It has an amusing enough premise, but Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead will just leave viewers pining for the madcap hijinks promised by the title. Read critic reviews
Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead
1991, Comedy, 1h 45m
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Sue Ellen Crandell (Christina Applegate) is a teenager eagerly awaiting her mother's (Concetta Tomei) summer-long absence. While the babysitter (Eda Reiss Merin) looks after her rambunctious younger siblings, Sue Ellen can party and have fun. But then the babysitter abruptly dies, leaving the Crandells short on cash. Sue Ellen finds a sweet job in fashion by lying about her age and experience on her résumé. But, while her siblings run wild, she discovers the downside of adulthood.
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Rating: PG-13
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Genre: Comedy
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Original Language: English
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Director: Stephen Herek
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Writer: Neil Landau, Tara Ison
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Release Date (Theaters): wide
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Box Office (Gross USA): $23.0M
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Runtime:
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Distributor: Warner Bros.
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Sound Mix: Stereo, Surround
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Critic Reviews for Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead
Audience Reviews for Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead
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If you can get over the ridiculous acting, it's actually pretty entertaining. Better than I expected.
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liked it alot at first but as it got into the story i began to find it more and more boring
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Christina Applegate stars as a high school graduate, whose mother leaves for a two-month summer vacation in Australia, putting all five siblings in the care of a strict geriatric babysitter. When the babysitter suddenly dies in her sleep, Applegate (as the eldest) assumes the role as "head of the household" to enjoy the freedom of having no parents around. She fakes a resume to get a job in the fashion industry and lands herself the enviable position of an "Executive Administrative Assistant? but she soon learns that being an adult is not all that easy." It?s all amusing and one gets to see David Duchovny in an early role.
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ive probably seen this. whether i have or havent, its nothing special.
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