GUILTY VIEWING PLEASURES
Adventures in Babysitting (1987)
Info:
- Release Date: July 1, 1987
- Creators: Chris Columbus (director), David Simkins (writer)
- Genre: Don't Fuck with the Babysitter
- Rating: ★★★☆☆
Plot:
- Overworked and underpaid suburban babysitter Chris takes the kids on an unplanned trip into the rougher parts of Chicago to rescue her friend, Brenda. Young Sara finds Thor working in a garage and Chris dumps her cheating boyfriend and finds romance, all without the parents finding out.
Notes:
- Chris's awesome camel hair coat.
- Sara's love of all things Thor (pre-Avengers)
- The Babysitting Blues ("Nobody leaves this place without singing the blues")
- "Don't fuck with the Lords of Hell!" "Don't fuck with the babysitter!!!"
Cast:
- Elisabeth Shue as Chris
- Maia Brewton as Sara
- Keith Coogan as Brad
- Anthony Rapp as Daryl
- Penelope Ann Miller as Brenda
- Calvin Levels as Joe Gip
- George Newbern as Dan
- Vincent D'Onofrio as Dawson
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