
A man with an important business meeting finds himself having to take care of the carpool for the neighborhood school children when his wife gets sick. Stopping to get donuts for them, things go even more awry when he finds himself the victim of a robbery. However, the situation only gets worse as a desperate man who had been contemplating a bank robbery robs the robbers and takes the man and kids hostage in their van as his truck is blocked by an armored car. The thing then ... (Full plot summary below)
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A man with an important business meeting finds himself having to take care of the carpool for the neighborhood school children when his wife gets sick. Stopping to get donuts for them, things go even more awry when he finds himself the victim of a robbery. However, the situation only gets worse as a desperate man who had been contemplating a bank robbery robs the robbers and takes the man and kids hostage in their van as his truck is blocked by an armored car. The thing then proceeds into a comedic chase movie. The father finds his kids don't really respect him and they react better to the robber. The end result is everyone gets a lifestyle change, including the original store owner.
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| Deseret News (Salt Lake City)Jeff ViceA really unfunny comedy that makes the Three Stooges' shorts seem like humorous masterpieces. |
| Radio TimesRobert SellersThis attempt at entertaining knockabout comedy is a perfect example of Hollywood dumbing down and treating its audience like idiots. |
| ReelViewsJames BerardinelliThings might have been okay if this film had gone someplace, anyplace, but it stalls early, then coasts through an hour of minimally-amusing material before screeching to an amazingly improbable stop. |
| EmpireDarren BignellThe whole madcap production is at best faintly amusing, at worst, painfully protracted |
| Entertainment WeeklyTy BurrCarpool is affably stupid Saturday-matinee fare -- good for opiating the kids for a few hours -- but let's just say it's no Big Bully. |
| Film4Billy MowbrayLoud, silly and choc-a-block with madcap slapstick, Hiller's film may have an alarming plot premise but it's innocent enough for all but the youngest kids to enjoy. |
| San Francisco ChroniclePeter StackIt's a shame Arnold is stuck on the loudmouth clod schtick, because there are moments he's downright pleasant on screen. But in Carpool, these moments are kept to a minimum. |
| Washington PostRita KempleyArthur Hiller, who last directed the sour "The Babe" -- not the one about that sweet pig -- finds even less to work with in TV veteran Don Rhymer's stupid screenplay. |
| Austin ChronicleMarjorie BaumgartenNothing about the movie makes much sense. |
| CinematterMadeleine WilliamsA rather inane and dull family comedy, Carpool is merely a bundle of chase cliches surrounded by unappealing characters. |