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As the what title suggests, I don't expect anyone looking forward to watching a drama-comedy that has depth. This is more of a pure comedy and an entertaining one at that for me, so I'd consider it successful.

And yes, The Sitter is quite unoriginal and what movie-goers call "predictable". I admit it's a kind of fun to try to expect the unexpected, but a predictable story does not equal a bad story. In fact, from the beginning of the 80 minutes or so until the end I'd been kept entertained and I honestly didn't experience many boring moments.

Other than its comedic scenes, the movie does have attempts to include moving scenes that make the audience learn something. I would say those attempts are not highly effective but not at all futile efforts.

The best way to conclude The Sitter is to say that it is a good comedy for young adults or above. Language and inappropriate behavior are main reasons this may not be suitable for children or younger teens. The Sitter is an enjoyable movie that is funny and does not require too much thinking to understand.

How many stoner comedies have the concept of buying drugs or alcohol and drag it with them all across the city? Let me check: Pineapple Express, The Night Before, Good Boys, Booksmart, and probably the best: Superbad, which also stars Jonah Hill. Therefore, The Sitter seems like a movie that's only made to be made. It means that it's basically all the other movies (although some of them came out after this movie) with a new twist. Jonah Hill's a grown up "babysitter" now, and not the young guy from Superbad, who's afraid of buying alcohol when he's underage.

This movie feels extremely unnecessary. It only has a few funny moments, the rest is lame. It at least tries to be funny at times, but it don't succed that well. Jonah Hill is as funny as he always is, and the others in the movie isn't directly bad. The funniest in the movie, is Sam Rockwell as the drug kingpin who's selling lots of drugs. But the rest of the movie isn't that great. The movie is just completely poor and unsuccessful, and I was bored while watching it. Just watch it if you're not expecting something good.

All problems that this movie has aside, as long as a comedy can make me laugh, I'm fine with it. This movie however features far too little laughs in it, which is mostly due to the way the story is getting handled and the story itself of course.

All of the events that happen in this movie are absolutely ridicules and don't make sense in the real world. It could had worked out, if the movie was taking a more absurd and over-the-top approach but the overall tone of the movie makes it seem as if the movie also wanted to still be taken serious. it really could had been a fun and adventurous comedy, in which things slowly got from bad to worse but now instead the movie feels very random.

Things happen and are being taken for granted too easily in this movie. They besides come out of nowhere, making most of the movie work out as something annoying, rather than anything surprising or hilarious. And talking about surprising; everything in this movie progresses in a very predictable manner. You know how things shall eventually get wrapped up and how all of the character's story lines and their 'issues' will work out, by the end.

Thing that this movie also suffers from are its kids. Sorry to say but most young children just aren't good actors. That goes for the child actors in this movie as well, though it perhaps is more fair to say that most of the blame for this should be put on its script. It lets them do and say some highly unlikely things, which never makes them feel like 'real' children.

But I also don't really know how to feel about the Jonah Hill character. It's actually quite confusing, since he absolutely is supposed to be a sweet and mild guy but he does some absolutely despicable things in this movie and breaks about 10 different laws in the process and brings the young kids in trouble all the time. His character just isn't likable enough, though it was the clear intention to make a likable character out of him and let him carry the entire movie. And lets just analyze the story; its main premise is that the Jonah Hill is supposed to get drugs for his 'girlfriend', so he can finally have intercourse with her. This doesn't exactly sound like a story kids should be involved with, not even when it's a comedy and it also doesn't help to make the Jonah Hill a more sympathetic character.

I don't really blame Jonah Hill. I actually quite liked him in his role, even though I really couldn't like his character. He obviously is a great actor, that also can handle comedy well but in this case his performance is suffering from its poorly written and handled script. Same goes for Sam Rockwell. I always love this guy and he still plays a pretty good character in this movie, that however deserved to be a part of a different and much better movie.

It's still not the worst comedy you can watch but there also still is far too little to truly enjoy in this one.

5/10

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Fun and interesting movie .. but very old Thank you for this film

The Sitter is a strange movie. It's very adult at times in its language and content while at other times relying on cheap laughs you would expect from a Disney Channel cartoon. It's almost as if the director was thinking, oh kids would think this would be funny without thinking, this movie is absolutely not for kids! Other than that issue I had with the movie, the premise is just ridiculous. I'm supposed to believe that Noah, the babysitter, would set out on a crazy adventure with the kids he was babysitting, involving drugs and theft all so he could have sex with a girl who didn't even like him? I can suspend my disbelief with the best of them but come on, that a little overkill in the unbelievable department.

To go along with the unbelievable story, were unbelievable characters. The children in this movie, mainly Rodrigo, did unthinkable things. Kids don't just carry around cherry bombs or pee in the middle of a high end restaurant. And if they did, their parents wouldn't be leaving them with a sitter, they would be locked in a closet in the attic.

I did enjoy Jonah Hill despite the train wreck of a movie. He seems to be funny in whatever role he plays. Yes, many jokes fell flat but there are some people who are just funny, and I believe he is one of the few.

I wouldn't recommend this movie to anyone as at its best it's a very mediocre comedy and at its worst it's painful to watch.

