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Way before she grabbed an Oscar nomination for her searing performance as a world-weary prostitute in Leaving Las Vegas, Elisabeth Shue was known as one of the squeaky-clean actresses of the '80s. Having made a splash in The Karate Kid and the '60s-nostalgia TV series Call to Glory, Shue cemented her good-girl reputation with the charming but badly titled Adventures in Babysitting. Set in the John Hughes-style suburbs of Chicago, the titular adventures follow babysitter Chris (Shue), who agrees to watch the Anderson kids (Keith Coogan and Maia Brewton) when her boyfriend cancels their anniversary date. All is quiet on the home front until Chris is called upon to rescue her best friend (Penelope Ann Miller, also doing good-girl duty) from the seedy downtown bus station. She can't leave the kids, and she can't leave her friend alone in the big bad city, so she packs everyone in the station wagon and heads into Chicago. Screwball craziness begins as they encounter car thieves, knife-wielding gangs, gun-toting truck drivers, and, worst of all, Chris's duplicitous boyfriend. It's hardly mature entertainment, but Shue makes it work; when she wins over the audience at a blues club with her improv singing, you'll be won over, too. In his directorial debut, Chris Columbus (who later when on to helm the sap-fests Mrs. Doubtfire and Home Alone) gently skewers the suburbia white-bread mindset of the main characters, and plays up the comedy over the schmaltz with a subtlety of which he now seems incapable; the near romance between Shue and Coogan is played lightly and adorably. Look for brief appearances by art-house faves Lolita Davidovich as a college party girl and Vincent D'Onofrio as an unlikely savior. --Mark Englehart
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Great Movie!!
April 16 2011
Format:DVD
What a great movie!! Just loved it, lots of funny scenes, good acting & a cute plot with a romantic ending. A big 5 Star rating!
GREAT MOVIE
Dec 2 2006
Format:DVD
everytime the babysitter came over we would watch this movie when i was growing up. now in my 20's i can still watch it and laugh. darrell (stray dog) was fricken hilarious!!!
WHEN THE SHUE FITS
Jun 5 2004
Format:DVD
ADVENTURES IN BABYSITTING is a wonderfully entertaining film from the late eighties that still resonates almost 20 years later. Chris Columbus (the future director of the first two Harry Potter films) brings us a series of vignettes resulting in Elizabeth Shue's Chris Parker babysitting for the precious Maia Brewton and the mooneyed Keith Coogan. Shue is marvelous; Coogan and Anthony Rapp are delightful; and little Maia is appropriately cute and loveable. Penelope Ann Miller as the nearsighted Brenda is a riot...especially when she picks up a stray "cat" at the bus station.
Of course, the primo scene is the "nobody leaves till you sing the blues" with Albert Collins. Shue's transformation as she gets into the "Babysitter Blues" is priceless.
This is one feel good movie, and in spite of some of its profanity, a film everyone should enjoy.
It's a minor classic to me!!!
Of course, the primo scene is the "nobody leaves till you sing the blues" with Albert Collins. Shue's transformation as she gets into the "Babysitter Blues" is priceless.
This is one feel good movie, and in spite of some of its profanity, a film everyone should enjoy.
It's a minor classic to me!!!
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stray dog
if i've said it once, i've said it a million times: keith coogan, where are you? this 1987 flick is hysterical! ya think?
Published on Feb 18 2004 by Marie Kelly
Brenda's waiting in the bus station while Liz sings Blues!
The scene where Elizabeth Shue sang the Babysitting Blues will remain in enfamy. Well-executed cute film ! nothing deep here... Read more
Published on Nov 14 2003 by Alicia Walker
Baby! Baby! Babysittin' blues!
In the tradition of Uncle Buck, Home Alone, and Trains Planes and Automobiles, Adventures in Babysitting is another screwball comedy that has become a "Chicago Classic."
Published on Oct 22 2003
Babysitting Is Dangerous!
Chris Parker is in for one hell of a night!
A babysitter, Chris Parker (Elisabeth Shue) was looking forward to a date with her boyfriend, but he decides to cancel, and she's left... Read more
Published on Oct 19 2003 by Samhot
If I could give in 5,000 stars I would!
Chris Parker (Elizabeth Shue) is so excited about her boyfreind'd date tonight. It's their one-year aniversary and Chris is all dressed up. Read more
Published on Oct 13 2003
Nobody gets this DVD without singing the blues.
Chris Parker (Elisabeth Shue) is all set for an anniversary date with her boyfriend, when he cancels on her, citing a sick little sister. Read more
Published on Sep 14 2003 by Mary A. Palkowski
This movie is a hoot.
Elisabeth plays a cute high school girl waiting for her boyfriend to take her out for the evening. He comes to tell her a cooked-up story that his little sister is sick with... Read more
Published on Aug 20 2003
i love this movie
despite seeing it 1,000 , 000 i still love it. it's funny as hell and i laugh every time i watch it.
Published on Aug 6 2003 by jj
oldie!
what a blast to the past with this old 80's flick staring Elisabeth Shue (Cocktail, Leaving Las Vegas). Read more
Published on July 31 2003 by pdxbeautiful
one for everyone
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. Read more
Published on Jun 3 2003 by M. Gary Buglass
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