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Adventures In Babysitting

4.8 4.8 out of 5 stars 7,392 ratings
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January 18, 2000
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Genre Comedy
Format NTSC, Multiple Formats, Color, Dolby, Closed-captioned, Widescreen
Contributor Keith Coogan, George Newbern, Calvin Levels, David Simkins, Penelope Ann Miller, Lolita Davidovitch, Elisabeth Shue, Ron Canada, Maia Brewton, Allen Aarons, Bradley Whitford, Vincent D'Onofrio, John Ford Noonan, John Chandler, Daniel Ziskie, Chris Columbus, Anthony Rapp See more
Language English, French
Runtime 1 hour and 42 minutes

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Chris Parker (Elisabeth Shue, THE KARATE KID, CALL TO GLORY) agrees to babysit after her "dream" date stands her up. Expecting a dull evening, Chris settles down with three kids for a night of TV ... and boredom. But when her frantic friend Brenda calls and pleads to be rescued from the bus station in downtown Chicago, the evening soon explodes into an endless whirl of hair-raising adventures! Babysitter and kids leave their safe suburban surroundings and head for the heart of the big city, never imagining how terrifyingly funny their expedition will become!

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Way before she grabbed an Oscar nomination for her searing performance as a world-weary prostitute in Leaving Las Vegas, Elisabeth Shue was known as one of the squeaky-clean actresses of the '80s. Having made a splash in The Karate Kid and the '60s-nostalgia TV series Call to Glory, Shue cemented her good-girl reputation with the charming but badly titled Adventures in Babysitting. Set in the John Hughes-style suburbs of Chicago, the titular adventures follow babysitter Chris (Shue), who agrees to watch the Anderson kids (Keith Coogan and Maia Brewton) when her boyfriend cancels their anniversary date. All is quiet on the home front until Chris is called upon to rescue her best friend (Penelope Ann Miller, also doing good-girl duty) from the seedy downtown bus station. She can't leave the kids, and she can't leave her friend alone in the big bad city, so she packs everyone in the station wagon and heads into Chicago. Screwball craziness begins as they encounter car thieves, knife-wielding gangs, gun-toting truck drivers, and, worst of all, Chris's duplicitous boyfriend. It's hardly mature entertainment, but Shue makes it work; when she wins over the audience at a blues club with her improv singing, you'll be won over, too. In his directorial debut, Chris Columbus (who later went on to helm the sap-fests Mrs. Doubtfire and Home Alone) gently skewers the suburbia white-bread mindset of the main characters, and plays up the comedy over the schmaltz with a subtlety of which he now seems incapable; the near romance between Shue and Coogan is played lightly and adorably. Look for brief appearances by art-house faves Lolita Davidovich as a college party girl and Vincent D'Onofrio as an unlikely savior. --Mark Englehart

Product details

  • Aspect Ratio ‏ : ‎ 1.85:1
  • Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
  • MPAA rating ‏ : ‎ PG-13 (Parents Strongly Cautioned)
  • Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 0.7 x 7.5 x 5.4 inches; 2.4 ounces
  • Item model number ‏ : ‎ MFR717951003300#VG
  • Director ‏ : ‎ Chris Columbus
  • Media Format ‏ : ‎ NTSC, Multiple Formats, Color, Dolby, Closed-captioned, Widescreen
  • Run time ‏ : ‎ 1 hour and 42 minutes
  • Release date ‏ : ‎ January 18, 2000
  • Actors ‏ : ‎ Elisabeth Shue, Penelope Ann Miller, Vincent D'Onofrio, John Chandler, Keith Coogan
  • Dubbed: ‏ : ‎ French
  • Subtitles: ‏ : ‎ English
  • Language ‏ : ‎ French (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround), Unqualified, English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround)
  • Studio ‏ : ‎ TOUCHSTONE PICTURES
  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ 6305428050
  • Writers ‏ : ‎ David Simkins
  • Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.8 4.8 out of 5 stars 7,392 ratings

