Smart House is a 1999 Disney Channel Original Movie about a young computer whiz (Ryan Merriman), his widowed father, and his little sister, who win a computerized house that begins to take on a life of its own — the life of an overbearing mother (Katey Sagal). The movie is based on the short story The Veldt by Ray Bradbury. It is a science fiction story about a Smart House that eventually turns against the parents.
The story begins with Ben Coope...
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Smart House is a 1999 Disney Channel Original Movie about a young computer whiz (Ryan Merriman), his widowed father, and his little sister, who win a computerized house that begins to take on a life of its own — the life of an overbearing mother (Katey Sagal). The movie is based on the short story The Veldt by Ray Bradbury. It is a science fiction story about a Smart House that eventually turns against the parents.
The story begins with Ben Cooper and his family struggling to get a grip on household chores, school and work. Ben is the family caretaker, something he took up after his mother died. Always busy taking care of everyone else, he has no time to be a kid, including playing basketball, his favorite sport. When Ben sees that a Smart House is being given away, he enters the competition as often as he can. The family wins the house (named Pat), and is introduced to its creator, Sara Barnes.
Soon after Nick Cooper and Sara begin to date, something Ben does not approve of, because...
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