Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead

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Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead

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2024

1h 39m

Comedy

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Seventeen-year-old Tanya Crandell (Simone Joy Jones) can't wait to spend the summer living it up with her friends in Spain before heading to Howard University in the fall. But when her mom (Ms. Pat) decides to head to a much-needed wellness retreat in Thailand, Tanya is forced to stay home with her three siblings instead. Following the unexpected death of their elderly babysitter (June Squibb), Tanya gets a job working for the confident and ambitious Rose (Nicole Richie). Juggling work, family, and a complicated romance, Tanya faces the responsibility of adulthood at the cost of her summer of freedom.

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Critics Consensus

Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead has some fun with the original film's still-sturdy premise, but it's hard not to wonder whether a remake was really necessary.

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Tim Cogshell

FilmWeek (LAist)

04/17/2024

June Squibb is just wonderful in this movie.

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Liz Coopersmith

AV Club

04/17/2024

B

Don’t Tell Mom The Babysitter’s Dead moves at the pace of a good sitcom.

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Katie Walsh

Tribune News Service

04/13/2024

2.5/4

Surprisingly authentic and fun for remake material, which is naturally formulaic. It’s the focus on character work that lets this one sing, and it should make a star out of Jones, who, like her character, manages to hold it all together.

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Dave Giannini

InSession Film

02/26/2025

C-

A mostly forgettable movie about a relatively charming family unit. It really is too bad that it is hampered by odes to the original, a convoluted plot, and at least one actor who has been woefully miscast. Please, no more. The dishes are done, man

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Mark Keizer

MovieWeb

11/20/2024

2.5/5

Babysitter, despite its winning cast, is not as nervy as it thinks it is, squandering its central idea and leaving us with a remake that is pleasant if underachieving.

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Felix Vasquez Jr.

Cinema Crazed

05/22/2024

It won’t take the place of the original any time soon, but I was never bored.

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Kt26

04/17/2024

Funny movie for the gen x

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Shakira

04/14/2024

This was such a great spin off from the first one but with more seasoning. Super hilarious.

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Jesus Gonzalez

04/13/2024

basically the exact same premise as the original in a modern take, it's not great but not terrible either just ok

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APRIL

04/13/2024

Great update on a childhood classic and I am quickly becoming a fan of Ms Pat!

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azeem H

@Azeem1 Jul 22

A straight to streaming remake of the 1991 cult comedy Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead could have gone seriously wrong. The fact is that original movie was supposed to be a transition vehicle for Christina Applegate. Honestly it was so-so, it had it's moments but overall it was ok. The remake is genuinely surprisingly better updating the storyline with a modern take for the new generation. They give the black kids their own personalities, though at times it felt like they were caricatures for example the second oldest sibling smokes weed and does youtube videos all day until the film needs him to clean himself up. Still that is the main criticism the characters feel like caricatures, there are no real lessons learned of consequences at the end of the day it's quite a happy ending. Overall I was never bored and it did have laugh out loud moments so definitely worth a watch if you've never seen the original.

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JiP01 T

@RT39755433 Jun 20

Total Garbage!! Do we have to black wash classic movies now? Couldn't even finish watching it. The storyline was lame and was filled with unnecessary racism. Then don't get me started on how a single African American mother can afford a mansion.

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Seventeen-year-old Tanya Crandell (Simone Joy Jones) can't wait to spend the summer living it up with her friends in Spain before heading to Howard University in the fall. But when her mom (Ms. Pat) decides to head to a much-needed wellness retreat in Thailand, Tanya is forced to stay home with her three siblings instead. Following the unexpected death of their elderly babysitter (June Squibb), Tanya gets a job working for the confident and ambitious Rose (Nicole Richie). Juggling work, family, and a complicated romance, Tanya faces the responsibility of adulthood at the cost of her summer of freedom.

Director: Wade Allain-Marcus
Producer: Juliet Berman, Oren Segal, Justin Nappi, Juliana Maio
Screenwriter: Chuck Hayward
Distributor: Iconic Events
Production Co: Spiral Stairs Entertainment
Rating: R
Genre: Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Apr 12, 2024, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 19, 2024
Runtime: 1h 39m