High school student, Grover Beindorf, and his younger sister, Stacey, have a problem. Their parents, Janet (Curtis) and Ned (Pollak) are going to get a divorce. Desperate, Grover and Stacey lure their parents to the basement, lock it up, and declare their intentions to keep them there until they reconcile. When their friends find out what they have done, everyone agrees that their misbehaving parents deserve the same treatment
一个懦弱的小男孩，一个学校的小霸王，一个美少女，一个小帅哥，最终懦弱的男孩得到了心仪的美少女，小霸王也不再看不起和随意凌辱懦弱的男孩，四个人成了好朋友，他们的家庭也变得更加和睦起来。
影片极富想象力，尤其是在孩子部门轮番捉弄家长的时候，当然，被困地下室的家长的表现也令人捧腹。
尤其要提的是，电影的片头制作很巧妙，电影的名称和剧组演职员的名单是用“锁”、“榔头”、“铁链”等象征house arrest中道具的玩意儿与字母进行组合的，别有趣味。