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Synopsis: 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.
Genre: Comedy, Family
Director(s): Harry Winer
Actors: Kyle Howard, Herbert Russell, Jamie Lee Curtis, Kevin Pollak
Production: HBO Video
  1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
5.8
Rotten Tomatoes:
10%
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PG
Year:
1996
108 min
312 Views

You guys are getting separated.

What we don't understand is why.

- Grover...

- Are you two having affairs?

No.

Oh, no. Kids...

It's like we said this morning,

Daddy and I are just having some

difficulties, and we feel like

we need some time apart. That's all.

Maybe you should get counseling.

No, honey, actually,

we don't need counseling.

The truth is,

no one ever really needs counseling.

We just need time apart

from each other.

- No, you don't.

- Grover.

You guys spend enough time apart.

Maybe you need some time together.

- That's enough, son.

- You guys used to get along just fine.

I remember when you couldn't

keep your hands off each other.

- Grover, let's just stop this, okay?

- Ned, don't yell at him.

I'm not yelling,

I'm trying to get some control here.

You don't get control

by yelling at people.

I'm sorry, is there a list of ways

to get control that you've made for us?

Things I'm doing, not doing,

should've done?

- Not doing?

- Yes.

- Okay, the Beindorf family room.

- What about it?

Well, supposed to have

an entertainment area,

and a room for pool

and maybe an extra bedroom.

It's been 14 years,

you haven't finished the bathroom.

I've been working 14 years, Janet,

trying to afford the house.

And what's my job?

Is it a hobby?

Excuse me, kids. Great job on the party.

Wait. Dad, you can't leave.

I mean,

the party's not over.

Yeah, you've got to watch the tape.

You promised you'd watch it. Come on.

It's really not very long.

Plus, we have one more surprise.

Oh, Grover.

Please take the champagne

back upstairs

and put it back where you found it.

Thank you.

Label out.

What has gotten into these kids?

Why did you argue

in front of the children?

One thing the book said is,

"Don't argue in front of the children."

Did it also mention

that I would always be at fault?

- What?

- Keep your voice down.

I think they know

there's something wrong here, Janet.

Can't you just be quiet?

- What is that?

- I don't know.

- Grover, what are you doing up there?

- I'm nailing the door shut.

There you go, he's nailing the door shut.

It drives me...

What?

You guys are gonna stay

down there a while.

He's really doing it.

He's nailing the door shut.

Grover, stop it right now. What you're

doing is very bad for the wood.

We'll pay for the wood.

We'll be back in the morning

and see if you worked anything out.

They got my tools.

And the phone's gone, too.

Oh, my God!

Boarded up the windows?

We boarded them up

and put cement in the basins.

I used the cement that's been

sitting in the garage for three years.

And if you yell for help,

no one will hear you.

Besides, the Bagleys are on vacation.

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Michael Hitchcock

Michael Hitchcock is an American actor, comedian, screenwriter, and television producer. Hitchcock is a writer and executive producer on season 3 of the CW television series Crazy Ex-Girlfriend. He also served as a writer and co-executive producer on seasons 1 and 2. In addition, he has played the role of water conspiracy theorist Bert. Hitchcock served as a writer and co-executive producer on seasons 5 and 6 of the FOX television series Glee. Hitchcock served as a writer and supervising producer on season 4, and became a writer and consulting producer for season 3 of the show after previously appearing in a guest role season 1 as rival glee club director Dalton Rumba. Hitchcock reprised this role in the season 4 episode "Makeover", season 5 episode "Love Love Love" and season 6 episode "The Hurt Locker, Part Two". In addition, Hitchcock directed the season 6 episode "Child Star". As an actor, he has appeared in several of Christopher Guest's critically acclaimed movies, including Waiting for Guffman (1996), Best in Show (2000), A Mighty Wind (2003), For Your Consideration (2006), and Mascots (2016). Best in Show earned a Golden Globe nomination for “Best Comedy” and won “Funniest Motion Picture” by the American Comedy Awards and British Comedy Awards. Hitchcock and his co-actors from A Mighty Wind were awarded “Best Ensemble Cast” by Florida Film Critics Circle and were nominated for “Best Ensemble Acting” by the Phoenix Film Critics Society. Other film appearances include Magic Camp (2018), Bridesmaids (2011), Super 8 (2011), Operation: Endgame (2010), Smiley Face, Wild Hogs (2007), Joss Whedon's Serenity (2005), Pretty Persuasion (2005), Heartbreakers (2001), and Happy, Texas (1999). Besides recurring roles on Crazy Ex-Girlfriend and Glee, Hitchcock has also recurred on The New Normal, United States of Tara, Men of a Certain Age, Party Down, MADtv, and Grosse Pointe. Other roles in television series include People of Earth , Veep , Curb Your Enthusiasm, Nobodies, Idiotsitter, Tom Goes to the Mayor, Up All Night, Entourage, The League, The Glee Project, Pushing Daisies, Arrested Development, Head Case, The Suite Life on Deck, Las Vegas, and Desperate Housewives. more…

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