i distinctly recall sit down to watch carpool at home ten year ago and be appal within the first ten minute by the film insulting intelligence level . it star david paymer a an average joe who transport a bunch of whiny kid back and forth in a daily carpool . however and one morning he pick up a stranger or and more specifically and a criminal ( tom arnold ) who may or may not actually be such a bad guy after all . the movie be one of those incredibly lame family movie that be clearly design for one target audience represent infantile child who can not differentiate between quality and utter rubbish . this be and sadly and part of the latter category . i do not hate tom arnold for no good reason like some people out there seem to and but i do not like him very much ( he only ever catch my interest in one movie before true lie ) and he completely aggravate here in a role just about anyone else could have perform good ( except and perhaps and for pauly shore ) . paymer be give the thankless role of a hapless and meek idiot who evidently attend too many nice guy clichés 101 class . overall and you would not be neglect yourself anything particularly special if you decide to skip this unfortunate little disaster .