Babysitting Night

I'm not sure if it was as good as the original but it was still a lighthearted movie.

Now its Maya's (Sabrina Carpenter) turn after Riley's (Rowan Blanchard) 'Invisible Sister'. I'm referring the two best friends from 'Girl Meets World'. This film saw a delayed release and initially it was said to be a sequel to the 80s film of the same name, but now it stated as an official remake. The basic theme was retained and the rest was modified to the present trend. They aimed for G and/or PG, not anything above that, so they had to give up those risky stuffs from the original, hence became a simple one night adventure.

The 100th film under the Disney channel's belt. I neither liked nor disliked it. It's a mixed feeling to me, but if you had loved the original film, which was for all ages, most certainly you won't enjoy this. This film is for those who had not seen the old version and it specially targeted for the little kids and tween audience. The main issue was the film characters doubled with the two babysitters and their two sets of children to be taken care, which means the adventures drastically shrunk.

There's no innovation and those altered scenes didn't do anything to lift the spirit of the narration. Especially the rap song was a disappointment compared to the 'Babysitting Blues' and also weak negative characters let the film down. But the display from the cast was amazing, if only they had refined story upto 60-70% new ideas, it had a good chance to impress the viewers. Overall, as a television film it did fared decently, but only when compared with the original, it goes stumbling.

5/10

I have to admit that I didn't hold real high expectations of this movie from the first time I saw they had done it. I rarely enjoy re-makes of movies. While this movie did give it a new spin kind of, I thought that the script itself really wasn't very good. I gave this movie a 6 out of 10 mostly because the actors in the film did a good job, they just unfortunately didn't have a good script.

I also have to admit that I had to watch the original movie after watching this one, because there were a few things that were in the new one that I didn't remember were in the old one.

I don't like to make negative remarks about stuff, but this movie just wasn't that great. The original was definitely better in my opinion.

Don't mess with a classic 80s comedy. This remake of Adventures in Babysitting is pretty pitiful. The entire plot is based on people making decisions that no normal person would make in real life. And while the young actors aren't terrible, the situations they are put in and the lines they have to deliver are cringe-worthy. Although now I'm wondering how the original holds up.

Jenny Parker is an obsessive organized overachiever who babysits on the side. Irresponsible Lola Perez failed to get into art college. They are both up for an internship for a famous photographer. They accidentally pick up each other's phone. Lola steals Jenny's babysitting job. It goes badly and one of Lola's kids sneak away to the city. Both girls and their gaggle of kids head off on their adventures in babysitting.

I find both Jenny and Lola annoying in the beginning. They are the bickering twins and I have no rooting interest. It's a little while until I find any redeeming quality about them. The little kids are alright and I really like a couple of them. By the police station, I can scrape up some rooting interest against the two bumbling wet bandits. It does fade over time. There are quite a few differences with the original but the most disappointing has to be missing the Thor helmet. With the surging interest in superhero, one would expect a return engagement of the costume. They seem to have replace it with roller derby girl. I like roller derby girl but it's a missed opportunity.