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Audiences rate it 29 points higher than critics do.
Synopsis
Sue Ellen Crandell is a teenager eagerly awaiting her mother's summer-long absence. While the babysitter looks after her rambunctious younger siblings, Sue Ellen can party and have fun. But then the babysitter abruptly dies, leaving the Crandells short on cash. Sue Ellen finds a sweet job in fashion by lying about her age and experience on her résumé. But, while her siblings run wild, she discovers the downside of adulthood
Ratings
IMDb6.4/10
Metacritic35/100
Audiences rate it 29 points higher than critics do.
503 audience votes
Key crew
- Stephen HerekDirector
- Neil LandauWriter
- Tara IsonWriter
- David NewmanOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Christina ApplegateSwell
- Joanna CassidyRose
- John GetzGus
- Josh CharlesBryan
- Keith CooganKenny
- Concetta TomeiMom
- David DuchovnyBruce
- Kimmy RobertsonCathy
- Jayne BrookCarolyn
- Eda Reiss MerinMrs. Sturak
- Robert Hy GormanWalter
- Danielle HarrisMelissa
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Themes
babysittermom on holidaychildren home alone