This is a rude and crude comedy that probably won't be a classic but it's a watchable one. None of the scenarios in this movie is believable and is over the top. The plot is basically about this guy named Noah(Jonah Hill) who is a bit of a dick and a conceited one that gets forced into babysitting so his mom could go on a date. I wasn't sure which Jonah Hill I was going to get and this time around it's the slightly awkward but practical dick of a character Jonah who is somewhat likable when the movie is finished. When I say practical, he is practical compared to a lot of the other characters in this movie. Anyways he decides to go on this mission while babysitting to get this girl named Marisa played by Ari Graynor who reminds me of Renée Zellweger some drugs. So she would let him screw her. And the the 3 kids he has to drag along with him causes a bit of trouble for Noah. Especially the kid Rodrigo played by Kevin Hernandez. Who will probably end up playing Mexican mob boss roles in the future. Anyways along the way he gets himself into weird and messed up situations. I didn't find it all that funny but it was somewhat amusing I guess. Oh and Kylie Bunbury is in this and this was the first time I saw her in a movie and she is hot and cute. Even if her role is far from being believable.

5.9/10

As for a movie with kids in it, this movie brings bad affection to kids. With all those bad words, scene and more violence, it's totally bad movie for kids. I understand the story it brings about super irresponsible babysitter but still I don't like why they'd make a story like this.

This movie is flat. It's a waste that this movie couldn't develop the story well whereas it has conflicts in it. Maybe, the director just try so hard to put full comedy in it. Yeah, with here and there. I like the moments when Jonah still has time to do heart talking to each kids.

Jonah Hill is a good actor, I think and I enjoy his role in this movie. He played it naturally and put some comedy touch in it. Although, I don't like the involvement of kids in this movie, I still like those kids performance. They look like pro actor. Great talent , I guess.

I enjoy this movie and I wasn't feel bored. The best thing I liked from this movie is the social value it incepted. People were changed beyond their imagination. So many ways will bring you to that but you'll never know which. The other thing is about openness of heart. Rodrigo showed us that only with opening your heart, you won't feel regret again.

overall, 5/10

I like Jonah Hill's movies, and when I saw the preview for "The Sitter" I laughed. Unfortunately, after watching the movie last night I realize this movie is one of many 'comedies' that are more humorous in their previews. There were very few funny parts, yet it was not entirely terrible. Jonah Hill's character is similar to past roles he's played is talked into babysitting by his mom and he has quite a night with the three kids. He and the rest of the cast, especially he little girl he babysat and the drug lord, played by Sam Rockwell, played their roles quite well. Considering the horrible writing, this was quite a feat for the cast. "The Sitter" didn't totally disappoint me but i feel as if it could have been a lot funnier. I did like some of the sugary sweet scenes with his mom and the kids he sat for. So, in conclusion, it is more of a drama/comedy and it is not for young children due to it's R rating. There is a lot of swearing and some sexual content as well.

As already stated by other reviewers: it's a loose remake of "adventures in babysitting" (1987) with Elisabeth Shue. Now with a male, looser like, babysitter (Jonah Hill). While not even close to the quality and originality ("babysitter blues") of the 1987 version, it's not a bad movie, not a good movie, sometimes a bit implausible. There are some funny moments but they all stay at the average comedy level. I personally liked the role of Blithe (Landry Bender) best, her comments are sometimes hilarious. All in all a movie which, when taken not too seriously, is worth watching. Bad thing is the length: about 82 minutes is too short. Nowadays it is common to make shorter movies (=less costs) but I think it is a weakness. Typical this is a movie to watch once and then forget about it.

When sitting through a movie that went on and on, "The Sitter" is one of those fresh "reboot" type movies that try to remake movies without calling them "remakes". Taking the same concept from "Adventures in Babysitting", "The Sitter" stars Jonah Hill as Noah, a lazy, arrogant, and obnoxious college graduate, who has a job as a babysitter. Then, we learn that he has a horrific girlfriend who asks him to get her some drugs, and meet her at a party. But the worst part is, he also has to take care of three dysfunctional children, all at the same time. One of them is a little girl with a make-up obsession and a horrid R-rated mouth, the other is an adopted Latino boy that breaks everything and blows up toilets, and a 13-year-old boy who tries to hide his sexual identity and is obsessed with anxiety pills. Yes, there are a few funny "laugh-out-loud" moments, but that does not change the fact that this is a crude, weird, and offensive movie from start to finish. This story is so far from being original, and everything just goes all over the place. It took forever to get to the point, and you already predict how these characters are going through these situations. Also, the characters in this movie are the most annoying and unlikeable characters of any other movie. Jonah Hill was so funny in "Get Him to the Greek", and he was excellent in "Moneyball". So, why did he agree to make this movie? He was such a retard, and you don't seem to care about this guy. The girlfriend was super annoying, the black misfits were awkward, but the three kids were super creepy. The Latino boy is such a horrid person, that I hated him from start to finish. The make-up obsessed girl is so weird and creepy, that it was so super uncomfortable. The kid with anxiety problems was so super annoying from scene to scene. Also, Sam Rockwell has no idea what he's doing in a movie like this. I mean to say this because he plays a drug dealer who Noah needs to owe money to. The movie goes from situation to situation, that it's all super predictable, and they don't matter. Like I said, there are some funny moments that made me laugh, but then it just stopped, and they started to deliver a few chuckles and groans, and then, for the rest of the entire hour, no laugh came out of my mouth. Director David Gordon Greene must have had a messed-up mind, to agree and make a movie like this. Seriously, the movie was so complicated and obnoxious, I hardly remember the whole thing. Yes, I forgot almost everything about it. So, a messed-up plot that dragged, messed up characters, some fun laughs, and you get three annoying kids: one who was annoying, one who was creepy, and one who was a horrible person. Also, the way that young actors were portrayed was totally offensive. But this isn't the type of movie that made me want to rip the movie apart, and forget that I would never see that movie, or try replacing the movie from the whole world. Instead, I just said to myself, "No!". The movie maybe is fun, but you'll seem to forget everything about it later. Not good and not terrible, all mixed up in one. "The Sitter" is not that terrible, but not that funny either. "The Sitter", in my review, "sometimes laughable, but dull and pointless".