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Adventures in Babysitting (Chris Columbus, 1987)
A teenage babysitter must take her parents car and journey into the dangerous city to rescue a stranded friend. Forced to take the kids that she's babysitting along for the ride...The adventures begin as soon as they hit the open road.
Adventures in Babysitting (Chris Columbus, 1987)
Director: Chris Columbus
Cast: Elisabeth Shue, Maia Brewton, Keith Coogan
Genre: Adventure Comedy
Cast: Elisabeth Shue, Maia Brewton, Keith Coogan
Genre: Adventure Comedy
A teenage babysitter must take her parents car and journey into the dangerous city to rescue a stranded friend. Forced to take the kids that she's babysitting along for the ride...The adventures begin as soon as they hit the open road.
"I had the worst nightmare!"...says Elisabeth Shue in the movie. She would say those same words a few years latter in Back to the Future Part III (1990). With the 30th anniversary of Adventures in Babysitting, coming up, it's time to visit this semi-classic comedy from the 80s.
A blast to the past, they just don't make movies like this anymore! You'd be hard pressed today to find a movie that offers fun for both kids and adults and never takes its self too seriously. The movie knows it's about fun and it never gets over the top. Instead it grounds itself in the type of situations a group of naive teens could get themselves into as they journey into the big city.
The kids cross paths with a crazy gun toting, tow truck operator...a friendly car thief who's boss runs a crime ring and isn't so friendly. Just to make this even funier, everyone thinks high school senior Chris (Elisabeth Shue) is Playboy's March Centerfold of the Month. The resembles is uncanny
The movie relies on the appeal of the four kids and mostly they're likeable too. Each has his or hers own quirks, such as the little girls fascinating with Thor, or the red headed kids fascinating with girls and Playboy...These quirks also cause the adventures to happen, which is pretty clever to boot.
Elisabeth Shue plays the lead and much like her roles in the Back to the Future movies, she's a likeable, nice girl who gets herself into sticky situations.
The prerequisite 'singing with the band scene' that all the 80s teen movies seemed to have.
Adventures in Babysitting doesn't come up to the level of Pretty in Pink, Fast Times at Ridgemount High or The Breakfast Club, but it's a nice, even paced, fun film that never gets too corny and delivers the goods.
A blast to the past, they just don't make movies like this anymore! You'd be hard pressed today to find a movie that offers fun for both kids and adults and never takes its self too seriously. The movie knows it's about fun and it never gets over the top. Instead it grounds itself in the type of situations a group of naive teens could get themselves into as they journey into the big city.
The kids cross paths with a crazy gun toting, tow truck operator...a friendly car thief who's boss runs a crime ring and isn't so friendly. Just to make this even funier, everyone thinks high school senior Chris (Elisabeth Shue) is Playboy's March Centerfold of the Month. The resembles is uncanny
The movie relies on the appeal of the four kids and mostly they're likeable too. Each has his or hers own quirks, such as the little girls fascinating with Thor, or the red headed kids fascinating with girls and Playboy...These quirks also cause the adventures to happen, which is pretty clever to boot.
Elisabeth Shue plays the lead and much like her roles in the Back to the Future movies, she's a likeable, nice girl who gets herself into sticky situations.
The prerequisite 'singing with the band scene' that all the 80s teen movies seemed to have.
Adventures in Babysitting doesn't come up to the level of Pretty in Pink, Fast Times at Ridgemount High or The Breakfast Club, but it's a nice, even paced, fun film that never gets too corny and delivers the goods.