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The Babysitters (2008)

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Reviews Counted:26

Fresh:8

Rotten:18

Average Rating:4.4/10

Consensus: Though built on an audacious and controversial premise, Babysitters teeters between exploitation and grossness due to uneven execution.

Rated: R [See Full Rating] for disturbing strong sexual content, language and some drug use - involving teens.

Runtime: 90 mins

Genre: Comedies

Theatrical Release:May 9, 2008 Limited

Synopsis: In this dark comedy, Shirley Lyner (Katherine Waterston) may be just 16 years old, but she's smart. However, instead of just using her intelligence to get into college, she's started her own... In this dark comedy, Shirley Lyner (Katherine Waterston) may be just 16 years old, but she's smart. However, instead of just using her intelligence to get into college, she's started her own business that may help pay her way through school. She discovers that babysitters can make more money entertaining horny fathers than just watching kids, and soon she has a group of seductive teens in her employ. But even though Shirley is mature for her age, she soon realizes that her business may be too much for her to handle. John Leguizamo stars as the first father to sample Shirley's wares, and SEX AND THE CITY's Cynthia Nixon plays Shirley's mother. [More]

Starring: John Leguizamo, Katherine Waterston, Cynthia Nixon, Andy Comeau

Starring: John Leguizamo, Katherine Waterston, Cynthia Nixon, Andy Comeau, Denis O'Hare

Director: David Ross

Director: David Ross
Screenwriter: David Ross
Producer: John Leguizamo, Kathy DeMarco, Cora Olson, Jennifer Dubin, Jason Dubin
Composer: Chad Fischer
Studio: Peace Arch Entertainment

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Daddies, don't let your daughters grow up to be babysitters, because according to The Babysitters, it's a gateway to whoredom.

Full Review Source: Slant Magazine | comment Comment
05/07/08
Nick Schager
Nick Schager
Slant Magazine

Writer/director David Ross crosses a line into gratuitous exploitation by accentuating semi-pornographic settings to incite mixed emotions. The sensual side effect could work as a way of bringing an audience into the story's cruel discussion on human natu

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04/29/08
Cole Smithey
Cole Smithey
ColeSmithey.com

Debut director David Ross's provocative debut puts us squarely into the lives of financially strapped high school girls who find that the end (paying for college) justifies the means.

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04/24/08
Harvey S. Karten
Harvey S. Karten
Compuserve

A striking yet thoroughly uneven debut from David Ross...

Full Review Source: Reel Film Reviews | comment Comment
10/30/07
David Nusair
David Nusair
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Ultimately plays out as weakly as an actual adult film.

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10/04/07
Jon Popick
Jon Popick
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Ultimately fails to deliver on the audacity of its premise.

Full Review Source: Variety | comment Comment
09/17/07
Alissa Simon
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