Fresh
A sweet-natured, adolescent variation on the big-city black comedy After Hours.
Rita Kempley, Washington Post
Adventures in Babysitting
She thought babysitting was easy money - until she started hanging out with the Andersons.
1987 · 1h 42m · PG-13
Comedy
Directed by
Chris Columbus
Overview
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 and cast
- Chris Columbus Director
- Elisabeth Shue as Chris Parker
- Maia Brewton as Sara Anderson
- Keith Coogan as Brad Anderson
- Anthony Rapp as Daryl Coopersmith
- Calvin Levels as Joe Gipp
- Vincent D'Onofrio as Dawson / 'Thor'
- Penelope Ann Miller as Brenda
- George Newbern as Dan Lynch
- Bradley Whitford as Mike
- John Ford Noonan as John Pruitt
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
72%
Tomatometer
Rotten
By the end of the film, I'd had a couple of real laughs and a few interesting moments, but that was about all.
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Rotten
Chris sets off on a rescue mission, and ends up running the gauntlet of big city perils in a belaboured spinning-out of a weak storyline.
Time Out
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