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4.8 out of 5 stars
4.8 out of 5
7,392 global ratings
Adventures in Babysitting
5 Stars
Adventures in Babysitting
Hard to believe that this film came out in 1987. About 34 years ago from the time I am posting this review. Because this movie is a classic, they made this anniversary edition for 25 years. I purchased it on Blu-Ray because having watched it on HBO when it came on TV, I don’t prefer the Disney+ version as it removed too many parts and subs over the characters voices. This version I am more familiar with.First of all, I love the cover. 80s movies always had cool posters that look like they were comic book motif. Sometimes the posters made the movie look more exciting that it was or just added onto the film. In this case, every time I see the cover, I have a sense of Nostalgia and delight knowing how cool this movie is. It also makes me imagine what this movie would be like as a comic book or graphic novel. (Hey, it’d be something I’d read! Look at how cool the cover and logo are!)The movie is distributed by Touchstone, meaning it’s technically a Disney film. So that means no Disc to Digital conversion. The disc will play on video game systems like the PS5 and Xbox Series X.When you load the disc, you will get a ton of Disney trailers, then you will get to the main menu. The main menu is the same poster as the cover, but without a logo. The music that plays is “Babysitting Blues” but without lyrics. There are no bonus features on this disc. There are multiple languages: English, Spanish and French. The good news is the languages are fully recorded without speaking over the original English track, which does get on my nerves normally. The subtitles are English, French and Spanish as well.The other features are the “Sneak Peeks” option, which shows the Disney trailers you saw before when you loaded up the disc. Nothing special. Finally, there’s the info button. Which should not have been an option. The reason being is that it just displays the message that says: “The commentaries and interviews on this disc are for entertainment purposes only….”The Pop-up menu just shows “Continue” and “Menus”. So if you want to add subtitles or change the language during the film, that won’t be possible. You will need to go back to the main menu.Overall, the quality is great and definitely worth having in your collection. I do wish there was sort of like an anniversary exclusive bonus feature where the original cast re-unites and talks about the film, but I guess that wasn’t made right? With this price as well, you can’t go wrong!
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Reviewed in the United States on October 17, 2021
Hard to believe that this film came out in 1987. About 34 years ago from the time I am posting this review. Because this movie is a classic, they made this anniversary edition for 25 years. I purchased it on Blu-Ray because having watched it on HBO when it came on TV, I don’t prefer the Disney+ version as it removed too many parts and subs over the characters voices. This version I am more familiar with.

First of all, I love the cover. 80s movies always had cool posters that look like they were comic book motif. Sometimes the posters made the movie look more exciting that it was or just added onto the film. In this case, every time I see the cover, I have a sense of Nostalgia and delight knowing how cool this movie is. It also makes me imagine what this movie would be like as a comic book or graphic novel. (Hey, it’d be something I’d read! Look at how cool the cover and logo are!)

The movie is distributed by Touchstone, meaning it’s technically a Disney film. So that means no Disc to Digital conversion. The disc will play on video game systems like the PS5 and Xbox Series X.

When you load the disc, you will get a ton of Disney trailers, then you will get to the main menu. The main menu is the same poster as the cover, but without a logo. The music that plays is “Babysitting Blues” but without lyrics. There are no bonus features on this disc. There are multiple languages: English, Spanish and French. The good news is the languages are fully recorded without speaking over the original English track, which does get on my nerves normally. The subtitles are English, French and Spanish as well.

The other features are the “Sneak Peeks” option, which shows the Disney trailers you saw before when you loaded up the disc. Nothing special. Finally, there’s the info button. Which should not have been an option. The reason being is that it just displays the message that says: “The commentaries and interviews on this disc are for entertainment purposes only….”

The Pop-up menu just shows “Continue” and “Menus”. So if you want to add subtitles or change the language during the film, that won’t be possible. You will need to go back to the main menu.

