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Adventures in Babysitting (1987)
Perpetual Time:
98 minutes
Threaten, Comedy, Kind
Elisabeth Shue stars as Chris Parker, an attractive high-school senior. When her boyfriend Mike (Bradley Whitford) cancels their big date, she finds herself with her evening free. So she agrees to babysit for pubescent teen Brad Anderson (Keith Coogan) and his younger Thor-obsessed sister Sara (Maia Brewton). No sooner is she settling in for a silent evening than Chris gets a phone call from her short-sighted cocker Brenda (Penelope Ann Miller), who has lam out of somewhere away from bailiwick and is now marooned at a since bus station in the city. Under compulsion, Chris agrees to help and her two charges insist on joining her inasmuch as the trip. In advance they can leave, Brad's equally sex-mad man Daryl (Anthony Rapp) blackmails Chris into engaging him too.
The three children and the babysitter set off through despite the city, a trip that should only gain possession of an hour, but thank soon strikes in the form of a like greased lightning tyre. Typically, there is no spare so they have to depend on the act of kindness of a very out-of-the-way drag-truck driver (John Ford Noonan). When he out of the blue berserk because of the antics of his old lady with another gentleman's gentleman, Chris and the kids have to jilt both him and their machine, taking expedient in another car parked nearby. As that crate drives away, they discover that their chauffeur doesn't own it - they are in a stolen car. And from there, their night is just accepted to get off on worse as their car-pilferer friend leads them into the feelings of a gang of crooks.
This rollicking family comedy is undemanding but fun, with more than enough of action and lots of one-liners. The strength players all able their roles well, and the children do a seemly job of providing many of the laughs. With slews of stunts, chases and occasional slapstick, the unconvincing plot is easily overlooked - the story is less important than the action in this overlay. Although the hair, clothes, music and by a hair's breadth about everything else is wholly 1980s, the film remains by irreproachable because the humour and action hasn't dated at all awfully.
Features a cameo from Grammy Award-delightful blues guitarist Albert Collins as himself.
There are no extras with this basic single-disc release.
It's Got:
Some danged funny moments.
It Needs:
Encapsulation:
1980's family adventure that has held up surprisingly well over the years.
Sylvia Stribling