A mostly forgettable movie about a relatively charming family unit. It really is too bad that it is hampered by odes to the original, a convoluted plot, and at least one actor who has been woefully miscast. Please, no more. The dishes are done, man

| Original Score: C- | Feb 26, 2025

Babysitter, despite its winning cast, is not as nervy as it thinks it is, squandering its central idea and leaving us with a remake that is pleasant if underachieving.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Nov 20, 2024

It won’t take the place of the original any time soon, but I was never bored.

| May 22, 2024

Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead is comatose with a lack of imagination. This unnecessary remake of the 1991 film is in many ways worse than the original film because the remake adds terrible racial jokes and more moronic scenarios.

| Apr 19, 2024

June Squibb is just wonderful in this movie.

| Apr 17, 2024

Don’t Tell Mom The Babysitter’s Dead moves at the pace of a good sitcom.

| Original Score: B | Apr 17, 2024

This "modern re-imagining" of Don't Tell Mom represents everything that makes people skeptical and cynical towards remakes. Everything interesting about it is stolen from a better movie while its new ideas are devoid of creativity or entertainment.

| Original Score: 1.5/5 | Apr 16, 2024

Surprisingly authentic and fun for remake material, which is naturally formulaic. It’s the focus on character work that lets this one sing, and it should make a star out of Jones, who, like her character, manages to hold it all together.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Apr 13, 2024

I wasn’t permitted to screen “Don’t Tell Mom the Babysitter’s Dead” for review this week, and now I understand why.

| Original Score: D | Apr 12, 2024

By the time the opening credits roll, nearly 20 minutes into the movie and over what vaguely resembles a Psycho homage, the whole project appears to have outstripped the original in pure misguidedness.

| Apr 12, 2024

It comes together like a jigsaw puzzle whose pieces aren’t fully pressed into place: a flimsy portrait of teen comedy and coming-of-age that won’t stand the test of time.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Apr 12, 2024

Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead is the kind of remake that wants to have its cake and eat it too, leaving the viewer terribly malnourished.

| Apr 12, 2024

There’s just not enough about this new “Don’t Tell Mom the Babysitter’s Dead” to justify its existence.

| Apr 12, 2024

Don’t tell anyone to watch this remake

| Original Score: 2/5 | Apr 12, 2024

It’s the focus on character and allowing the actors to shine that makes this one sing, and it should make a star out of Jones, who, like her character, manages to hold it all together.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Apr 12, 2024

Unlike the recent reboot of House Party, this reimagining of the 1991 original brings much more heart and is thankfully less hollow.

| Apr 11, 2024

A fresh and funny remake

| Original Score: 3/5 | Apr 11, 2024

A model for how future reboots can be faithfully done.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Apr 11, 2024

Don’t tell helicopter parents, but the gleefully transgressive flicks that entertained a generation of latchkey wildlings are coming back in style.

| Apr 11, 2024

Jones has many good moments, and “Don’t Tell Mom the Babysitter’s Dead” is a decent remake of a decent movie.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Apr 11, 2024