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Summary: i love this movie. ive seen it too many times
Review: awesome movie all around...hands dow
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Summary: it's such a great 80's film!
Review: I love this movie, even now that im 14 . . . and it's 1999 and wearing the clothes they wore in that movie would be out of the question. I love it to pieces and could recite it from the very beginning if I had to. It's been my favorite movie since the first time I saw it and I encourage you to go out & see it as well.
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Summary: A quality "Teen movie" we all can relate to.
Review: Are you hanging around the house with nothing to do then get this movie. Imagine a teen movie without the "Blood & Guts" and "hormone sex scenes" but a real light story that will keep your attention and make you laugh. In addition Liz Shue will keep the boys interested.
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Summary: AWESOME-LY FUNNY, ANTHONY RAPP IS GREAT IN IT
Review: This is about a babysitter who ends up taking her kids into Chicago and getting into all sorts of mischieve.
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Summary: Elisabeth Shue's Babysitter Blues - a fun romp for the kids
Review: Beginning your movie with the right song can get you off to a good start and "Adventures in Babysitting" gives us that golden oldie "And Then He Kissed Me" as Chris Parker prepares for her big date with her boyfriend. Unfortunately, this clown promptly proceeds to dump our heroine, which only proves he is a fool because Chris is played by Elisabeth Shue. Those of us who remember "Call to Glory" already knew that Shue was a babe and so does Brad Anderson (Keith Coogan), the kid who is too old for the babysitter on whom he has a mondo crush. Into the mix we add Sara Anderson (Maia Brewton), the adorable kid sister who has a thing for the Mighty Thor from Marvel Comics (she must have got the cool Thor helmet from Stan Lee, Jack Kirby or somebody in the ol' Bullpen), Daryl Coopersmith (Anthony Rapp), Brad's best friend who has yet to learn when to shut up, and Brenda (Penelope Ann Miller), Chris' best friend who is stuck in downtown Chicago at a bus depot without her glasses, having decided that running away from home was a bad idea. Unfortunately for our heroine, deciding to simply go down and pick up Brenda proves to be a bad idea. With the three kids in tow, Chris takes off for the big city. When the station wagon gets a flat tire that is only the first in a massive chain of misfortunes that befall our plucky lass. There will be a tow truck man with a claw, street thugs with knives on the El, gangster in a chop shop, a college frat party, a close encounter with the parental units at a party high at top a skyscraper, and a delightful session of singing "The Babysitter Blues." In its own way, "Adventures in Baby Sitting is in the mold of the Indiana Jones films, where the cast of characters are stuck on a roller coaster of exciting encounters. Our harried heroine puts up with all of this in order to save her friend and get the kids home before their parents find out they have spent the night narrowly escaping death instead of being safe at home watching the tube. Even though there is a running gag that Chris looks exactly like the Playmate of the Month, this is a movie aimed for kids in the age range of her charges. There is enough of a cartoonish element to the bad guys to take the edge off of the dangers involved and of course we know from the first note of the movie that everything will turn out okay in the end and Chris is going to top off the evening by getting kissed by someone who might actually deserve her. Shue's natural performance holds the film together and although she has gone on to decidedly more dramatic roles in her more recent films, she evinces a natural flair for comedy in this one. However, be warned: once your kidlets have seen this 1987 Disney film they are going to be grossly disappointed in whoever you pay to watch them the next time you go out for a night of fun. Final note: Be sure to watch the entire credits at the end.
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Summary: one for everyone
Review: In the tradition of "License To Drive" and "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" this movie delivers high laughs and pure entertainment that everyone can enjoy.Shue shines as Chris Parker who, after been stood up by her boyfriend, gets stuck babysitting a kid daughter and her 15 year old brother (who shouldn't be there but decides to tag along due to his infatuation for Chris). She gets a distress call from her best pal Brenda who is trapped in a bus station downtown and Chris needs to go pick her up - but she is supposed to be babysitting! She decides to take them with her and this is where the real fun starts. Before they know it they are being chased by gangsters, singing for their lives in a seedy blues club and trying their hardest not to bump into the parents on the town. Crammed with laughs, action and superb blues music "Adventures In Babysitting" is everything a comedy should be!
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Summary: Don't F*** With The Babysitter.
Review: This is by far the best 80s movie money can buy. I was just a wee little one when it was first released, but I remember loving it even then. Now I'm 23 and I actually am able to appreciate the quirky humor even more. This movie brings me to tears of laughter everytime I watch it.
Elisabeth Shue, while excellent in the dramas she's been doing lately, is magnetic in the comedic role of Chris Parker. All three actors who play the kids she ends up babysitting are hilarious and not annoying in the least, which is a rarity. Penelope Ann Miller as Chris's friend Brenda is hysterical, especially in a memorable phone booth scene.
The only disappointment comes from the fact that this DVD has so little to offer in the Extras department. Hopefully in a couple years we'll see a 20th anniversary edition with commentary tracks and cast interviews/updates. Either way, this movie is a must-have. So many memorable one-liners! Elisabeth Shue dancing around to the Crystals! Vincent D'Ononfrio buffed out and greased up! Buy this DVD. Now.
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Summary: My favorite movie ever!!!!
Review: This has got to be my favorite movie of all time.I've been watching it since I was two and Elizabeth Shue does an amazing job.It has all the elements you could want in a movie.From comedy to adventure,to suspense to romance.You can't find a better movie that everyone can watch together.It is a really good family movie and I have seriously watched it hundreds of times.You can't go wrong with this movie.I promise!!!
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Summary: A MOVIE TO REMEMBER :)
Review: As a kid growing up in the 80's I was blessed to have the most obnoxious and lame movies to be ever produced, stories that went in the way of the unnexpected and funny turn outs. This movie Aventures in Babysitting was one of those. How do you explain such a clever done movie, with classical scenes, like the HOOK, or the hanging in the BUILDING, or singin' the BLUES, or even the geeky girlfriend without the glasses, and well she only wanted a hot dog, but the check was not good. This is going to be a funny movie that will always bring me back to my childhood. Amazing...hey an who knew Shue will portrait such serious parts after... *****FIVE STARS.
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Summary: Misadventures in Babysitting
Review: I saw this movie for the first time a couple of weeks ago- incidentally I am 55- perhaps a bit old for this movie? Nah.
Elizabeth Shue is cool as Chris who is stuck babysitting a little "Thor" freak and two teen age boys after she is stood up by her errant boyfriend(who,of course, gets his comeuppance).
Her ditzy,nearsighted girlfriend is stuck at the downtown Chicago bus station. Penelope Ann Miller is great as the friend,Brenda, who has hysterical adventures after her glasses are filched.
At any rate, Chris bundles up the kids and heads to Chi town with the kids in her Mom's station wagon. A flat tire, a tow, and a fight between the tow truck driver and his wife's boyfriend lands them hiding in a car. Everything's O.K. now, right? Wrong! Calvin Levels(playing Joe Gibbs, who looks like a male Whoopi Goldberg) is heisting the car. He tries to help the kids but is forced to help find them when they rip off a Playboy with important info; then the bad guys chase them, and it's a hoot, especially when they have to sing the blues, then run into Thor. Want to know about Thor? Watch this very funny movie.
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