The Sitter

The Sitter (2011)

  • 22% of critics liked it
    (106 reviews)

  • 40% of users liked it
    (37,337 ratings)

When the world's most irresponsible babysitter takes three of the world's worst kids on an unforgettable overnight adventure through the streets of New York City, it's anyone's guess who's going to make it home in one piece. The Sitter is a new level of twisted and debauched… More

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R,
Directed By
Written By
Brian Gatewood, Alessandro Tanaka
Genres
Comedy
In Theaters
Dec 9, 2011 Wide
On DVD
Mar 20, 2012
20th Century Fox

Critic Reviews

  • Tom Huddleston, Time Out

    A noisy, unfocused, frequently annoying and intermittently offensive slapstick misfire.

  • Laremy Legel, Film.com

    It does not care for your soft comedy.

  • Alonso Duralde, The Wrap

    The Sitter wants to have its urinal cake and eat it too, pushing the envelope of taste one minute and then delivering maudlin little life lessons the next.

  • James Berardinelli, ReelViews

    For every laugh offered by The Sitter, there are five minutes of boredom and at least one failed scene of would-be "dramatic" character building.

  • Rafer Guzman, Newsday

    The Sitter seems to have a good heart, so why all the glib racism?

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Nicki M


    Gets off to a promising start, but ultimately gets less funny as it goes along. I really liked the little girl character - she is hilarious. The El Salvador boy is a little stereotyped as is the gay roller skater. Not bad light entertainment, but Superbad is a similar type of movie… More

  • Anthony L


    I'm not sure the Sitter deserves all the slating it's received. It's no masterpiece but it has enough funny moments to enjoy. It's over the top and a bit silly but I think that's to its credit, I don't think it ever intended to be more than it is and… More

  • Albert K


    Sooooo bad. Jonah Hill's a comedic gangster, but he can only do so much with such an awful script. "The Sitter" is, straight up, a piece of crap. So bad. Probably the first 5 minutes of the film had slight chuckles here and there. Then the rest of the movie ensues… More

  • Japes .


    It seems like a funny movie, but it's not really ha ha funny. It's more stupid funny. And near the end it's not funny at all. The babysitter is like "it's okay to be gay dude" with the little kid and gives "just be yourself" like lectures to the… More

  • Phil H


    I like Jonah Hill and his tubby antics, at first I didn't really dig him but he has definitely grown on me over time. I think he is good as a retro kind of comedian, he brings back memories of golden 80's comedies with lots of visual humour and cheeky dialog, bit like Kevin… More

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