Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead
Sue Ellen Crandell is a teenager eagerly awaiting her mother's summer-long absence. But when their geriatric babysitter die of a heart attack, Sue has to scam her way into taking a job at a hip Los Angeles fashion company to feed and support her needy 4 siblings.
31 July 1913, New York City, New York, USA
17 January 1922, Oak Park, Illinois, USA
5 April 1929, Louisville, Kentucky, USA
15 October 1955, USA
2 August 1945, Haddonfield, New Jersey, USA
7 August 1960, New York City, New York, USA
21 October 1969, Los Angeles, California, USA
3 April 1980, Los Angeles, California, USA
14 February 1946, Manhasset, New York, USA
23 March 1965, Sacramento County, California, USA
27 November 1954, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
27 December 1955
1967, Hawaii, USA
19 March 1971, Los Angeles, California, USA
October 20, 1970 in England, UK
25 November 1971, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
15 September 1971, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
August 30, 2002
A would-be black comedy that turns white too early
May 20, 2003
Miss Applegate is charming when the screenplay allows her to slow down. Working against her is the director, Stephen Herek, who pushes every gag so hard and fast that he seems to be keeping up with a laugh track only he can hear.
February 23, 2013
A fun experience for anyone who remembers fawning over Christina Applegate.
July 26, 2002
Silly and pretty mindless, but still a worthwhile cable-time comedy.
June 09, 2011
A picture with obvious flaws, but one that attempts to subvert the norm with a few curveball jokes here and there. It's not awful. It's not good either.
July 25, 2007
Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead starts with an enjoyable, if crude, black comedy situation promised by the title, but then it turns into an incredibly dumb teenage girl's fantasy of making it in the business world.
May 12, 2001
Blame the smash of Home Alone for the new herd of kids-on-the-loose movies. Let's hope none are dumber than this one.
September 04, 2003
Predictable, but not wholly unlikable.
January 01, 2000
Once the babysitter dies and her body is deposited anonymously on the steps of a funeral home, the movie is free to reveal its real purpose: This is a consumerist, escapist fantasy for teenage girls.
January 01, 2000
Don't tell the studio, but its movie's dead. And as we used to say as kids -- rest in pieces.
