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.
- Awards
- 2 wins & 4 nominations total
Vincent D'Onofrio
- Dawson
- (as Vincent Phillip D'Onofrio)
John Davis Chandler
- Bleak
- (as John Chandler)
Lolita Davidovich
- Blonde
- (as Lolita David)
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- Writer
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For an unknown (to me) reason, when I saw this on British TV, it was called "A Night On The Town", a far inferior title than 'Adventures in Babysitting', although maybe they figured that parents would think this a children's movie...
Anyway, the movie itself is charming in that way that only 1980s US comedy films are. There is an air of innocence to the whole thing, before these more conscious and overtly cynical days that we know and hate now - maybe a reason why 1980s retro is all the rage now... that, and things are cyclical.
I thought the film WAS charming, although entirely far-fetched in its plot lines, although I think that was kind of the point. The characters, while not being very complicated, were warm and at least not entirely two-dimensional, and the little girl was quite cute and not extremely annoying as could have happened.
Overall, I'd recommend it to hounds who love to watch 80s films.
Anyway, the movie itself is charming in that way that only 1980s US comedy films are. There is an air of innocence to the whole thing, before these more conscious and overtly cynical days that we know and hate now - maybe a reason why 1980s retro is all the rage now... that, and things are cyclical.
I thought the film WAS charming, although entirely far-fetched in its plot lines, although I think that was kind of the point. The characters, while not being very complicated, were warm and at least not entirely two-dimensional, and the little girl was quite cute and not extremely annoying as could have happened.
Overall, I'd recommend it to hounds who love to watch 80s films.
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Did you know
- TriviaBradley 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.
- GoofsOn 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 creditsShot of the thug who chased the little girl outside of skyscraper whimpering about being stuck out there.
- Alternate versionsOn 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.
- SoundtracksBabysitting 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
Details
Box office
- Budget
- $7,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $34,368,475
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $2,901,297
- Jul 5, 1987
- Gross worldwide
- $34,368,475
- Runtime1 hour 42 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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