Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead
Summary:
Christina Applegate stars in this convoluted comedy that comes across as a teen fantasy combination of Home Alone and Working Girl. The premise is all in the title -- when the mother (Concetta Tomei) of a sniveling group of surly kids goes on a much-deserved summer vacation, she leaves her kids under the charge of an elderly distaff granny (Eda Reiss Merin). When granny up... Full Summary >>
Cast:
Christina Applegate - (Sue Ellen "Swell" Crandell)
Joanna Cassidy - (Rose Lindsey)
John Getz - (Gus Brandon)
Josh Charles - (Bryan)
Keith Coogan - (Kenny Crandell)
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Review:
With a title like this and the moronic footage used to advertise it, Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead seemed headed for the cinematic morgue faster than its title character. But the movie is not nearly so eye rolling as one might think, nor as mean-spirited. After earning fame as the selfish airhead Kelly Bundy on Married...With Childre... Continue >>
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