Adventures in Babysitting (1987) 1987 Watch Free in HD

Teenager Chris Parker would rather party with her boyfriend, but when her beau breaks their date she reluctantly accepts to babysit Brad and Sara Anderson and their annoying sex fiend neighbor Darryl. When her friend Brenda's marooned at a downtown bus station with very seedy characters around. Chris, Brad, Sara, and Darryl get into the parents' station wagon for a trip to the inner city. All is well until the flat tire.

Genre:

Comedy, Action, Adventure

Actors:

Elisabeth Shue, Maia Brewton, Keith Coogan, Anthony Rapp, Calvin Levels, Vincent DOnofrio, Penelope Ann Miller, George Newbern, John Ford Noonan, Bradley Whitford, Ron Canada, ...»

Director:

Chris Columbus

Country:

United States

Release:

1987

IMDb:

6.9

Quality:

Duration:

102 min

Washington Post

A sweet-natured, adolescent variation on the big-city black comedy After Hours.

January 01, 2000

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Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies

Surprisingly sweet and funny!

April 03, 2003

Reel Times: Reflections on Cinema

The light tone, classical style, and Shue as Sandra Dee stand-in are more indicative of a cinematic mindset from approximately 25 years earlier.

August 08, 2011

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Chicago Sun-Times

By the end of the film, I'd had a couple of real laughs and a few interesting moments, but that was about all.

January 01, 2000

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Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

Surprisingly sprightly, entertaining, sweet-natured comedy.

August 24, 2003

Movie Metropolis

Like "Home Alone," "Adventures in Babysitting" is a lightweight comic adventure, but it's effective in what it sets out to do . . . and that's entertain.

August 06, 2012

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Film Threat

A comedy classic unlikely to ever age

May 06, 2005

United Press International

The direction is fast-paced, the characters are vulnerable and sympathetic and even the bad guys have their moments.

October 09, 2016

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Cinema Crazed

One very unique and entertaining comedy that has yet to be duplicated.

June 23, 2016

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Video-Reviewmaster.com

Seemed fun at the time, in '87, but dates badly. Still, kids might like it.

March 02, 2008

Time Out

Chris sets off on a rescue mission, and ends up running the gauntlet of big city perils in a belaboured spinning-out of a weak storyline.

June 24, 2006

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