
Noah is not your typical entertain-the-kids-no-matter-how-boring-it-is kind of sitter. He's reluctant to take a sitting gig; he'd rather, well, be doing anything else, especially if it involves slacking. When Noah is watching the neighbor's kid he gets a booty call from his girlfriend in the city. To hook up with her, Noah takes to the streets, but his urban adventure spins out of control as he finds himself on the run from a maniacal drug lord.... (Full plot summary below)
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Noah is not your typical entertain-the-kids-no-matter-how-boring-it-is kind of sitter. He's reluctant to take a sitting gig; he'd rather, well, be doing anything else, especially if it involves slacking. When Noah is watching the neighbor's kid he gets a booty call from his girlfriend in the city. To hook up with her, Noah takes to the streets, but his urban adventure spins out of control as he finds himself on the run from a maniacal drug lord.
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| Chicago ReaderJ. R. JonesAs with many R-rated studio comedies, the transgressive humor isn't nearly as offensive as the phony sentiment that's supposed to redeem it. |
| BrianOrndorf.comBrian OrndorfThat sound you hear is Adventures in Babysitting breathing a sigh of relief, now confident in the knowledge that it still holds the crown as the top babysitting movie of all time. |
| New York PostKyle SmithIt's smart, funny, agreeably perverse and simultaneously abrupt and exhausting. |
| TheFilmFile.comDustin PutmanA crasser but very nearly as sweet unofficial remake of 1987's "Adventures in Babysitting." |
| Flick FilosopherMaryAnn JohansonI'm starting to wonder, truly and sincerely, if [director and former indie wunderkind] David Gordon Green is suffering from one of those brain tumors that radically alters one's personality... |
| Reeling ReviewsLaura Clifford...a lazy first produced screenplay that turns "Adventures in Babysitting" into pretty much one adventure with Jonah Hill as a failed student who is nonetheless packed with folksy wisdom for the kids left in his charge |
| TheWrapAlonso DuraldeThe Sitter wants to have its urinal cake and eat it too, pushing the envelope of taste one minute and then delivering maudlin little life lessons the next. |
| Film Journal InternationalMarsha McCreadieWarning! Though The Sitter obliges with all the elements crowd-pleasing filmmakers think they need these days-oral sex, flatulence, drugs, car smash-ups, guns 'n violence, hints of S&M, twisted adolescents-it's a sweet-natured film in disguise. |
| TIME MagazineMary F. PolsThe Sitter is predicated on a belief that chunky Jonah Hill, or at least the persona he presents, is secretly supercool. While it turns out to be a wisp of a movie, on that front at least, it is persuasive. |
| Associated PressDavid Germain"The Sitter" really fails in the physical comedy department with an assault of mean, humorless sight gags. |