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Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead

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Original title

Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead

Year

1991

Running time

102 min.

Country

United States

Director

Stephen Herek

Screenwriter

Neil Landau, Tara Ison

Cast

Music

David Newman

Cinematography

Tim Suhrstedt

Producer

Cinema Plus

Genre

Comedy

Synopsis

Five kids are left home when their mother leaves town on a three-month vacation, only to have their geriatric babysitter die of a heart attack, leading to the eldest teen, Sue Ellen, to scam her way into taking a job at a hip Los Angeles fashion company to feed and support her needy siblings.

Critics' reviews

"This would-be tribute to youthful anarchy fails the junior-high acid test: Will my parents hate it? Dead is too dead on arrival to inspire much emotion either way"

Susan Wloszczyna: USA Today
"Despite its preposterous storyline, 'Don't Tell Mom The Babysitter's Dead' is surprisingly entertaining and fun."

TV Guide
"There's no telling how the unflatteringly photographed Applegate delivers a comic line on the big screen, because Tara Ison and Neil Landau haven't written her any."

Peter Travers: Rolling Stone
"Applegate gets by without a false moment in a role that's more serious and has more angles than the airhead she plays on television. I want to see the movies she'll be making in about five years."

Mick LaSalle: San Francisco Chronicle
"While this HBO-produced, generically titled family caper isn't quite as dead as you'd expect, it doesn't exactly pulsate with comic originality. "

Desson Thomson: The Washington Post
"A sassy little comedy of wit and intelligence"

Time Out
"Amusing fluff. (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"

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Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead

1991

Stephen Herek

4.7

(321)