Unaccompanied
Minors (2006)
aka: Grounded
teen comedy
directed
by : Paul Feig
featuring
: Lewis Black - Wilmer Valderrama - Tyler James Williams - Dylan Christopher
- Brett Kelly
running
time : 1 hour 29 minutes
A handful of kids stranded without their
parents is determined to make the most of a bad situation in this comedy.
It's Christmas Eve, and Oliver Porter (Lewis Black), the passenger relations
manager at a busy airport in the Midwest, is looking forward to spending
Christmas in Hawaii with his wife after 15 years in a row working on the
busy Yuletide holiday. However, fate conspires against him when a massive
snowstorm sweeps in and all flights are canceled. Porter suddenly has to
deal with a number of stranded passengers, including six tween-age kids
who are each flying unaccompanied from one divorced parent to another --
spoiled little rich girl Grace (Gina Mantegna), geeky but likable Spencer
(Dylan Christopher), his pesky little sister Katy (Dominique Saldana),
plus-size comic book fan Beef (Brett Kelly), grumpy tomboy Donna (Quinn
Shephard), and bright but mischievous Charlie (Tyler James Williams). With
his hands full and determined to make his way to the islands, Porter puts
his assistant Zach Van Bourke (Wilmer Valderrama) in charge of the kids.
Zach doesn't care for this assignment and the kids don't care for him,
and before long they've escaped from the basement conference room where
he's stashed them and turned the airport into their playground. Unaccompanied
Minors also features Paget Brewer, Rob Corddry and Teri Garr.