# House Arrest (1996)

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**Runtime**: 108 min
**Genres**: Comedy, Family
**Directed by**: Harry Winer
**Written by**: Michael Hitchcock
**Starring**: Kyle Howard, Jamie Lee Curtis, Kevin Pollak, Jennifer Tilly, Christopher McDonald, Sheila McCarthy

> *There's More Than One Way To Keep A Marriage Together...*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Apparently someone thought kids locking up their parents was a good idea. Grover and his sister Stacy imprison their divorcing parents in the basement. It somehow works out in the end, mostly.

**Mood tags**: cozy, playful

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