Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead |  | Director: Stephen Herek
Actors: Christina Applegate, Joanna Cassidy, John Getz, Josh Charles, Keith Coogan
Studio: Hbo Home Video
Category: DVD
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Rating:  92 reviews
Sales Rank: 18437
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC
Languages: English (Original Language), French (Original Language)
Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 102 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.2
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.5 x 0.5
MPN: D90637D
ISBN: 0783117000
UPC: 026359063725
EAN: 9780783117003
ASIN: B00004XMVA
Theatrical Release Date: June 7, 1991
Release Date: December 12, 2000
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Product Description
The day after Mom leaves for a summer vacation in Australia, the kid's strict babysitter drops dead. The kids decide not to tell Mom, so that they can party.
Item Type: DVD Movie
Item Rating: PG13
Street Date: 08/30/05
Wide Screen: no
Director Cut: no
Special Edition: no
Language: ENGLISH
Foreign Film: noSubtitles: no
Dubbed: no
Full Frame: yes
Re-Release: no
Packaging: Sleeve
Amazon.com
Don't Tell Mom The Babysitter's Dead aspires to be a cross between Home Alone and Risky Business, with Christina Applegate as an inadvertent scam artist who gets in over her head and somehow pulls it off. When her mother goes to Australia for two months, Sue Ellen (Applegate) thinks she's going to be in charge--until an elderly tyrant of a babysitter arrives. But on the very first night the old lady has a heart attack and keels over. Sue Ellen and her siblings leave the body at a mortuary, only to discover afterward that all the money their mother had left for the summer was in the babysitter's clothes. So Sue Ellen has to get a job. Thanks to a trumped-up resume, she ends up as an executive assistant at a clothing manufacturer. For a while she keeps her head above water by skillfully exploiting a friendly coworker, but her brothers and sisters are running amok at home and a venomous receptionist has it in for her at work. The role-reversal humor of Sue Ellen having to mother her siblings is unsurprising, but Applegate is unexpectedly appealing; her scenes with Josh Charles (Dead Poet's Society, Threesome) have a sweet chemistry. Joanna Cassidy (Blade Runner, The Laughing Policeman) plays Sue Ellen's boss and a young David Duchovny (The X-Files, The Rapture) is a weaselly clerk. --Bret Fetzer
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 Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead January 26, 2010
Arnita D. Brown (USA)
A single mom takes a vacation to Australia leaving Sue Ellen, Kenny and the rest of the kids behind. But what they didn't expect was a elderly, viscous babysitter that mom left to take care of them who's ready to make their lives miserable! But suddenly she passes away on the first night! Now the kids figure they can have the summer of their dreams, only they don't have any money for the basics like movies, dates, and pizza. Sue Ellen must find a job, but to make it in the adult world she has fake it from the top of her resume to the trip of her nail polish. If she succeeds, Sue Ellen and the kids are going to have a great summer they'll never forget, so long as they don't tell their mom the baby sitter's dead. This movie has some laughs and is pretty fun and entertaining. A good family comedy.
Don't Tell Mom The Babysitter's Dead January 17, 2010
D. Chin
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I have always loved this movie and I love it even more now because I got it for such a great price! All ages should watch this movie! It was and still is a classic!
 got it with a big scratch on it! December 2, 2009
A. Hoying (bradford, ohio USA)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
i haven't got a chance to watch it, but i opened it from a BRAND new package. it had shifted during shipping, i assume, & the dvd recieved a very big scratch on it. not sure if it'll effect how the movie plays.
Don't Tell Mom the Babysitters Dead November 20, 2009
Elizabeth LaTrace
This movie is SO much fun and very early 90's! Danielle Harris and Christina Applegate are amazing!
Great September 1, 2009
Theresa Brunette
Fast shipping, product in excellent condition. I didn't know it was the PG version though.
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