool" was filmed in Burnaby, New Westminster, Richmond and Vancouver in British Columbia, Canada.

Box Office
"Carpool" wasn't given an advance screening and it bombed at the box office, debuting at #13 at the box office, grossing $1,628,482. Domestically, it grossed $3,325,651 and failed to recoup the budget of $17 million.

Critical Reception
"Carpool" received poor reviews, with many critics panning its poor plot and acting.

It has a Metacritic rating at 15/100 and Rotten Tomatoes gave it a 13% rating based on 23 reviews.

Rita Kempley from the Washington Post called it "a clunker of a chase movie".

The Austin Chronicle's Marjorie Baumgarten said, "Nothing about the movie makes much sense".

Accolades
1997 Razzie Awards
 * Worst Actor: Tom Arnold (won) (along with "Big Bully" and "The Stupids"; tied with Pauly Shore)