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Summary: One Crazy Summer
Review: What did Christina Applegate do during her 1990 summer hiatus from television's popular series, "Married...with Children"? Well, she made this charming, highly entertaining comedy of a Los Angeles teen that finds herself in a tough predicament one summer. After her mother leaves on a two-month trip to Australia, Sue Ellen (Applegate) finds herself taking care of her four siblings after the mean, elderly babysitter that was hired by their mother for the summer drops dead from natural causes. Unwilling to put a dent to their summer fun, the kids decide to rid the body and take care of themselves for two months without having to tell their mom. Only problem is that when they dropped the body off at the local mortuary, they forgot to check the babysitter's pockets for the money their mother left for groceries for the entire summer.Determined to keep the fun and food flowing, Sue Ellen decides to look for a job. After not having too much luck at a fast food restaurant, she applies for a receptionist position at a clothing company. When a resume mix-up gets in the way, Sue Ellen becomes a career woman in order to pay the bills and keep their summer alive. Meanwhile, she develops a blossoming relationship with a fast-food worker she once worked with (Josh Charles of "Threesome") and is being hounded by two office workers who want to wreck her reputation (Concetta Tomei & a very, very young-looking David Duchovny of "X-Files fame). Featuring a great cast of actors such as Joanna Cassidy and Keith Coogan ("Adventures in Babysitting"), "Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter is Dead" is a grown-up version of "Home Alone" for teens. Amusing, funny, and entertaining, it was Applegate's only feature-film hit. While she made other low-cost films such as "Streets", this film happens to be her best work outside from her work on "Married...With Children.." If you are looking for a great flick for the family this is it. Please be aware that the film contains scenes of drug use (marijuana) and might be unsuitable for children under the age of 13.
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Summary: Manages to entertain most of the time.
Review: "Don't Tell Mom The Babysitter's Dead" is supplied with a plot so unbelievable, yet manages to entertain on a marginal level. After a short-lived theatrical run, the movie made its way to cable channels, where it found a much less aggressive and forgiving audience, one that was willing to accept it as little more than a rainy-day diversion from reality. The film's sense of smarts is seriously off kilter, telling the story of four kids, all various ages, who are left by their vacationing mother with a babysitter who makes Satan seem like Betty White. The oldest of the children, 17-year-old Sue Ellen (Christina Applegate), is defiant of the rules, so when her siblings look to her for a solution, she marches straight to the sitter's room, only to find her dead in her rocker. Instead of calling the police, they tuck the corpse into a trunk and leave the cargo on the steps of a funeral home, only to discover that the money supply left by their mother was stashed in her pockets. Without any source of income, Sue Ellen takes charge by getting a job, first at a fast food joint that looks like something out of every clown-fearing person's worst nightmare, and then at a clothing manufacturer, where she manages to make her way to the top in less than two minutes of air-headed dialogue exchanges. After the babysitter dies, any and all plausibility goes right into that trunk with her body. Accepting that any situation that will take place during this film is purely fictional and outright idiotic will save you much time and frustration; they only get in the way. Sue Ellen's rise to the top seems written by preteen girls for preteen girls, eager for a success story that has some added elements of soap opera (sleazy coworker Gus making moves on Sue Ellen as well as her boss, Rose), and revenge (the spurned receptionist who sets out to ruin Sue Ellen's career and claim it for herself). But in the end, it's not all that bad after all. The movie does have a degree of lightheartedness about it, and its whimsy and delight in breaking all the rules of logic and intelligence is strangely refreshing. It's an ideal star vehicle for Applegate, and also showcases some good comedic relief from actress Joanna Cassidy, who becomes the sole reason to see the film. While the story has the freshness of a corpse, "Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead," likes its main character, manages to con its way to our fancy.
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Summary: review
Review: hi. i never went so school and i dont know how to write reviews and i run sentences together and dont capatalize my i's.
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Summary: Good Movie
Review: I'm an adult and I love this movie. I don't understand why TV Guide gives it only one star. It deserves more than that. Mom is going to Australia for the summer and the kids are being left home with a babysitter, a kindly woman, but old. Well, she dies on the kids and they cart her body off to the funeral home and plot how to get along without telling Mom. Suellen (Christina Applegate) decides to get a job so the kids can have a summer on their own. This is when the fun really begins. Suellen applies for a receptionist job but winds up being hired as an executive assistant to Rose, played by Joanna Cassidy, in the garment industry. We watch Suellen go from typical blonde teenager to mature keeper of her younger siblings and their well-being. We have fun along the way on her journey. If only life could throw all of us such a great boss, great opportunity, great good luck, and a big adventure. This is a very good movie.
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Summary: It's Not Funny How Many Times I've Seen This...
Review: "Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead" is an all-time comedy great. It shows that when you work hard and work together how you can get something done. When Sue Ellen, Walter, Kenny, and Melissa's mother goes to Australia for the summer they are left home with a babysitter. She's not any ordinary babysitter, she's and old lady that is rule oriented and is very, very strict. The kids decide that they have had enough and when Sue Ellen, the oldest of the kids, goes down to talk to her, she is found dead. They have no money and Sue Ellen is working for a clothing company for the summer. Thus starts a funny and often touching comedy. At the beginning of this film, Sue Ellen has a bad attitude, along with her siblings, about their whole summer. Sue Ellen gets a high position in the clothing company by submitting a made up resume and the job is tedious and very hard. As the movie progresses, she is developed into the young woman that she really is and disovers for herslf how she can accomplish things. She's not the only one that changes. Her brother, Kenny, is a delinquent at the start of the movie as he hangs with the wrong crowd and is off every night using drugs. By the end of the film he changes into a courteous young man that has respect not only for the people and things around him, but for most importantly, himself. The whole family works as a team during their summer and at the end of the movie you know the signifigance of hard work and effort among a group. The comedy in this film is very good and you'll be having a belly laugh every few minutes. This is a comedy that is great for the whole family to sit down to and enjoy. It is funny, touching, and gives great messages. Not many other comedies can do that. this is heartily recommended to the lover of a great comedy or a film with great messages.
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Summary: WOW Christina Applegate is HOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Review: This is a movie worth owning, it's funny, charming, witty, and has the BABE from married with Children CHRISTINA APPLEGATE! WOOHOOOO!!! Buy this one right now!
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Summary: applegate and coogan soar!
Review: this movie is one of many where keith coogan shines. christina applegate shows us how great she is at being a mom, too! also, knox overstreet is a clown boy. the dishes are done, man!
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Summary: ok
Review: this movie was so stupid, their babysitter died while parents are away so big sister has to get responsible and get a job, she lies and gets a job and crazy things happen at work and home. Sounds entertaining but it isn't.
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Summary: The movie's good, the DVD is awful
Review: This is a movie that I quite enjoy. That said, the DVD version I just purchased is the absolute pits. It looks as though it were shot on a home video camera, and the ambience of the film is totally altered. The only reason I gave it two stars instead of one is because the movie is good enough to keep even the worst DVD authoring to merit a one-star. Watch this if you see it on TV, or maybe even buy the tape. The DVD, however, is something you want to steer clear of.
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Summary: don't tell mom the baby sitter's dead
Review: no matter what age you are, you will love this movie! it was sooo funny! the kids are left alone all summer with the babysitter! Sue ellen is my favorite! u should buy this DVD!
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