Overall, the quality is great and definitely worth having in your collection. I do wish there was sort of like an anniversary exclusive bonus feature where the original cast re-unites and talks about the film, but I guess that wasn’t made right? With this price as well, you can’t go wrong!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Adventures in Babysitting
Reviewed in the United States on October 17, 2021
Hard to believe that this film came out in 1987. About 34 years ago from the time I am posting this review. Because this movie is a classic, they made this anniversary edition for 25 years. I purchased it on Blu-Ray because having watched it on HBO when it came on TV, I don’t prefer the Disney+ version as it removed too many parts and subs over the characters voices. This version I am more familiar with.

First of all, I love the cover. 80s movies always had cool posters that look like they were comic book motif. Sometimes the posters made the movie look more exciting that it was or just added onto the film. In this case, every time I see the cover, I have a sense of Nostalgia and delight knowing how cool this movie is. It also makes me imagine what this movie would be like as a comic book or graphic novel. (Hey, it’d be something I’d read! Look at how cool the cover and logo are!)

The movie is distributed by Touchstone, meaning it’s technically a Disney film. So that means no Disc to Digital conversion. The disc will play on video game systems like the PS5 and Xbox Series X.

When you load the disc, you will get a ton of Disney trailers, then you will get to the main menu. The main menu is the same poster as the cover, but without a logo. The music that plays is “Babysitting Blues” but without lyrics. There are no bonus features on this disc. There are multiple languages: English, Spanish and French. The good news is the languages are fully recorded without speaking over the original English track, which does get on my nerves normally. The subtitles are English, French and Spanish as well.

The other features are the “Sneak Peeks” option, which shows the Disney trailers you saw before when you loaded up the disc. Nothing special. Finally, there’s the info button. Which should not have been an option. The reason being is that it just displays the message that says: “The commentaries and interviews on this disc are for entertainment purposes only….”

The Pop-up menu just shows “Continue” and “Menus”. So if you want to add subtitles or change the language during the film, that won’t be possible. You will need to go back to the main menu.

Overall, the quality is great and definitely worth having in your collection. I do wish there was sort of like an anniversary exclusive bonus feature where the original cast re-unites and talks about the film, but I guess that wasn’t made right? With this price as well, you can’t go wrong!
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Reviewed in the United States on February 13, 2024
Funny movie to watch
Reviewed in the United States on November 10, 2023
... that this movie contained the only legitimate and appropriate use of the F-bomb he ever heard. I concur.
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Reviewed in the United States on January 12, 2024
Fast delivery of product. Great movie
Reviewed in the United States on December 22, 2023
Gave this movie as a Christmas present because we thought the movie was hilarious.
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JOSUE LOPEZ BARRERA
5.0 out of 5 stars Es una película muy agradable y divertida, aun cuando tenga v+muchos años de estreno
Reviewed in Mexico on December 10, 2021
Me gusta la película, por no pasar de moda
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5.0 out of 5 stars Bellissimo
Reviewed in Italy on September 5, 2021
Mai visto negli anni 80. Veramente carino.
Kylie
5.0 out of 5 stars LOVE it
Reviewed in Australia on July 1, 2019
Thank you so much best surprise in the mail I've received in a long time
lefebvre claude
5.0 out of 5 stars Très bonne comédie
Reviewed in France on July 9, 2014
très bonne comédie toute simple a regarder en famille, très bons acteurs, Elisabeth SHUE tout comme les autres . Prix interessant
Christel Martin
5.0 out of 5 stars Super Film -- Aber BITTE NICHT BEI I-DEALS BESTELLEN !!!!!
Reviewed in Germany on January 3, 2014
Den Film kann ich seit Jahren immer wieder anschauen, er ist echt jedesmal super und mit vielen Parts zum Schmunzeln.
Allerdings, die DVD habe ich in Englisch bei I-Deals erworben --- VORSICHT, ich scheine eine amerikanische Version erhalten zu haben und konnte die DVD maximal 3 Mal anschauen, dann ist die DVD nicht mehr gelaufe. Also, bei I-Deals absolut aufpassen oder besser einen anderen Anbieter suchen !!!! I-Deals hat sich von einer Stellungnahme distanziert. Schade, denn seit ich kein Video mehr habe musste ich diesen, einer meiner Lieblingsfilme, in DVD bestellen und kann ihn nun doch nicht anschauen.
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