# Carpool (1996)

> An overburdened father’s routine school carpool becomes a hostage-filled chase after a desperate robber hijacks the van.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/14092

## Facts

- Runtime: 89 min
- Genres: Family, Comedy
- Director: Arthur Hiller
- Cast: Tom Arnold, David Paymer, Rhea Perlman, Rod Steiger, Kim Coates, Rachael Leigh Cook, Mikey Kovar, Jordan Warkol
- TMDB rating: 5.2/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0115836/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: mild
- Complexity: simple
- Violence: mild
- Mood: frantic, goofy, irreverent, family movie night, lazy afternoon

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- [Cops & Robbersons (1994)](https://ember.film/movie/15636)
- [Fathers' Day (1997)](https://ember.film/movie/7144)
- [Dutch (1991)](https://ember.film/movie/15006)
- [The Chaperone (2011)](https://ember.film/movie/37202)
- [Bushwhacked (1995)](https://ember.film/movie/15634)
- [The Chase (1994)](https://ember.film/movie/5759)
- [Three Fugitives (1989)](https://ember.film/movie/19801)

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