Adventures in Babysitting

Name: Adventures in Babysitting
Genre: Comedy, TV Movie
Released: 1989-07-07
Rating: 4.5

ComedyTV Movie23m

🍅73%

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73%

Tomatometer

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70%

Popcornmeter

4.5

TMDB

Storyline

After their trip into the big city in the movie Chris once again is asked to baby sit Brad, Sara and Daryl for the night when a simple trip to the store turns into a hostage situation. Chris and the kids have themselves yet another adventure.

Details

DirectorJoel Zwick

ReleasedJul 7, 1989

StatusReleased

Reviews

8 reviews · 7 critics

7 fresh · 0 rotten

Critics consensus

“Sweet and spry, Adventures in Babysitting gets by on its amiable tone.”

73% TomatometerRotten Tomatoes

Paul Byrnes

RTSydney Morning HeraldJan 7, 2026

It's a high-spirited, fast-flowing comedy, neatly directed by 28-year-old Chris Columbus.

Sara Michelle Fetters

RTMovieFreak.comAug 24, 2022

Adventures in Babysitting holds up because it is so remarkably progressive in its depiction of its primary female characters.

Carrie Rickey

RTPhiladelphia InquirerJun 26, 2021

In many ways, Babysitting is interesting for what it is not: namely, a John Hughes selfish-teen movie that asks, "Will the girl from the wrong side of the tracks get invited to the prom by the preppie?"

Richard Freedman

RTNewark Star-LedgerJan 12, 2026

As a fairly feeble, but reasonably sprightly invasion of John Hughes territory, "Adventures in Babysitting" exerts its own appeal.