Official Movie Website Theatrical Release 12/09/2011 Home Video Not Available MPAA Rating Rated R for crude and sexual content, pervasive language, drug material and some violence Running Time 100 Minutes Genre Comedy Director David Gordon Green Writer Brian Gatewood, Alessandro Tanaka Cast Jonah Hill Studio 20 Century Fox |
THE SITTER (2011)
SYNOPSIS
When the world's most irresponsible babysitter takes
three of the world's worst kids on an unforgettable
overnight adventure through the streets of New York
City, it's anyone's guess who's going to make it home
in one piece. The Sitter is a new level of twisted and
debauched hilarity from the director of Pineapple
Express, starring Jonah Hill. -- (C) Official Site
When the world's most irresponsible babysitter takes
three of the world's worst kids on an unforgettable
overnight adventure through the streets of New York
City, it's anyone's guess who's going to make it home
in one piece. The Sitter is a new level of twisted and
debauched hilarity from the director of Pineapple
Express, starring Jonah Hill. -- (C) Official Site
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Jonah Hill hits the big screen with yet another raunchy but humorous comedy, The Sitter. The opening
scene is definitely as raunchy as it gets and completely unnecessary. Jonah Hill plays Noah Griffith, a
lazy nerdy 20 something year old that lives with his mom and can’t seem to hold down a job, who
decides to actually help out his mom so she can go on a date and babysit her friends three kids,
Slater (Max Records; Where the Wild Things Are), Blithe (Newcomer Landry Bender) and their
adopted Mexican son, Rodrigo (Newcomer Kevin Hernandez). Noah who tells the kids to just leave
him alone while he watches TV gets a call from his somewhat girlfriend asking him to go get her
some cocaine and blam you can tell where this story is going. He gets in the car with the three kids
and takes them into the city to get some cocaine for her from her dealer, Karl (the talented Sam
Rockwell) and on this trip many things go wrong. Kind of sounds like the 80’s hit, Adventures in
Babysitting; except definitely raunchier and not kid appropriate, which is sad considering this film has
many funny moments and if you took out some of the crude humor it would definitely be a hit with
adolescents. Hill does a great job with self-deprecating humor and is a great match for Records,
Bender, and Hernandez who definitely play their roles perfectly. This movie manages to evenly spread
the humor across every stereotype so even with its crudeness it is not really that offensive. It’s just
such a shame that they had to open with such an inappropriate crude scene and incorporate
recreational drug use into this familiar funny storyline because between Rockwell, Hill, and the three
kids this movie could have become a classic.
scene is definitely as raunchy as it gets and completely unnecessary. Jonah Hill plays Noah Griffith, a
lazy nerdy 20 something year old that lives with his mom and can’t seem to hold down a job, who
decides to actually help out his mom so she can go on a date and babysit her friends three kids,
Slater (Max Records; Where the Wild Things Are), Blithe (Newcomer Landry Bender) and their
adopted Mexican son, Rodrigo (Newcomer Kevin Hernandez). Noah who tells the kids to just leave
him alone while he watches TV gets a call from his somewhat girlfriend asking him to go get her
some cocaine and blam you can tell where this story is going. He gets in the car with the three kids
and takes them into the city to get some cocaine for her from her dealer, Karl (the talented Sam
Rockwell) and on this trip many things go wrong. Kind of sounds like the 80’s hit, Adventures in
Babysitting; except definitely raunchier and not kid appropriate, which is sad considering this film has
many funny moments and if you took out some of the crude humor it would definitely be a hit with
adolescents. Hill does a great job with self-deprecating humor and is a great match for Records,
Bender, and Hernandez who definitely play their roles perfectly. This movie manages to evenly spread
the humor across every stereotype so even with its crudeness it is not really that offensive. It’s just
such a shame that they had to open with such an inappropriate crude scene and incorporate
recreational drug use into this familiar funny storyline because between Rockwell, Hill, and the three
kids this movie could have become a classic.
By Brenda S. Ladd