Don't Tell Mom The Babysitter's Dead

– Sue Ellen Crandell is a teenager eagerly awaiting her mother's summer-long absence. While the babysi..

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Movie
Rating:
6.10 / 10
Duration:
One Hour and 42 Minutes
Release Year:
1991
Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead (1991)

Sue Ellen Crandell is a teenager eagerly awaiting her mother's summer-long absence. While the babysitter looks after her rambunctious younger siblings, Sue Ellen can party and have fun. But then the babysitter abruptly dies, leaving the Crandells short on cash. Sue Ellen finds a sweet job in fashion by lying about her age and experience on her résumé. But, while her siblings run wild, she discovers the downside of adulthood

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USA
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Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead (1991) - Trailer

Release Date:

07 Jun 1991

Language:

English

MPAA Content-Rating:
PG-13 – Parents Strongly Cautioned

Some material may be inappropriate for children under 13. Parents are urged to be cautious. Some material may be inappropriate for pre-teenagers.

Director:

Stephen Herek

Writer:

Neil Landau, Tara Ison

Main Actors:

Christina Applegate, Joanna Cassidy, John Getz, Josh Charles

Plot:

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!

Awards:

4 nominations.

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
6.2/10
Metacritic:
35%