Review of Adventures in Babysitting (1987) by Gijoe54 — 07 Apr 2023

Adventures in Babysitting is a creative concept of the worst possible way a simple babysitting job can go wrong. While it does stumble at times in the plot department, it’s meant to all be played for laughs and the humor absolutely lands.

The characters – while not extremely deep – are done well and don’t generally follow tropes; all of which backed with decent acting. The Chicago setting is treated like a fantasy world, with a sort of mystic air of danger and intrigue to idealistic kids who have never traveled outside the suburbs, though it does suffer from a bad CGI background building insert once or twice.

The soundtrack is mostly licensed and recognizable tunes that also includes one original song that plays into the plot; which helps to offset the slightly bland movie music that is presented. Sound design is very 80s in the best possible way with the over-exaggerated noises we’ve all come to love from the era.

While the ending is somewhat abrupt and confusing, the film is a lot of fun for young adults and up and I highly recommend it.