Adventures in Babysitting

1987
PG-13
1h 42m

IMDb RATING

6.9/10

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Elisabeth Shue, Maia Brewton, Keith Coogan, and Anthony Rapp in Adventures in Babysitting (1987)

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Adventure Comedy Crime Romance

A babysitter must battle her way through the big city after being stranded there with the kids she's looking after.A babysitter must battle her way through the big city after being stranded there with the kids she's looking after.A babysitter must battle her way through the big city after being stranded there with the kids she's looking after.

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IMDb RATING

6.9/10

51K

YOUR RATING

POPULARITY

2,293

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 2 wins & 4 nominations

Dawson
(as Vincent Phillip D'Onofrio)

Penelope Ann Miller

Brenda

George Newbern

John Ford Noonan

Pruitt

Bradley Whitford

Mike

Ron Canada

Graydon

John Davis Chandler

Bleak
(as John Chandler)

Dan Ziskie

Mr. Anderson

Allan Aarons

Janitor #1

Marcia Bennett

Nurse

Rummy Bishop

Janitor #2

David Blacker

Cleminski

Lolita Davidovich

Blonde
(as Lolita David)

Director
- Chris Columbus
Writer
- David Simkins
All cast & crew
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Trivia
Bradley Whitford was allowed to use his own Camaro for the movie. It has the license plate "SO COOL," the actual license plate Bradley had on his car.

Goofs
On Sara's skate, her first name is spelled as "Sarah". In the end credits, it is spelled "Sara".

Quotes
Albert Collins: Nobody leaves this place without singing the blues.

Crazy credits
Shot of the thug who chased the little girl outside of skyscraper whimpering about being stuck out there.

Alternate versions
On television broadcasts (most notably Disney Channel) and on Disney , the scene where Brad calls Thor a homo was changed to where he now calls him a weirdo.

Connections
Featured in Siskel & Ebert: Full Metal Jacket/Spaceballs/Roxanne/Benji the Hunted (1987)

Soundtracks
Babysitting Blues
Lyrics by Mark Mueller
Music by Robert Kraft
Performed by Albert Collins, Billy Branch (uncredited), Maia Brewton (uncredited), Keith Coogan (uncredited), Anthony Rapp (uncredited), and Elisabeth Shue (uncredited)
Produced by Robert Kraft
Courtesy of Alligator Records

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Babysitting Was Never This Much Fun For Me

When I first saw this movie in the late 1980's I thought to myself how whenever I had babysat I had had a pretty boring night stuck in front of a TV hoping the kids wouldn't wake up crying and spoil the peace. How I wish they had been more like this movie.

Elizabeth Shue plays Chris Parker who is babysitting one night but due to certain circumstances ends up taking the kids out on the town in order to pick up one of her friends. What follows is all sorts of adventures involving thugs, crooks, thieves, the lot. The film is totally funny to watch and has some really good scenes in. Two that come to mind involve a fight between two gangs on a train and one involving the god of Thunder Thor (well, not the Thor you would be expecting).

This is an exciting movie which was typical of 1980's movies. Boy, I wish they could make movies like that now. The 80's has got to be the best decade ever for films of all genres and this movie is just one of many great comedy films of that era. Oh and by the way, I think Elizabeth Shue is beautiful and I believe this was her best role.