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The Babysitters Club - The Movie (1995)

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Reviews Counted:14

Fresh:8

Rotten:6

Average Rating:5.9/10

Runtime: 1 hr 35 mins

Genre: Comedies

Synopsis: The film adaptation of Ann Martin's popular series of children's books -- which also became a TV show on HBO. The eponymous clique is comprised of seven pre-teen girls who are the best of friends.... The film adaptation of Ann Martin's popular series of children's books -- which also became a TV show on HBO. The eponymous clique is comprised of seven pre-teen girls who are the best of friends. Together, they started an enterprise: a club where parents could reach 7 babysitters with just one call. And now they're going to run a summer day-camp for their young wards. Will they succeed? Meanwhile, the girls are all going through various personal crises: strained father/daughter relationships, puppy love, fashion plights, dieting dilemmas, and ugh, summer school. But through the best of times and the worst, through the laughter and the tears, and through the joys and the pains, the girls of the Babysitter's Club are always there for each other, till the very end. [More]

Starring: Ellen Burstyn, Brooke Adams, Bruce Davison, Peter Horton

Starring: Ellen Burstyn, Brooke Adams, Bruce Davison, Peter Horton, Schuyler Fisk, Bre Blair, Rachael Leigh Cook, Austin O'Brien

Director: Melanie Mayron

Director: Melanie Mayron
Screenwriter: Dalene Young

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03/26/09
Leonard Klady
Leonard Klady
Variety
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The Baby-Sitters Club is like an average installment of the series, aimed at girls who can't get enough of their fictional friends in any form.

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05/20/03
Caryn James
Caryn James
New York Times
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85 minutes doesn't provide an adequate format for developing seven distinct characters.

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01/01/00
Edward Guthmann
Edward Guthmann
San Francisco Chronicle

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06/19/05
Emanuel Levy
Emanuel Levy
EmanuelLevy.Com

Fans and would-be fans of Ann M. Martin's books may be enthralled, but, for the rest of us, The Baby-Sitters Club is something of an endurance contest.

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01/01/00
James Berardinelli
James Berardinelli
ReelViews

Were there not 125 million of Ann M. Martin's Club books currently in print, this cinematically destitute movie might have gone directly to video.

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Mike Clark
Mike Clark
USA Today

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Rob Blackwelder
Rob Blackwelder
SPLICEDWire

Though the script is predictable, it's not too clumsy.

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01/01/00
Eve Zibart
Eve Zibart
Washington Post

Salutes the virtues of friendship.

Full Review Source: Spirituality and Practice | comment Comment
08/28/02
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
Spirituality and Practice

A colorful, buoyant, loving tribute to the notion of girlfriends forever.

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01/01/00
Hal Hinson
Hal Hinson
Washington Post

The Baby-Sitters Club has a youthful buoyancy and whimsical rhythm that catches even the most jaundiced (i.e., 16-year-old) viewers up in its play of light and energy.

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01/01/00
Hollis Chacona
Hollis Chacona
Austin Chronicle

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Jeffrey Westhoff
Jeffrey Westhoff
Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL)

A beautiful film that possesses the power to enchant all ages.

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02/13/01
Kevin Thomas
Kevin Thomas
Los Angeles Times
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09/23/04
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