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.
Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead has generally received mixed reviews.
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Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead was released in 1991 and has generally received mixed reviews.
Online reviewers have written 408 reviews, giving Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead (1991) an average rating of 59%.
Overall, cinema-goers prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 69%, compared to film critics, who gave it a lower average score of 41%. Amateur reviewers were more impressed with Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead than critics were.
With a score of 59%, Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead is roughly the same as the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1991, which stands at 60%.
Other movies from 1991 with similar scores include films like The Hard Way, Rock-A-Doodle and Running on Empty.
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