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Don’t F U C K with the babysitter! All movies should start with an Elisabeth Shue dance routine * A bangin soundtrack * Genuinely funny moments * A wardrobe that makes me jealous * An adorably nerdy Penelope Ann Miller * A superhero obsessed little girl with a Gizmo backpack who is literally the coolest and smartest person in the whole film * Baby Anthony Rapp * Unlikely heroes who save the day on multiple occasions * An “Eat the Rich” t shirt * “Nobody leaves this place without singing the blues” How could anyone not love this?
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i’m both brenda crying in the telephone booth and sara’s room covered wall to wall in thor posters
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sara really was the original thor stan before y’all even knew taika waititi existed huh
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Playing like “After Hours”-meets-John Hughes, Chris Columbus’ “Adventures in Babysitting” is a Murphy’s Law-inspired comedy of mishaps. Assembled in a way that focuses equal parts on the adventure and characters at the fore of the story, Columbus builds a comedy with a richly dark tone and a spry sense of self. Revolving around the everything-bad-that-can-happen-will odyssey of a babysitter and her charges, “Adventures in Babysitting” finds Elisabeth Shue’s Chris maneuvering through multiple urban hazards when she attempts to locate a humorously imperiled friend. With engaging characters and layers of real heart, the narrative forms the basis of an uptempo and enjoyable piece of work with interestingly dark edges. Columbus weaves an inviting and lived-in blend of urban and suburban visual…
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What a fun movie. I remember seeing this when I was VERY young, so my memory of it wasn’t to good. All I really remembered was the girl in the Thor helmet. 😄 I was picking up some movies at my library the other day (support your local libraries!) and I saw they had a brand new copy of this on blu ray. Said screw it, I could use a whimsical movie from the 80s. Today is Saturday, and I woke uo pretty early because my wife was already up, so I made a coffee and started playing some Witcher 3. Can you believe I’ve been playing this game for about 5 months now, and I’m 135 hours in, and…
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It’s After Hours but with 80s goddess Elizabeth Shue & a trio of youngsters that she’s watching over for the night. Wild city antics ensue and things gets very wacky and pretty damn dangerous. It’s also the best Almighty Thor-related movie that we have received thus far. 👩🏼👶🪑🧑🧑🦰👧🏼🚅🙎♀️🚘🛠🪛🔩🧔🏼♀️🔨🌃🚙💨
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“Dont FUCK with the babysitter” In the 80’s I was such a fan of Chris Columbus’ scripts that anything he was associated with I was there for, especially this dark-ish kid comedy adventure that was his first directing effort that I recall not doing well but has since become a cult classic. D’Onofrio as THOR is kinda amazing considering both that he came off of FULL METAL JACKET to this (and having seen FULL and BABYSITTING I had no clue it was him for years). Shue was the perfect babysitter for all us 80’s kids. Movie holds up great too.
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“Road Trip!!” After being canceled by her boyfriend (as their date and not her life) Chris Parker ends up having to babysit the Anderson kids, but while babysitting gets a call from a friend who’s stuck in the city with no money (and no clue!) so agrees to pick her up, but has to take Brad and Sara plus Brad’s (I’m just here for the comedy value!) friend Daryl – and then what you get is an hour and 42 mins of crazy situations brought to you John Hughes style! “Don’t Fuck with the Babysitter!” Although set in Illinois this is not by John Hughes (must have been busy that day?) and instead it’s directed by Chris Columbus (of Home…
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One of the coolest soundtracks of 80s films, one of the best openings and bloody gorgeous flawless Elizabeth Shue. STRONG FEMALE CHARACTERS. That little girl is mega badass too. Did Nick and Norah ever admit that they basically homaged the whole ‘stranded in a bus station’ thing from this film?!
