Rating: PG13
Genre:
Comedy
Theatrical Release: 07/01/1987(USA)
Release Date: 01/18/2000
Dubbed: English/French
Sound: 2
Run Time: 102 Minutes
Flags: Mild Violence, Adult Situations, Questionable for Children, Profanity, Suitable for Teens
Distributor/Studio: Walt Disney Video
Teenager Chris Parker (
Elisabeth Shue) would rather party with her boyfriend, but when her beau breaks their date she reluctantly accepts a babysitting job. It isn't all TV and icebox-raiding when Chris' best friend Brenda (
Penelope Ann Miller) calls her to announce that she's stranded at the bus station. With her youthful charges in tow (one of whom, 15-year-old Brad (
Keith Coogan), has a hopeless crush on the babysitter), Chris heads into downtown Chicago to go to Brenda's rescue. Thus begins a roller coaster ride of comic mishaps, unexpected perils and hairbreadth escapes. IN one bit, blues singer
Albert Collins refuses to allow Chris and company to leave the nightclub they've wandered into until they agree to sing along with a song borrowed from, of all things the 1939 B-picture
Nancy Drew, Reporter! . Screenwriter and
Steven Spielberg protégé
Chris Columbus made his directorial debut with
Adventures in Babysitting.
~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
;)
