One of my favourite movies of all time. The entire movie is just one big smile. This is so charming, so 1980s. The entire cast is perfect.
With that said this is also pretty campy and it did not really stand the test of time. Although this was part of my childhood and I still love this movie, if I saw it today I would probably not be as impressed. This especially goes for the production value which is very low, even the wardrobe department seem to have been low on funds. One could also pick apart certain scenes or nitpick, and if one does it does lower the score.
However this is pure 1980s brilliance. Growing up in that decade we had plenty of fantastic TV and movies, and this is certainly one of those. Even though the small negatives mentioned above is true, this is so much better than anything similar today. Put any contemporary TV or movie next to Adventures in Babysitting and the latter will shine like a masterpiece. Probably says more about the the modern state of affairs, but it also tell you a lot about this movie. Only the first 2min of intro music with Shue dancing is fantastic and give us the perfect introduction to several characters and immediately get us invested in the movie.
This is the perfect family movie, can be view by anyone at any time. I give this a 7/10 but it probably should be scored a lot higher compared to many movies of today. Highly recommend for the whole family.
With that said this is also pretty campy and it did not really stand the test of time. Although this was part of my childhood and I still love this movie, if I saw it today I would probably not be as impressed. This especially goes for the production value which is very low, even the wardrobe department seem to have been low on funds. One could also pick apart certain scenes or nitpick, and if one does it does lower the score.
However this is pure 1980s brilliance. Growing up in that decade we had plenty of fantastic TV and movies, and this is certainly one of those. Even though the small negatives mentioned above is true, this is so much better than anything similar today. Put any contemporary TV or movie next to Adventures in Babysitting and the latter will shine like a masterpiece. Probably says more about the the modern state of affairs, but it also tell you a lot about this movie. Only the first 2min of intro music with Shue dancing is fantastic and give us the perfect introduction to several characters and immediately get us invested in the movie.
This is the perfect family movie, can be view by anyone at any time. I give this a 7/10 but it probably should be scored a lot higher compared to many movies of today. Highly recommend for the whole family.