Product Details

• Actors: Katherine Waterston, John Leguizamo, Cynthia Nixon
• Directors: David Ross
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC, Surround Sound, Widescreen
• Language: English, French
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: R (Restricted)
• Studio: Peace Arch Home Entertainment
• DVD Release Date: September 16, 2008
• Run Time: 90 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (23 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B001BN25YO
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #107,228 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "The Babysitters" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Customer Reviews

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37 of 41 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Risque business amongst high-school teens, July 31, 2008

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Z Hayes (TX, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Babysitters (DVD)

Initially when I heard about The Babysitters, I thought of Risky Business with Tom Cruise in it, but upon watching it, I realised the two movies are very different. Risky Business was tinged with humor throughout but The Babysitters takes a very dark look at teens, sex, drugs and middle-aged men, a combustible combination indeed.

The movie begins with a bunch of nubile teen girls in compromising positions with middle-aged men, and a commentary by the lead actress [Katherine Waterston] who plays Shirley. We know the movie is going to be rather dark when Shirley casually makes the observance that "paid fellatio" is not much different than flipping burgers.

Turns out Shirley is a financially-challenged honors student who babysits to earn extra money and meets a couple Gail [ Cynthia Nixon] and Mike [John Leguizamo] who have two children. Mike is a middle-aged executive who finds his wife rather boring and unadventurous, and whilst driving Shirley home one night, they 'bond'. A kiss results in a heavy tip for Shirley, and soon the pair are engaged in a hot affair, the first encounter netting Shirley $200. The bright young woman decides this is the path to financial freedom, and is soon not only making money hooking on the side with Mike and other like-minded guys but also pimping out her similar-minded classmates, charging a 20% levy on each of her 'girls' transaction.

What appears to be an easy ride turns difficult and dangerous when greed and rivalry amongst the girls turns life into a spiralling nightmare for Shirley.

Katherine Waterston [daughter of Sam Waterston of Law & Order] does an amazing job in her role as the enterprising teen Shirley, though I did find her sudden chameleon-like change from virginal teen to teen nymphet and madam hard to swallow [pun intended]. John Leguizamo's performance as Mike was well-done, though his sex scenes with Waterston were unconvincing. Cynthia Nixon's dumpy wife role truly wasted her talents and didn't elicit much sympathy for her character. Another stand-out performance was by Halley Wegryn Gross who plays Nadine, another of Shriley's girls.

Overall, I found the movie an above-average attempt at addressing the darker side of high school students' lives, the pressures they face etc, but I felt the movie did not truly spend time on character development and plot cohesion.Final verdict: a dark drama dealing with teen vice and angst.

13 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars average movie, January 11, 2010

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Joseph L. Kolb (harris, mn USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Babysitters (DVD)

this movie certainly had a lot to offer but came out short. if you're going to make a adult-themed movie, then go for it. having sex scenes with everyone fully clothed does nothing for the movie. it's not my main complaint or major concern, but it is more distracting than anything. i doubt if teenagers are that organized or can keep a secret especially with all the business, money and backstabbing that was going on. their business would of collapsed long before it did. and it would not only be the kids that noticed high buck jewerly and clothes on them. i really don't think the leguizamo character would really have the caring and feelings he did. i didn't think much of the acting or characters played. and yes, common sense giving teenagers drugs and alcohol will come back to haunt you. nothing really happened, which i'm sure is a relief to the characters. if this movie would have been made in any other nonpolitically correct decade, it might have been done differently.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Wouldn't let my teenager watch it, but I really liked it., February 10, 2011

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Jess (Oklahoma) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Babysitters (DVD)

I personally really liked the movie.
It was basically about a teenage girl who is a babysitter and ends up having sex with one of the fathers who gives her extra money at the end of there fling. One thing leads to another and she starts some babysitters sex ring. Pretty good in my opinion. I wouldn't let my daughter watch it thou, mostly cause I wouldn't want her getting any ideals ya know.