Cynthia Nixon Movie:

Editorial Review:
A teenager turns her babysitting service into a call-girl service for married guys after fooling around with one of her customers.

The Babysitters Reviews:
Consequence anybody?
2009-11-23 - This movie had so much going for it. I liked the choices for just about every character. The subject is very crazy, yet important. But the one thing missing is consequence!



As you watch this movie unfold you keep waiting for the fall! One of the girls is going to talk? One of the girls is going to end up pregnant? Someone is going to end up getting killed? One of the wives is going to catch on? The police are going to be tipped off and the girls are going to get busted? Something? Anything? Yet the movie ends with a big "oh well, ain't life funny. You are a normal girl one minute and a call girl the next. Just another episode in the life and times of a normal teen girl?" Say what? There is no way you can have that many people all in on the crime and someone not talk! These girls trashed the high school. You mean there were no security cameras in the school? No alarm systems? They do every middle aged man in town! They beat the crap out of anyone who goes against them. They almost drop one of the girls off the side of the bridge! Yet no police, no one talks and everything is great. I'm sure the main character got back in time for her S.A.T. test and made an A+.



Sad, because this could have been so much more! This movie was like having sex. You kept building and building waiting for the big POP! Yet in the end we got the big "lets just be friends."


Ehhhh
2009-10-11 - OK premise, if somewhat cliched. Unfortunately, the acting left a lot to be desired. Horrible waste of John Leguizamos' talents. Can't say that I'd recommend this movie to anybody (that I liked anyway)!

disturbing
2009-07-28 - We all know teens do things behind their parents back when the parents go to sleep at night, and when the teens are at school and talk to their friends to try and be cool (and sometimes a little daring) but who would have ever guessed teens were capable of... THIS???

Capable of sleeping around with older men in order to make some quick money (not just a few dollars either- *serious* money).

That's not all- these girls actually developed an official gathering-type club dealing with sleeping with older guys.

There's an important lesson to be learned here- as a young adult, seriously think about what you're doing. If you think it's wrong, don't go around doing things like this. It will only lead to a life down the gutter. Think rationally and don't make any serious mistakes or you will regret them later.

As for the storyline, well, it was shocking to me. Young girls sleeping with older men and not even believing there was anything wrong with it... until the regret part kicks in. A normal reaction.



titillating morality play...
2009-05-23 - I saw this on Shotime and bought a copy for my wife, who has yet to see it. John Leguizamo is a fun actor to watch. We saw him in an off-broadway play something like seventeen years ago. It's a wild movie.

How old is old enough?
2009-04-06 - I enjoy films which present the viewer with multiple threads to consider and this is certainly one of those.

1. All Men Are Pigs - Every male character in the film is portrayed in the least flattering light possible. John Leguizamo's character, arguably the most understandable, if not likeable, is an indifferent father who floats along in his marriage and his affaire choosing paths of least resistance every time. Even Brenda's teen brother Scott, who starts out as a shy and endearing character quickly becomes a judgmental little creep.

2. To Cheat or Not To Cheat - Michael and Gail Beltran do a poor job in addressing the problems in their marriage. Michael seems to be the partner who makes the attempt to confront their issues but it's a halfhearted attempt at best and is easily swept aside by Gail running off to an unscheduled NA meeting. No wonder when Michael strays!

3. Women Are Greedy and Backstabbing - Nadine certainly is but she's the primary one with this foible and she already seemed to present as a pampered spoiled bitch anyway! Hardly deserving of elevation to a central theme in the film!

4. If they're Old Enough To Die For their Country - How old is old enough? To me, this is the central theme of the film. Justice vs. the Rule of Law. Our society has established an often arbitrary and almost always capricious series of numerical boundaries to substitute for common sense and fairness under our law-based system. Its okay to enlist and die for one's country at 17 but you can't have a legal drink at 20. Practically every county had its own BAC limit until the federal statute forced the .080 limit. It's illegal to photograph the bare buttocks of a 17-year-old but a flesh colored thong is okay on a 10-year-old. We've executed teens at 16, 17, and 18, but whether you were eligible for the death penalty depended on where you committed your crime. You can hire an 18-year-old to shoot a porn movie in your garage but pick up a 17-year-old in a bar drinking on an illegal ID and you go to prison. While I disagree with Shirley about the similarities between paid fellatio and burger flipping, I find I am loathe to condemn her efforts at earning extra college money if I am forced to use as my only basis the potential legal consequences for her clients.

5. Don't Do Drugs - Hmmm... Maybe this is an anti-drug movie since they're portrayed as being at the root of the Beltran's marital problems as well as a primary precipitant in Brenda's breakdown and the decline and fall of the babysitters company.