Kristen Bell's daughters were furious with her when she dumped their dad Dax Shepard in a movie

Kristen Bell and Dax Shepard's daughters were furious with her when she dumped their dad in a movie.

The couple - who have Lincoln, 12, and 10-year-old Delta together - recently showed their kids 2012's Hit and Run because they wanted to see them falling in love with one another, but they were unprepared for their reactions to the action comedy, which sees a professor and a former getaway driver hit the road together.

Speaking on Jimmy Kimmel Live!, Dax said: "Our kids rarely show interest in us as — anyone with kids knows — but they did want to see this movie we made, because we're very much in love.

"I mean, we're childless, and we had nothing to do but love each other."

Kristen added: "We spent all this time making this independent film, and daddy wrote it and directed it, and they were like, 'We want to see it." And we hadn't watched it in forever. We were like, 'Okay, let's watch it with you.'"

The pair admitted the movie was "so inappropriate" but the girls "have a good sense of humour" and "like seeing us in love and kind of young."

And while they "loved" Hit and Run, Lincoln and Delta weren't happy at seeing their parents break up on screen.

Dax laughed: "They were very upset, and what made me so happy is they were mad at mom, not me.

"They thought mom was a b****, and they thought daddy was a good boy with a bad past."