The Baby Sitters Club (1995)
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64% of critics liked it
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45% of users liked it
(9,806 ratings)
Based on the characters from the series of best-selling books by Ann M. Martin, The Baby Sitters Club concerns a group of seven girls, each edging into their teenage years, who are close friends and have formed a co-operative baby-sitting service. Their business has become so successful that the… More Based on the characters from the series of best-selling books by Ann M. Martin, The Baby Sitters Club concerns a group of seven girls, each edging into their teenage years, who are close friends and have formed a co-operative baby-sitting service. Their business has become so successful that the girls decide to expand their horizons and start a summer day camp for kids; however, they soon discover that not all the adults in the neighborhood think this is a good idea, and they learn a lesson about cooperation and responsibility. Meanwhile, Kristy (Schuyler Fisk), the leader of the group, lives with her mother (Brooke Adams) and stepfather (Bruce Davison); when her father (Peter Horton), an undependable wanderer, shows up, he asks Kristy not to tell her mother that he's in town, and Kristy is torn about what to say. Stacy (Bre Blair) has another sort of dilemma to deal with; she's tall and pretty and has met a boy who likes her. However, he thinks she's older than she actually is, leading her into a dating dilemma that she may not be ready for. The Baby Sitters Club was the first theatrical feature for actress-turned-director Melanie Mayron; Schuyler Fisk is the daughter of actress Sissy Spacek and director/designer Jack Fisk. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
- Directed By
- Melanie Mayron
- Written By
- Dalene Young
- Genres
- Comedy, Kids & Family
- In Theaters
- Aug 18, 1995 Wide
- Studio
- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Critic Reviews
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Caryn James, New York Times
The Baby-Sitters Club is like an average installment of the series, aimed at girls who can't get enough of their fictional friends in any form.
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Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times
A beautiful film that possesses the power to enchant all ages.
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Edward Guthmann, San Francisco Chronicle
85 minutes doesn't provide an adequate format for developing seven distinct characters.
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Mike Clark, USA Today
Were there not 125 million of Ann M. Martin's Club books currently in print, this cinematically destitute movie might have gone directly to video.
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Hal Hinson, Washington Post
A colorful, buoyant, loving tribute to the notion of girlfriends forever.
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Cast
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Schuyler Fisk
as Kristy Brewer
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Rachael Leigh Cook
as Mary Ann Spier
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Larisa Oleynik
as Dawn
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Brooke Adams
as Elizabeth Thomas Brewer
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Ellen Burstyn
as Mrs. Haberman
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Colleen Camp
as Maureen McGill
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Bruce Davison
as Watson
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Austin O'Brien
as Logan Bruno
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Peter Horton
as Patrick Thomas
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Zelda Harris
as Jessi
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Aaron Michael Metchik
as Alan Gray
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Christian Oliver
as Luca
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Marla Sokoloff
as Cokie Mason
- Bre Blair
- Tricia Joe
- Stacey Linn Ramsower