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Adventures in Babysitting. Uno de entre los muchos títulos de aquellas tardes ochenteras que disfrute en la niñez tirando del videoclub de al lado de casa y que por supuesto, al volver a verla, no recordaba nada de ella aparte de su gran portada. La aventura después de tantos años a sido redescrubrir lo bien alimentados (cinematográficamante hablando) que estaba la juventud por aquel entonces. Un argumento simplón, con una niñera guapísima al cuidado de dos piezas cada cuál más…
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As a former Chicagoan, I can concur that these are exactly the types of side quests the city offers up on a wild night out.
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Live laugh love dan
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That is one of the 80s movies ever
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idk, i only saw it because my younger brother asked me to
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THOR GOATED LO MEJOR DE LA PELÍCULA
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After Hours: The Youth Version.
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It’s the most 80s film I’ve ever seen, and there’s some gen x-er thinks that’s the highest form of praise possible. It’s not a value judgment one way or the other, but if you’ve seen any of the other better-remembered 80s movies of this type, you’ve essentially watched this one already.
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Ironically what not to show to the kids you are babysitting… a bit more language than home alone 😕 This is so dated… but I love it (Chris’ hair is a big contributor).
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This movie is honestly so iconic everything about it is so unserious but somehow works perfectly. The 80s vibe, the chaos, the little moments that had me laughing… they really don’t make movies like this anymore. A classic for sure. “don’t fuck with the babysitter” iconic.
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I love these types of movies only problem is that she didn’t end up w my guy Joe 😞
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80s cinema was a different kind of questionable
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This movie is hilarious, I love the idea of a wild babysitting movie, so many funny moments. An easy 4 stars for me.
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Cada vez se ponía peor JAJKAJSJA Mi meta en la vida es ser como Chris🙏🏻
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SARA WAS KNOWIN BALL BEFORE MY PARENTS WERE IN THE SAME CITY I know she’s PISSED that Thor doesn’t wear his helmet in the movies AYE AYE DAWSON/THOR LOOKIN LIKE HE WANNA GIVE MATT MURDOCK A HARD TIME IN ABOUT 28 YEARS Side note: lost half a star for Disney plus edited version, but gained it back bc Da Bears mentioned
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I hate that all babysitters have to do this at one point in their lives
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why was this more action packed and violent than i expected
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Superman was a jumpscare
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Está muy cagada El dios del trueno Sale albert Collins
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Cute, great soundtrack, sick day movie
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Watched a censored version. Imo, disturbing is the sexualisation of children, which this movie does, and not profanity. Sara is the coolest.
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I wish Brad and Chris ended up together 😗
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Un très bon teen movie bien ancré dans son époque et qui mérite d’être découvert puisqu’il s’agit tout de même de la première réalisation de Chris Colombus. À voir par les fans du genre et les aficionados de Colombus
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I am showing all of my children this film.
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Love this movie so much glad I re watched it! My childhood!
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El niño de pelo pelirrojo es kevin de bruyne
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Damn it, I think I’ve gone and done it. I’ve seen all good movies, so now I have to watch crap like this.
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let me back into my house
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Quando falo que gostaria de viver nos anos 80s, é a este filme que me refiro. “Don’t fucking mess with the babysitter”
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Perdona, Dan Lynch es EL ESTÁNDAR wtfff q hot
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Brad and Daryl are gay for each other, how else do you explain “don’t ever die on me” HMM?
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I don’t care if I’m gassing this film up, it’s my favorite, I love it I love it I love it it is fundamentally a perfect film to me. I love it I love it I love it so much. Watch it watch it watch it. “Don’t fuck with the babysitter” contender for the best scene in ever for forever.
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I was so obsessed with Elisabeth Shue when I was younger. This started the ball rolling and The Saint sealed the deal. I miss the Toronto bus depot.
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Com certeza esse filme tá no meu top 10 melhores cenas de abertura. História super criativa mas ao mesmo tempo óbvia em alguns sentidos (o que não tira a originalidade da narrativa). Gostei muito e me diverti demais vendo. É total aquele filme pra tu ver de tarde, pra curtir comendo uma pipoquinha e ficar feliz. Recomendo muito muito!
