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Chris Parker (Elisabeth Shue) agrees to baby-sit after her "dream" date stands her up. Expecting a dull evening, Chris settles down with three kids for a night of TV ... and boredom. But when her frantic friend Brenda calls and pleads to be rescued from the bus station in downtown Chicago, the evening soon explodes into an endless whirl of hair-raising adventures! Babysitter and kids leave their safe suburban surroundings and head for the heart of the big city, never imagining how terrifyingly funny their expedition will become!

1987 · 1h 42m
Director Chris Columbus

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Adventures in Babysitting

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Chris Parker (Elisabeth Shue) agrees to baby-sit after her "dream" date stands her up. Expecting a dull evening, Chris settles down with three kids for a night of TV ... and boredom. But when her frantic friend Brenda calls and pleads to be rescued from the bus station in downtown Chicago, the evening soon explodes into an endless whirl of hair-raising adventures! Babysitter and kids leave their safe suburban surroundings and head for the heart of the big city, never imagining how terrifyingly funny their expedition will become!

COMMON SENSE

'80s comedy has lots of profanity, peril, innuendos.

TOMATOMETER
Average 6.5
Reviews 46
Fresh 33
Rotten 13

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Studio
Touchstone Pictures
Released
1987
Run Time
1 hr 42 min
Rated
PG-13
Region of Origin
United States
© 1987 Touchstone Pictures. All Rights Reserved.

Languages

Original Audio
English, English (United Kingdom), French
Audio

English (United States) (AD, ⁨Dolby 5.1⁩, AAC), Spanish (Latin America) (AAC)

Subtitles

English (CC), Spanish (Latin America)

Accessibility

Closed captions (CC) refer to subtitles in the available language with the addition of relevant non-dialogue information.
Audio descriptions (AD) refer to a narration track describing what is happening on screen, to provide context for those who are blind or have low vision.