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Year: 1991
Director: Stephen Herek
Plot: Christina Applegate stars in this convoluted comedy that comes across as a teen fantasy combination of Home Alone and Working Girl. The premise is all in the title -- when the mother (Concetta Tomei) of a sniveling group of surly kids goes on a much-deserved summer vacation, she leaves her kids under the charge of an elderly distaff granny (Eda Reiss Merin). When granny ups and dies, the kids load her dead body in a trunk and deposit the package on the steps of the local funeral home. The kids are ecstatic thinking that with the big wad of cash Mom has left, they can have a summer of consumer madness. But when they find out that the money has been buried with the baby-sitter, the kids have to fend for themselves to make ends meet. Dream teen Sue Ellen (Christina Applegate) tries working at a fast food restaurant but she can't stand the grease. So, she puts together a false resume and, posing as a twenty-eight-year old, she applies for a job as a receptionist at a garment manufacturing company. The company vice president, Rose (Joanna Cassidy), is so impressed by her resume that she hires her on the spot as her executive assistant. Her deception looks to be working out great -- Sue Ellen manages to hold off the office lady killer Gus (John Getz), avoids exposure by the embittered receptionist, borrows money from the company's petty cash box for household incidentals, and continues her relationship with restaurant employee Bryan (Josh Charles). But suddenly, the clothing firm is set to go under, and Sue Ellen must use her teen fashion sense to save the company and her job . . . and she has to get the rest of the brood involved. ~ Paul Brenner, All Movie Guide
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]]>Sat, 06 Sep 2008 00:57:38 GMTDon't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead1991Stephen Herek<a href="/players/P_____2003/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Christina Applegate</a> stars in this convoluted comedy that comes across as a teen fantasy combination of <a href=/films/15739/default.aspx style='text-decoration:underline'>Home Alone</a> and <a href=/films/38872/default.aspx style='text-decoration:underline'>Working Girl</a>. The premise is all in the title -- when the mother (Concetta Tomei) of a sniveling group of surly kids goes on a much-deserved summer vacation, she leaves her kids under the charge of an elderly distaff granny (Eda Reiss Merin). When granny ups and dies, the kids load her dead body in a trunk and deposit the package on the steps of the local funeral home. The kids are ecstatic thinking that with the big wad of cash Mom has left, they can have a summer of consumer madness. But when they find out that the money has been buried with the baby-sitter, the kids have to fend for themselves to make ends meet. Dream teen Sue Ellen (<a href="/players/P_____2003/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Christina Applegate</a>) tries working at a fast food restaurant but she can't stand the grease. So, she puts together a false resume and, posing as a twenty-eight-year old, she applies for a job as a receptionist at a garment manufacturing company. The company vice president, Rose (<a href="/players/P____11656/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Joanna Cassidy</a>), is so impressed by her resume that she hires her on the spot as her executive assistant. Her deception looks to be working out great -- Sue Ellen manages to hold off the office lady killer Gus (<a href="/players/P____26636/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>John Getz</a>), avoids exposure by the embittered receptionist, borrows money from the company's petty cash box for household incidentals, and continues her relationship with restaurant employee Bryan (<a href="/players/P____12415/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Josh Charles</a>). But suddenly, the clothing firm is set to go under, and Sue Ellen must use her teen fashion sense to save the company and her job . . . and she has to get the rest of the brood involved. ~ Paul Brenner, All Movie Guide16Tag Target (>10)203http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/t09263rngjx.jpghttp://www.spout.com/films/Don_t_Tell_Mom_the_Babysitter_s_Dead/9506/default.aspxFilm http://www.spout.com/members/0/tags/family/MemberTagFilms.aspxfamily
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