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Don't Tell Mom The Babysitter's Dead aspires to be a cross between Home Alone and Risky Business, with Christina Applegate as an inadvertent scam artist who gets in over her head and somehow pulls it off. When her mother goes to Australia for two months, Sue Ellen (Applegate) thinks she's going to be in charge--until an elderly tyrant of a babysitter arrives. But on the very first night the old lady has a heart attack and keels over. Sue Ellen and her siblings leave the body at a mortuary, only to discover afterward that all the money their mother had left for the summer was in the babysitter's clothes. So Sue Ellen has to get a job. Thanks to a trumped-up resume, she ends up as an executive assistant at a clothing manufacturer. For a while she keeps her head above water by skillfully exploiting a friendly coworker, but her brothers and sisters are running amok at home and a venomous receptionist has it in for her at work. The role-reversal humor of Sue Ellen having to mother her siblings is unsurprising, but Applegate is unexpectedly appealing; her scenes with Josh Charles (Dead Poet's Society, Threesome) have a sweet chemistry. Joanna Cassidy (Blade Runner, The Laughing Policeman) plays Sue Ellen's boss and a young David Duchovny (The X-Files, The Rapture) is a weaselly clerk. --Bret Fetzer
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*Author: Herek, Stephen/ Applegate, Christina/ Cassidy, Joanna *Binding Type: DVD-Video *Media Type: Video Product *Publication Date: 2009/12/15 *Language: English *Dimensions: 5.40 x 7.50 x 0.70 inches
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By Lucy Kukac
Format:DVD|Amazon Verified Purchase
Saw the movie ages ago, but it is timeless and so funny. Enjoy seeing this over again.Great entertainment and a good laugh
By falcon
TOP 1000 REVIEWER
Format:DVD
it isn't good.i didn't find it funny at all.i did find it boring and
stupid,though,so i guess that's something.not something good,but still
something.i couldn't finish the whole movie,i was so bored.in the 45
minutes i watched,i never laughed once.i figured if the movie wasn't
good by then,it wasn't gonna get any better.the premise is an
interesting one,but the execution falls flatter than than a
pancake.somewhere between page and scree it falls apart.the average
rating here is 4/5 and i would have to disagree with that rating.for
me,Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead is a just slightly above awful
2/5.
stupid,though,so i guess that's something.not something good,but still
something.i couldn't finish the whole movie,i was so bored.in the 45
minutes i watched,i never laughed once.i figured if the movie wasn't
good by then,it wasn't gonna get any better.the premise is an
interesting one,but the execution falls flatter than than a
pancake.somewhere between page and scree it falls apart.the average
rating here is 4/5 and i would have to disagree with that rating.for
me,Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead is a just slightly above awful
2/5.
By Courtney
Format:DVD
Did not take long at all for me to get my DVD and it was new and works great. Thank you!
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Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead
Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead is an okay movie; it is different and that makes it different from any other slapstick comedy.The cast isn't that big besides Applegate. Read more
Published on July 11 2004 by mac301
5.0 out of 5 stars
WOW Christina Applegate is HOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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!
Published on May 10 2004 by Paul Madden
3.0 out of 5 stars
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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.
Published on Feb 11 2004
3.0 out of 5 stars
applegate and coogan soar!
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. Read more
Published on Jan 29 2004 by Marie Kelly
2.0 out of 5 stars
The movie's good, the DVD is awful
This is a movie that I quite enjoy. That said, the DVD version I just purchased is the absolute pits. Read more
Published on Jan 1 2004
1.0 out of 5 stars
ok
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... Read more
Published on Dec 31 2003 by Dance Dance Dance
4.0 out of 5 stars
Good Movie
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. Read more
Published on Dec 7 2003
5.0 out of 5 stars
don't tell mom the baby sitter's dead
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!
Published on Nov 28 2003
5.0 out of 5 stars
don't tell mom the babysitter's dead
This has and always will be my favorite movie ever! i loved it! christina applegate is such a great actress! the movie was so funny! every one should watch it!!!
Published on Nov 28 2003
5.0 out of 5 stars
don't tell mom the babysitter's dead
This has and always will be my favorite movie ever! i loved it! christina applegate is such a great actress! the movie was so funny! ever should watch it!!!
Published on Nov 28 2003
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