Review of The Babysitters (2008) by Enrica C — 17 Jan 2012

I have to admit that I found the premise of this movie to be really intriguing, and somehow meaningful. I see "The Babysitters" as an exaggerated metaphor of today's society: people 'selling' themselves for money, that's basically what most people do. But... (and this is a big but) this movie is close to phedophily. It's kind of disturbing to see a teen with good grades putting up an 'agency' for adult babysitting; not only it's kind of un-real, but it also turns out to be a selfish, meaningless operation.

I did like how it all started, it kind of made sense. Then, when the thing got wider, with associates... well, it felt sick and terribly wrong. And thinking about it, it just didn't make any sense. So "The Babysitters" is a movie that from its first minute to the last one gets worse and worse: it's meaningless, but could have had a meaning if only the story was held in a different way.