Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead | Christina Applegate, Joanna Cassidy

Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead | Christina Applegate, Joanna Cassidy | Don't Tell MomThe Babysitter's Dead

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	Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead Christina Applegate, Joanna Cassidy Hbo Home Video, 2000 average customer review:based on 85 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Purchased a DVD Comedy

The movie came very promply. Transaction was very smooth. We were very pleased with everything.

Don't Tell MomThe Babysitter's Dead

It's wonderful dealing with a company that is so efficient. I gave this movie as a gift and they were thrilled. It was sorta a blast from the past for them. I will continue to buy products at Amazon and will definately pass the word along to friends and family.

This movie inspired me..

not to work the nine to five "rat race" as Sue Ellen so elegantly calls her summer career. I thoroughly enjoyed this when I was younger, obviously, and still enjoy it today. I am happy to report that I have a wondreful career and I am only working four days a week. Very entertaining for the family- even though it's an older film I feel that kids these days will enjoy it even now.

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Charming and Funny

Thinks are looking up for the Crandell children. Mom (Concetta Tomei, "Deep Impact" and "Picket Fences") is going to Australia for two months. Things seem like they are going to be great until a babysitter shows up. The babysitter seems like a sweet little old lady until mom leaves. The babysitter then turns into a militant, giving the children orders and rules and telling everyone that she will tolerate no infractions.

The children can hardly believe their bad luck. Now they will be stuck with the babysitter from hell. After meeting to discuss their situation, the children elect Sue Ellen (also called Swell, played by Christina Applegate, "Married with Children") to go speak to the old lady. Swell knocks on the old lady's bedroom door and enters when she fails to answer. Swell discovers that one problem was solved, but another created, when she learns that the babysitter is dead.

After another meeting of the children, they decide to take the old lady to a mortuary and drop her off with a note. Unfortunately, the children neglect to remove the money their mother left from the old lady's clothes, as they learn after they return home. Swell and brother Kenny (Keith Coogan, who starred in another classic comedy, "Adventures in Babysitting") decide that one of them has to get a job. A flip of the pizza box and Swell starts looking for a job while brother Kenny hangs around the house and smokes pot.

Swell's first job is at a hotdog place, where she gets the joy of cleaning out the grease pots. Swell decides there has to be a better job she can get, so after a little creative resume writing, she lands a high-paying job as an executive administrative assistant for Rose Lindsay (Joanna Cassidy, "Blade Runner" and "Who Framed Roger Rabbit"). In spite of obstacles placed in her way by a receptionist and her toady, Bruce, played by a David Duchovny before his "X-Files" days, Swell manages to excel in her job, accidentally learning to delegate and even design.

Of course, things are not smooth sailing for working girl Swell. There is the office letch, who keeps trying to become intimate with Swell, not knowing she is only 17 years old. Swell is also trying to have a little romance of her own, with the brother of the receptionist who is trying to back stab Swell at the office. Brother Kenny is more anxious to hang out with his friends than take care of his siblings and the house. To top it all off, mom keeps calling, wondering how things are going and probably wondering why she is unable to speak to the babysitter.

I would limit viewing to children at least 14 years old and above because of the behavior of the children. You may wish to limit viewing to an even older age for some children.

This movie is not only good; it is a funny and enjoyable movie for adults. This movie is probably the best thing Christina Applegate has done to date outside of her continuing role on "Married with Children." A few of the gags fall flat, but the bulk of them work, and Applegate does an excellent job of making you feel sorry for her as her dream summer becomes a nightmare, all the while laughing at the things happening around her. As a light comedy this movie works, and is one that I will watch again.

Enjoy!

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Good movie, good print on DVD

Please note several reviews of this movie here are referring to earlier VHS version. We just purchased this on DVD (we love this movie) and it is in widescreen (well, 16:9, that "sort of" widescreen) and has very clear picture and excellent sound quality.

We delayed purchasing this because of a lack of info on Amazon page regarding the specifics of the DVD, but it's fine, we're very happy with it.

If you like the movie, it's a good DVD and certainly worth the $5-6 price.

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