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  • 2020
  • TV-PG
  • Netflix
  • 1 h 38 m
  • 2020
  • TV-PG
  • Netflix
  • 1 h 38 m

Summary When high school freshman Kelly Ferguson (Tamara Smart) reluctantly agrees to babysit Jacob Zellman (Ian Ho) on Halloween, the last thing she expects is to be recruited into an international secret society of babysitters who protect kids with special powers from monsters. In order to keep Jacob safe from harm, Kelly teams with no-nonsens...

Directed By: Rachel Talalay

Written By: Joe Ballarini

  • 2020
  • TV-PG
  • Netflix
  • 1 h 38 m
  • 2020
  • TV-PG
  • Netflix
  • 1 h 38 m

A Babysitter's Guide to Monster Hunting

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Summary When high school freshman Kelly Ferguson (Tamara Smart) reluctantly agrees to babysit Jacob Zellman (Ian Ho) on Halloween, the last thing she expects is to be recruited into an international secret society of babysitters who protect kids with special powers from monsters. In order to keep Jacob safe from harm, Kelly teams with no-nonsens...

Directed By: Rachel Talalay

Written By: Joe Ballarini

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50
Oct 16, 2020
A sloshy swill fermented in the hacked-up viscera of superior fantasy features — including Labyrinth, Hocus Pocus, Monster's Inc., Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Adventures in Babysitting — the film often sinks beneath the weight of its viscous plot. However, it burbles and thrives in moments that rely on aesthetics over story, director Rachel Talalay (Tank Girl) infusing genuine creepy tension with an à la mode witchy/techy visual motif.
By Robyn Bahr FULL REVIEW
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Oct 15, 2020
A Babysitter’s Guide to Monster Hunting simply pushes forward insistently and efficiently in a spirit of organized, slushie-colored fun, which isn’t quite the same as a sense of humor, much less a sense of urgency.
By Guy Lodge FULL REVIEW
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Oct 19, 2020
It’s a kid-friendly mash-up of limited imagination and endless exposition. Boring as all get out, in other words.
By Roger Moore FULL REVIEW
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Oct 16, 2020
Granted, it’s meant to be a fantasy film, but not a single moment rings true in A Babysitter’s Guide to Monster Hunting — not the teen angst, not the little-kid nightmares, and definitely not the sense of fun and camaraderie meant to fuel these Halloween adventures.
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Production Company Netflix, The Montecito Picture Company, Walden Media
Release Date Oct 15, 2020
Duration 1 h 38 m
Rating TV-PG
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Website https://www.netflix.com/title/81012821
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