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5.0/10
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An LA pool cleaner/Alyssa Milano falls in love with a young man with ALS/Lou Gehrig's Disease.An LA pool cleaner/Alyssa Milano falls in love with a young man with ALS/Lou Gehrig's Disease.An LA pool cleaner/Alyssa Milano falls in love with a young man with ALS/Lou Gehrig's Disease.
- Awards
- 1 nomination total
Brendan Dawson
- Man with Truck
- (as Brendan B. Dawson)
Lora Gómez Eastwood
- Merengue Dancer
- (as Lora Gomez Eastwood)
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In "Hugo Pool" the adorable Alyssa Milano plays Hugo Dugay. A young diabetic pool cleaner who has to clean over forty pools in one day. She has some of the most eccentric David Lynch like customers, including a man (Patrick Dempsy) in a wheel chair who can only talk by a computer. Because of his kindness she can't help but fall head first, not in a pool but in love. Hugo also tries to help her crazy parents. Her father (Malcom Mcdowell) is a recovering junkie who shoots up drugs in a puppet. He calls the drug "Ring-Dang-Doo". Her mother is a compulsive gambler and owes someone money. Hugo is so kind, she even loans her mother money. "Hugo Pool" is a bizarre, colorful tragic comedy. Filled with bright blue and yellow colors throughout, it has a whacked out sense of humor that only Robert Downey Sr. could create. No wonder why his son is so crazy!
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Did you know
- TriviaMalcolm McDowell replaced Alan Arkin.
- GoofsAfter Hugo changes from her pants into her shorts (right before crying in the truck) she is seen cleaning her first pool wearing pants again. After that she is back in her shorts.
- Quotes
Strange Hitchhiker: If words could speak, I'd still would have nothing to say.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Robert Downey Sr., le père (2022)
- How long is Hugo Pool?Powered by Alexa
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $13,330
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $6,305
- Dec 14, 1997
- Gross worldwide
- $13,330
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