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39 out of 100

Generally unfavorable - based on 29 Critics What's this?

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5.4 out of 10

Mixed or average reviews- based on 48 Ratings

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  • Summary: A comedy about a college student on suspension who is coaxed into babysitting the kids next door, though he is fully unprepared for the wild night ahead of him. (20th Century Fox)

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 29
  2. Mixed: 11 out of 29
  3. Negative: 14 out of 29
  1. New York Post
    Reviewed by: Kyle Smith
    Dec 9, 2011
    75
    It's smart, funny, agreeably perverse and simultaneously abrupt and exhausting.
  2. New York Magazine (Vulture)
    Reviewed by: David Edelstein
    Dec 27, 2011
    60
    The Sitter feels slapdash and quick, but you might not want to have it any other way.
  3. The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
    Reviewed by: Rick Groen
    Dec 9, 2011
    38
    Add up these three intentions – the down-and-dirty tone, the tender and uplifting message, the starring vehicle – and the math ain't funny. Bottom line: This movie is a whole lot less than the sum of its parts.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 17
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 17
  3. Negative: 4 out of 17
  1. liptap
    9
    The Sitter sets the benchmark for filth. It is gross, disgusting, demeaning, insulting... and that's why I lvoe it. This movie may put off most critics for the sheer vulgarity of it, but I've always found movies like this great. Gross-Out R-Rated Comedies like this and many others are my specialty. I love 'em, even the critically loathed ones (and this just adds to the list).… Expand
    • 5 of 7 users said yes
  2. TTW107
    5
    Not bad but not particularly good either. Jonah Hill is always good but the story isn't anything special. I wouldn't watch it again. Who knows why method man did that little part haha… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  3. Friskytiger81
    1
    Some say this is clever and vulgar, but it is not. Once you get outside of its inane plot, this is a generic film attempting to be funny and failing featuring wooden performances, a misplaced soundtrack, and unbalanced direction. I usually am a fan of director David Gordon Green, but I can only see him benefiting from the irony of making a film he grew up loving as a 10-year-old, meant for adults. Unfortunately, I was neither high, drunk, hungover or pre-pubescent, and I wasn't entertained in the least at any point during the movie.… Expand
    • 2 of 2 users said yes

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