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Typical ’80s product: teenagers thrown into an increasingly ridiculous and completely unrealistic adventure. It’s silly, cheesy and definitely not trying to be anything more than a fun ride. And honestly, it works well enough. Entertaining, but nothing more than that.
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Okay… I wasn’t sure what to expect at first, but the comedy was delightful, and I was truly invested in the characters’ story and banter throughout the entire film! This is an 80s movie we need to talk about more. Plus, Chris is an absolute icon. Would love to see the uncut version at some point!
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Chris Columbus is always a good time. Would’ve been 4 ⭐️ if Daryl didn’t exist.
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Can we bring movies like this back like I loved this movie because you really can’t predict the plot as it kept getting more tense and the situation kept changing
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An extra half star for the best on-screen Thor so far.
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After Hours meets Uncle Buck, and it’s pretty great
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Top 3 80s movie!!! Such an ICONIC movie!!
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todos los scenes d Brenda son como un glimpse into yo abroad, also el opening scene is so girl live laugh love
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Had this on in the background while baking something complicated, luckily the title tells you everything you need to know in order to follow the plot! Very cute, very fun. I want Elisabeth Shue’s hair.
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This movie surprised me! What a delight! Elisabeth Shue is so beautiful and charming throughout this movie. The rest of the cast is fantastic. It’s really funny, sweet, sincere, surprisingly tense in moments… like the climax of this movie had my palms sweaty mom’s spaghetti. And the soundtrack rules! I had an absolute blast with this one.
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gostei demais e ri muitoo. mas queria que tivesse mais momentos dela com o dan
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My first rewatch of this since it came out. – One of the cutest openings to a film in history. – Bradley Whitford is sooooo young in this. – when I was really young, my parents had a station wagon. After that it was a Volkswagen van. – I always thought it was strange that a girl that age would be into Thor. – damn, I remember those tvs at bus stations. You put in quarters to watch. It was…
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PG Movies used to have everything man.
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so cute !!
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THOR THOR THOR
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After forcing myself to sit through The Karate Kid, I watched this one as a palate cleanser and to create an Elizabeth Shue mini-marathon. (I have to confess to something of a parasocial crush on Shue.) This is a delightful movie. Yes, the plot is absurd, but director Columbus and writer Simkins embrace and lean into the absurdity. And Elizabeth Shue’s talent really shines. Everything The Karate Kid did wrong, this one does right. First, the soundtrack. The movie opens…
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Is this the first Thor fan representation? I felt incredibly bad for Brenda the entire movie but my god her scenes were hilarious 😭. Great movie.
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I grew up on this movie. Watched it again after maybe 20 years and wow does it still hold up. Never knew there was a short post credits scene until now!
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Favourite Chicago movie? This 1987 directional debut from Columbus is up there for me. An essential for lovers of ‘80s teen comedy and an incredibly fun watch! Shue was great in this film as Chris Taylor. Her performance was a big highlight for me.
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Petite comédie us des années 80 sympathique de Chris Colombus avec Elisabeth Shue La bande son est cool
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This film is so fun, and has surprisingly high stakes! Also, all those kids have tetanus now, apart from Brenda, who has rabies
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Elisabeth Shue was gorgeous here we need to bring back 80s hair, or maybe just the 80s as a whole. That was actually her singing Babysitter Blues so good on her!
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sara will grow up to have the best 2 truths 1 lie bag of all time
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Movies like this are the greatest. Low cortisol 🙌 4.5/5
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I’m going to watch this again tonight but I remember loving it when I saw it before! Hope it lives up the the hype watching it tonight 🤞
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*adds baby-sitting blues to playlist*
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iha hullu. niin hauska, niin hyvä. ne ei tee tämmösiä leffoja enää. thor lapsi on niin ihana
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The edited version on Disney plus takes away from it
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i loved the opening sequence as a kid and used to dance around my room like chris, so cute
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That movie was too good
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Seeing Anthony Rapp in this and then in Rent is hilarious
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CLASSIC ABSOLUTE CINEMA This is like that movie with Jonah Hill but way better
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There is a minor character in this named Sesame Plexor. She is the girl who Chris’ boyfriend Mike is cheating on her with. It’s an odd name to give such a minor character. So I thought about it a little. Mike says something about Chris’ legs being closed when he’s trying to excuse his philandering. Does that mean, conversely, that Sesame’s legs are open and her name is a reference to the famous line “Open Sesame” from Ali Baba and the…
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Fun fact, my uncle directed this.
