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:  86 reviews
Sales Rank: 1024
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dvd, 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): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.3 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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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
Product Description
Mom's on a trip, leaving her brood in the care of a babysitter, who's just died. Now the kids can have a summer full of fun, or can they?
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The dishes are done, man! May 31, 2009
Dorothy Grant (CA USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This was a movie I loved to watch a lot when I was younger for two reasons: 1. Fashion 2. Applegate as an anti Kelly Bundy. This actually reminded me of when Applegate's character on "Married With Children" was sassy and not dumb. I love Swell's cheekiness in this movie. Yes it is far fetched for a just out of highschool fashionista to land an awesome job but it's hollywood, so we'll let it slide. Between Kenny's antics, Swell's job, Gus' sleazy come ons and a hotdog van, there's laughs all around...
Christina Applegate, you go girl! May 5, 2009
Taheen Lopez (United States- San Diego, CA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
DON'T TELL MOM THE BABYSITTER IS DEAD was a hilarious movie that I recommend to anyone and was my first time seeing Christina Applegate(Sue-Ellen) playing a role as a bright serious gal as opposed to her role as the floozy & airheaded blonde bombshell(Kelley Bundy) on MARRIED WITH CHILDREN, which reminds me that MARRIED WITH CHILDREN was in its 5th Season on FOX when this movie was released in the Summer of 1991 just before the Bundy's 6th Season was underway.
This movie also co-stars Jayne Brook before her co-starring days as Dr. Diane Grad on CHICAGO HOPE, David Duchovny before his co-starring days on THE X-FILES, and Danielle Harris during her co-starring days on ROSANNE.
 Awesome Christina Applegate! December 6, 2008
John T. Eberly
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Christina Applegate in what I consider her best movie roll. Totally in control by personal motivation, she turns a failing clothing company into a fashion industry great!! As A Teenager!!! Good humor, fun, and totally crazy, A must see!!!!
 3 & 1/2 stars, but they sound like chipmunks!! October 8, 2008
Moonchild (Utah USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I grew up watching this movie. Rented it. Recorded it off of TV. A decent cliche '90's movie! Fun, original. Wasn't based off a book, old TV show, and wasn't a remake from an old movie. (As that is the trash Hollywood is now feeding us in the 2000's. NO ORIGINAL IDEAS ANYMORE!)
A good movie. So you get used to everything about it seeing it many, many times growing up. So, when I watched this on dvd last night, that I bought from Amazon and gave as a gift for someone, I swear ALL the voice/dialogue was higher pitched!! And considering how many times I've seen this movie on VHS tapes and on TV, -I- would know. It's almost ridiculous and it bugged me the whole movie. But, if a person were to see it for the first time on dvd, then they wouldn't know. And good and lucky for them. (I am not claiming this is Amazon's fault! Just the strange transfer of the movie to dvd.)
This movie has now been promoted to 'PG' rating. Don't buy into that, as it was released in theaters as being rated 'PG-13'. And at one time back in the '90's, the movie rating was said to be 'R'. I wouldn't say so. Definetely 'PG-13'.
Too bad they spoiled it May 4, 2008
desertfox (sinaloa, mexico)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I wish that they could've made this movie with less strong cuss words. It would otherwise be a good, funny, family movie. However, the stoner kids "f" words are too much. I wish I could show it because the underlying message is good & the kids pull it together in the end. I think that they were going for the teen sales and wanted to make it "cool".
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