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Storyline
Single mother goes away for the summer. The kids are first delighted but then find that Mom has hired the sitter from hell to stay with them. When the sitter dies of a sudden coronary they deposit the body at a mortuary only to discover all their summer expense money was in her purse. The kids must find a way to survive the summer without mom or her money. This means actual work! Written by
John Vogel <jlvogel@comcast.net>
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No rules. No curfews. No nagging. No pulse.
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Trivia
Filmed during the summer of 1990.
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Goofs
When Sue-Ellen has just come home from work, she puts her purse on the kitchen island. In the next scene at the office the secretary is going through Sue-Ellen's things and finds her purse and goes through it, finding her driver's license and discovering that she is only 17.
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Quotes
Rose Lindsey:
Don't feel overwhelmed, just do one thing at a time.
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Crazy Credits
The two groundskeepers for the cemetery stand over the Babysitters grave and comment how nice it was for her to leave them the money. The tombstone reads "Nice Old Lady inside who died of natural causes".
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Connections
Features
Win, Lose or Draw (1987)
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Soundtracks
"Children of the Fire"
Performed by Mike Reeves
Written by Todd Meagher and
Brad Gillis
Published by Todd Meagher Music
(Administered by Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp.) and Gilrock Ranch Music
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Being one of those people that isn't heavily into the whole cinema "thing," I have my classic favorites and I stick to them. But this one outshines them all. When asked 'what is your favorite movie?' at times I am hesitant to disclose DTMTBD as my number one. First, it must be clear that this is obviously not necessarily a "good" movie, in the eyes of the Academy or critics, but it's not supposed to be. That's the beauty of it, and that's why Christina Applegate is an actress!
There are so many quotes that I would like to add to my "comments," but as most of you have probably seen it, you don't likely need a commentary; so instead I'll just get back to the QED Report so Swell can have it to New York by this afternoon.
It's too bad she and young Brian are married now -- I used to watch the grunion run with him. We'll see.