The Sitter

Name: The Sitter
Genre: Comedy
Released: December 9, 2011
Duration: 81 min
Rating: 39

2011

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THE SITTER

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Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation | Release Date: December 9, 2011

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)

Director: David Gordon Green

Genre(s): Comedy

Rating: R

Runtime: 81 min

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New York Post - Kyle Smith

Dec 9, 2011

It's smart, funny, agreeably perverse and simultaneously abrupt and exhausting. Read full review

Movieline - Alison Willmore

Dec 8, 2011

The Sitter's a lazy ramble of a movie that's amusing enough to hold your gaze for 81 minutes while leaving you feeling a little cheated when it's over. Read full review

ReelViews - James Berardinelli

Dec 12, 2011

The Sitter is sort of an "Adventures in Babysitting" with a potty mouth. Read full review

Austin Chronicle - Kimberley Jones

Dec 15, 2011

For a comedy, The Sitter is frightfully spare on full-bodied laughs. Read full review

USA Today - Scott Bowles

Dec 8, 2011

There's nothing wrong in the setup: It worked fine in films like "Adventures in Babysitting" and "Uncle Buck." But director David Gordon Green populates the movie with so many soap opera asides it's hard to keep count. Read full review

NPR - Andrew Lapin

Dec 9, 2011

None of it is inherently funny - as evidenced by how many scenes depend for a punchline on Hill swearing at one child or another. Read full review

San Francisco Chronicle - Amy Biancolli

Dec 8, 2011

The Sitter is not (Funny). At all. By any definition, although an argument might be made for the alternate meanings "perplexing," "deceptive" and "slightly unwell." Read full review

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elizrose

May 2, 2012

Jonah Hill is not funny. This movie is tastless I like raunchy movies actually love them this piece of garbage is an insult to movies like American pie, miss march and so on. Having little kids curse every few minutes is just offensive and gross. The scenes that try to be heartbreaking andJonah Hill is not funny. This movie is tastless I like raunchy movies actually love them this piece of garbage is an insult to movies like American pie, miss march and so on. Having little kids curse every few minutes is just offensive and gross. The scenes that try to be heartbreaking and get you to feel for the characters is ridicalous… Expand

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audreythomas25

Feb 12, 2016

A crass, but sweet nod to Uncle Buck, flavored with funny characters, a few sparks of drama, and a few too many cliches.

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Tss5078

Feb 22, 2013

Jonah Hill is one of the funniest and most underrated comedic actors in all of Hollywood. I am not a huge fan of comedies, in fact, most of the films people consider to be the funniest movies of all time, I didn't like. Hill's films are one of the exceptions. I have to see every movie he isJonah Hill is one of the funniest and most underrated comedic actors in all of Hollywood. I am not a huge fan of comedies, in fact, most of the films people consider to be the funniest movies of all time, I didn't like. Hill's films are one of the exceptions. I have to see every movie he is in because he is truly hysterical and makes everything he is in exceptional. The sitter didn't have a very strong plot, but it was a hysterical movie that worked because of Hill. Everyone around him just follows his lead and plays off his energy and it was evident here. Hill along with three kids he's babysitting go on an unbelievable and hysterical adventure in NYC. It's one of those films you don't believe and that initial comes across as stupid, but it's also a film you can't stop watching because you want to see what happens next. Hill was fantastic, the three kids were great, and for once I actually enjoyed a comedy with Sam Rockwell in it. This film isn't going to change any lives or win any awards, but it was damn good and a lot of fun, I highly recommend it.… Expand

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TTW107

Apr 26, 2012

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

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MovieGuys

Mar 22, 2014

The Sitter is a sometimes funny, mildly enjoyable "potty-mouth movie" that tries to garner its appeal from its star Jonah Hill. And in that right, the movie almost succeeds.

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cameronmorewood

Nov 7, 2012

Using foul-mouthed children for comedic effect is growing old on me quickly; however, Jonah Hill saves the film from being a complete disaster and generates virtually every laugh.

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gregoryfern85

Oct 21, 2015

The movie was just off somewhere else, I like Hill he's a great actor but it's just different with this movie. I read someone said it was like Adventures in Babysitting, I think that would've been great though if Shue was in this movie.

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