...a larger-than-life premise that’s employed to fun, inventive effect by Columbus...

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Jun 5, 2024

A romp of a family film that hasn't aged particularly well in its treatment of POC, but features a fun, sexy lead performance by Elizabeth Shue and an escalating number of ridiculous "the city is scary" developments that make for a very entertaining time.

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | Jan 25, 2023

This kind of teen-oriented movie died out in the 1990s, and today that leaves Babysitting without a comfortable place to sit.

| Original Score: 6/10 | Sep 12, 2022

Adventures in Babysitting holds up because it is so remarkably progressive in its depiction of its primary female characters.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Aug 24, 2022

Idiotic plot aside, there are surprisingly funny moments.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Aug 19, 2021

It doesn't quite work, Shue's attractiveness notwithstanding.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Jun 26, 2021

In many ways, Babysitting is interesting for what it is not: namely, a John Hughes selfish-teen movie that asks, "Will the girl from the wrong side of the tracks get invited to the prom by the preppie?"

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jun 26, 2021

Although far from original. "Adventures in Babysitting" is a likable exercise In soft-core juvenile anarchy.

| Jun 26, 2021

John Hughes: Take a lesson.

| Jun 26, 2021

"Adventures" Is undeniably cute without being too cutesy and very likable despite its unoriginal and somewhat frenetic nature.

| Jun 26, 2021

The true villain of the piece is novice writer David Simkins, whose doltish plot and dimensionless characters suggest a failed imitation of youth-movie maestro John Hughes.

| Original Score: 3/10 | Jun 26, 2021

None of it adds up to anything consequential.

| Jun 26, 2021

[A] mildly entertaining little comedy...

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jun 26, 2021

It's one of those movies that, however well it works now, might have been pretty bad with a different cast and director. It doesn't really transcend its genre; it just stretches it in amusing and sometimes surprising ways.

| Jun 26, 2021

''Adventures in Babysitting'' is better than ''Ferris Bueller'' and not as good as ''Risky Business.''

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jun 26, 2021

It doesn't add anything to the genre and produces certain boredom. [Full Review in Spanish]

| Apr 7, 2020

There is no winning with this movie.

| Aug 28, 2019

The direction is fast-paced, the characters are vulnerable and sympathetic and even the bad guys have their moments.

| Oct 9, 2016

One very unique and entertaining comedy that has yet to be duplicated.

| Jun 23, 2016

Easy-to-take effort that primarily benefits from a charming performance by Elisabeth Shue.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Sep 13, 2012