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Rewatched this one after a really long time and no wonder babysitting was my dream job growing up 😭
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80s + primera vez que veo a alguien ser tan fan de thor.
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Straight up, I would never cancel on Elizabeth Shue
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hey joe 😼♥️
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Bradley Whitford?? Anthony Rapp?? Vincent D’Onofrio?!!! That last one really shocked me. Fun stuff here
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ok people in the city are actually not that scary
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(8.5) They always be making the ginger characters the most annoying smh 🤦♀️
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who needs enemies when u got friends like brenda
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such a fun, easy, nostalgic watch
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thor’s a homo. chris was stressed as hell the entire movie but her hair looked FABULOUS the entire time.
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I need the babysitting blues on Spotify this instant.
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Ok some problematic themes here that do not hold up, but definitely some iconic and genuinely funny moments. Didn’t watch this as a kid, so I don’t bring any nostalgia to it and I still loved it. VHS Collection in Alphabetical(ish) Order #2
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edits disney+ made for this were dumb i want the cut where thor is called a homo
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sooo gooddd
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Pure 80’s nostalgia here. I wasn’t alive in the 80’s but the nostalgia still hits. I love a one night adventure, especially one filled with cooky characters and an out of nowhere musical number. Elisabeth Shue shines as well as a little girl who is going to grow up and fall in love with Chris Hemsworth. Elisabeth Shue is the MVP
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can’t believe i didn’t grow up on this, kinda felt like a “girls version” of Ferris Bueller’s Day Off really cute movie
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Omg! I think this 80s classic was so hilarious that it was a combination of crazy reality in downtown Chicago, teenage babysitting, drug dealing business and out of control comedy, in a nostalgic way of the decade. (Why did I start watching this after watching “Don’t Tell Mom the Babysitter’s Dead”?)
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Dont you mess with a baby sitter! Says it with the coolest hair and flow possible
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A rollicking good time.
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her erkeği butch olarak düşündüm o yüzden beş yildiz
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Had a great time watching this with the girls. Biggest disappointment was Chris ending up with a frat boy asking to be babysat, when Joe Gipp was there the whole time! Somehow feels like there’s a direct lineage between Vincent D’Onofrio’s Thor and Bill Hader in Hot Rod.
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Why did this take so long
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ninguém sai sem cantar um blues
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Best babysitting movie.
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shout out sara, my fellow thor stan
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Brad went through all of that just to see his girl kiss a guy she met an hour ago
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Another 80s classic……where the high school kids look like theyre 30 for some reason
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This movie slaps
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one of the only things I could focus on was the fact that that one guy that chris ends up with looks like anthpo
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I thought this was great. All the way around. Love the kid who loves Thor. Brad is alright, but they close out his story really well. You really wanna hate Daryl but end up liking him. And SHE is abso-fucking-lutely STUUUUUNNNIIIIINNNNGGG!! And badass? AND FUNNY??? Yeah, man. Cool ass lady right there. Also Thor the mechanic is really cute. Young Vincent D’Onofrio is somethin’ special. ALSO THE CAR-JACKER IS AWESOME!!!!! Anyways I’m done!
