Carpool
“A dad in a hurry. A man on the run. And five kids with an attitude.”
Arthur HillerWhere to watch in the United States: Stream: Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads · Free: YouTube Free, Plex Channel, Tubi TV · Rent: Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home · Buy: Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home. Streaming data from JustWatch via TMDB; availability changes.
Cast
Tom Arnold 
David Paymer 
Rhea Perlman 
Rod Steiger 
Kim Coates Rachael Leigh Cook
Credits
Written by: Don Rhymer
Plot
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 the kids, things go even more awry when he finds himself a victim of a robbery.
Sinekatalog’s take
Carpool (1996) is a American family film directed by Arthur Hiller. It stars Tom Arnold, David Paymer and Rhea Perlman. It runs 89 minutes. It is listed here for its festival and awards record.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 5.1 / 10 (5,738 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.
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