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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.
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.
May 12, 2001
Brian Orndorf
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.
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.
May 20, 2003
Scott Weinberg
Silly and pretty mindless, but still a worthwhile cable-time comedy.
July 26, 2002
Felix Vasquez Jr.
A fun experience for anyone who remembers fawning over Christina Applegate.
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.
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.