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5.0 out of 5 stars Exactly as expected
My daughter loved this when she was a child and was purchased for Mother's Day from her daughter. She was delighted to view it again.
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3.0 out of 5 stars 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... no earth shattering social mores discussed; society's ills are not cured. It;s just a feel-good, sit back and enjoy it kind of movie.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Exactly as expected, Jun 4 2013
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My daughter loved this when she was a child and was purchased for Mother's Day from her daughter. She was delighted to view it again.
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5.0 out of 5 stars adventure in babystiting, May 11 2013
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5.0 out of 5 stars The Best/Worst Night, Jan 26 2013
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Elisabeth Shue was brilliant in this movie. The movie moved well and was realistic enough that it was fun to watch.
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5.0 out of 5 stars One of my favorite 80's comedies!, Dec 16 2012
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I've been watching this movie since I was a little kid. All the cast are very funny. I think it gets funnier as it ages because it's so deliciously 80's! Check it out before Hollywood remakes, and ultimately ruins it!
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5.0 out of 5 stars GREAT MOVIE, Dec 2 2006
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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!!!
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5.0 out of 5 stars WHEN THE SHUE FITS, Jun 5 2004
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Michael Butts (Berkeley Springs, WV USA) - See all my reviews
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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!!!
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5.0 out of 5 stars stray dog, Feb 18 2004
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Marie Kelly (Chicago, IL United States) - See all my reviews
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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?
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3.0 out of 5 stars Brenda's waiting in the bus station while Liz sings Blues!, Nov 14 2003
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The scene where Elizabeth Shue sang the Babysitting Blues will remain in enfamy. Well-executed cute film ! nothing deep here... no earth shattering social mores discussed; society's ills are not cured. It;s just a feel-good, sit back and enjoy it kind of movie.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Baby! Baby! Babysittin' blues!, Oct 22 2003
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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."
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5.0 out of 5 stars Babysitting Is Dangerous!, Oct 19 2003
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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 feeling disappointed, of course. But, more importantly, she decides to keep an eye on kids Brad (Keith Coogan) and Sara (Maia Brewton) while their parents attend a gathering. However, Chris is suddenly faced with a challenge when her friend Brenda (Penelope Ann Miller) is scared to death, as she lands in a seedy downtown Chicago bus station, during her attempt to runaway from home. Chris has to make a choice: stay home with the kiddies, or go downtown to rescue her friend. Of course, she chooses the latter option, and takes the kids with her. Meanwhile, Brad's sex-obsessed best friend, Daryl (Anthony Rapp) happens to blackmail the gang into letting him come along for the ride. And from there, the action begins.

The kids bump into one misadventure after another in the mean streets of urban Chicago. From flat tire accidents, to auto theft, to gang fights, to secret criminal operation headquarter drop-ins, and then some -- somehow, no matter where they turn, these kids find themselves caught up in one catastrophe after another, so to speak. And, of course, their biggest challenge - other than making it through all the chaos in one piece - is to rescue Brenda, and make it back home before the parents arrive.

While the attributes of the film that were mentioned above sound pretty disturbing -- at least for a film aimed at the younger audience, there's very little that's dangerous in this film -- all of these elements are made to be kid - or rather - pre-adolescent-friendly. It's quite interesting and compelling how Chris Columbus made so many gritty elements appear fun and lighthearted, without sinking into sheer parody and silliness.

You can find guest appearances from many who would go onto more acclaimed projects. All in all, a lighthearted, fun, adventurous (pun excusable), charming and utterly poignant film. A guilty pleasure? Absolutely not - just a pleasure, as I have no shame in enjoying this film.

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