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One of the sickest underrated movies ever , so lucky to have it on dvd tho cause on some streaming platforms certain things are censored .this movie is pure chaos in the best way possible it has an amazing sound track , its comedic, it has elements of action and it’s ultimately heartwarming and romantic it’s got everything u could ask for And don’t forget “DONT FUCK WITH THE BABY SITTER”
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It’s sooo 80s! It took a while, but I finally watched Chris Columbus’s directorial debut, and it wasn’t what I expected! I love it when a movie isn’t quite what it seems at first glance. You think you’re watching a kids’ adventure from the past years, but it turns out to be a film aimed more at older viewers—yet it remains truly charming and enjoyable, with really lovely character arcs. The only weak point is the redhead, who comes across as rather lackluster.
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Watched this with my kids, a movie I have seen more times than my own face. I am bound by the sacred ties of nostalgia to overlook its flaws, lest I spit in the face of my childhood self. We watched the Disney edited version so not as fun. Not sure why Deadpool and Wolverine exists untouched but Elizabeth Shue can’t say “Don’t fuck with the babysitter.” It’s largely about white suburban fears of the big bad city and all…
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if a man ever told me he needed a babysitter as a pickup line… but also this was ridiculously fun
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Rewatched this for episode one of our podcast and forgot how much is packed into 90 minutes. Car theft, a chop shop, a blues club full of strangers — and Chris Parker never once takes off her yellow gloves. Never explained. Never addressed. I need answers. The pacing is the real MVP — nothing overstays its welcome, which I deeply respect. Not everything holds up (the Playboy “rape” line has not aged a single day well, and poor Brenda’s runaway…
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i LOVE this movie and im grateful my parents showed it to me at like 9 years old shoutout to them — peak 80s movie fr
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This is what happens when normal people in the John Wick universe end up in assassin town
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Nobody leaves without singing the blues.
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When I was a kid, I thought that this was the funniest and craziest thing that I had ever seen, and, upon a rewatch, it’s still pretty crazy and funny, but I find myself questioning a few of these choices. A lot of the depictions of the city come across like a suburban tween’s imaginary Chicago—from its terrible dangers to its bustling wonders. While I’m not sure whether this is exactly what Chris Columbus had in mind, it works quite…
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Man, there were some gems back in the day
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If I was younger and growing up in the 80s I def would have loved this. I will say!! Loved the intro with her singing, so cute. And I of course love the 80s style (yes Elisabeth Shue’s coat (I love good coats (esp in movies) I will yell it from the rooftops always!!!!) and her hair loooove and her face obviously). Also — this poster is so sick and I miss hand-drawn posters they are a pure art form and should be brought back!!
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i feel like most of that could have been avoided but then we wouldn’t have seen elisabeth shue’s incredible hair
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finished at 8:17pm — watched with Tim a classic from watching movies on the floor in my mom’s room. the classic consequences of print pornography.
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Adventures in Babysitting is my favorite movie EVER I watched it on repeat when my boyfriend broke up with me and I now believe that I am Chris Parker.
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Oh to be a teenager in the 80s..
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A fun and completely unrealistic movie.
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Movie 307: 1 hr and 42 minutes Honestly want to re watch a few more times
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pena que o ruivinho era novinho demais para ela
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Whole playboy thing was weird but other than that it was a pretty fun movie
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Elizabeth Shue is hot
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- Synopsis
- When plans with her boyfriend fall through, high school senior Chris Parker ends up babysitting the Anderson kids, Brad and Sara. What should be a quiet night in, however, turns into a series of ridiculous exploits, starting when they leave the house to pick up Chris' friend Brenda. Soon, Brad's buddy Daryl is involved, and the group must contend with car thieves, blues musicians and much more.
- Director
- Chris Columbus
- Writer
- David Simkins
- Studio
- Silver Screen Partners III, Touchstone Pictures
- Country
- USA
- Language
- English
- Year
- 1987
- Runtime
- 102 mins
- USA01 Jul 1987
- UK12 Jan 1988
- Sweden12 Feb 1988
- Germany18 Feb 1988
- Ireland19 Feb 1988
- Japan05 Mar 1988
- Italy16 Jun 1988
- France06 Jul 1988
- Netherlands24 Dec 1988
- Netherlands06 Aug 2003
- Netherlands23 Nov 2003
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