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The Babysitters
  • Release Date: May 9, 2008
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35 out of 100

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7.4 out of 10

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  • Summary: Sixteen-year-old Shirley Lyner is an honor student working as a babysitter and saving for college. She's developed a crush on Michael Beltran, the father of two of her babysitting regulars. One night on the way home, Michael and Shirley kiss, and he pays her a little something extra. They continue their affair, using the nights Shirley babysits to cover for their time together. Soon Shirley finds herself becoming a high school Heidi Fleiss, taking a percentage every time one of her friends babysits for the married men. But it's only a matter of time before Shirley starts to lose control of her operation and her tightly wound world begins to unravel. (Peace Arch Entertainment)… Expand

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  1. Positive: 2 out of 11
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 11
  3. Negative: 5 out of 11
  1. The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
    Reviewed by: Kamal AL-Solaylee
    75
    If Leguizamo imports a hint of pathos into his performance, Waterston adds a dollop of menace to hers, delivering another of Ross's attacks on what separates girls from men. In this world, women are their own worst enemy.
  2. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Mark Olsen
    60
    The film remains engaging in no small part because of the beguiling and enigmatic performance of Waterston, daughter of "Law & Order" star Sam Waterston. It is a shame she isn't given a better context in which to thrive.
  3. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Owen Gleiberman
    33
    The premise is out of '70s porn, and so is the overbroad satire and almost total lack of conviction.

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