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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.
12 February 1976, Dallas, Texas, USA
27 November 1954, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
15 September 1971, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
13 January 1970, Palm Springs, California, USA
21 October 1969, Los Angeles, California, USA
15 October 1955, USA
30 July 1954, New York City, New York, USA
29 October 1957, Chicago, Illinois, USA
19 March 1971, Los Angeles, California, USA
25 November 1971, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
23 July 1922, Chicago, Illinois, USA
25 September 1971, Santa Monica, California, USA
30 December 1945, Kenosha, Wisconsin, USA
5 April 1929, Louisville, Kentucky, USA
30 May 1956, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
14 February 1946, Manhasset, New York, USA
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.
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.
January 01, 2000
Don't tell the studio, but its movie's dead. And as we used to say as kids -- rest in pieces.
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.
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.
July 26, 2002
Silly and pretty mindless, but still a worthwhile cable-time comedy.
August 30, 2002
A would-be black comedy that turns white too early
September 04, 2003
Predictable, but not wholly unlikable.
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.
