# House Arrest (1996)

> When their parents decide to divorce, two determined siblings imprison them in the basement and recruit friends to repair their families through increasingly chaotic juvenile logic.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/11385

## Facts

- Runtime: 109 min
- Genres: Comedy, Family
- Director: Harry Winer
- Cast: Kyle Howard, Jamie Lee Curtis, Kevin Pollak, Jennifer Tilly, Christopher McDonald, Sheila McCarthy, Wallace Shawn, Caroline Aaron
- TMDB rating: 5.4/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0116571/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: mild
- Complexity: simple
- Violence: none
- Mood: breezy, juvenile, warm, family movie night, 90s nostalgia

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