The Sitter (2011)

I wanted to but couldn't!

Don't listen to the negative reviews

Story: It's very simple but honestly that is fine.

It's a movie as timely as it is provocative and amazingly, for much of its running time, it is weirdly funny.

A rating of 1 out of 10 and even this is too generousHow so called "Comedy" movies like this ever make it through and get a "green light" for production will forever astound me. Some producers must have huge egos and even bigger bank rolls. I can only surmise that a deal was struck between the producer and Jonah Hill, (or with the director) that they had a total free hand to put on the silver screen whatever their warped minds thought would be funny, or that would shock their audience.Well surprise to the audience and the producer. This was a total failure on all fronts. If I was Jonah Hill I would not expect to be receiving many phone calls from any prominent producers or directors in the near future. But again to my amazement we see that Jonah Hill is up for an Academy Award for a Best Supporting Actor award for the feature film The Wolf of Wall Street. Go figure?But take my advice The Sitter is a total waste of time and minus any sense of drawing laughter or any memorable moments. The shock and awe opens up the film with a disgusting scene and the film continues to stink from the opening scene to the end of the film. I am sure no one was more disappointed than the script writer who must have envisioned a different film from the onset than the finished product the director and/or editor created.If I attempt to compare The Sitter to a film such as Robin Williams' 1993 film Mrs. Doubtfire, the pretense of a Babysitter themed film assisting young and confused children find their way through troubled times may be a comparison one could make, but the end product of these two films are like comparing night to day. There were so many good scenes in Mrs Doubtfire and so many bad scenes in the Sitter. Don't waste any time seeing The Sitter, it is just that bad.A rating of 1 out of 10 and even this is too generous!

I thought I was going to like this movie more than I did, but honestly, it was kind of a waste of an hour and a half. It's focused so much on drugs that it's disgusting. I know that's kind of what it's about, but I find that really stupid. Plus, the characters were just too unusual. No little girl swears that much, and where the hell did Rodrigo get all those cherry bombs? Plus the ending is a little pointless and cliché. I mean I'm all for a romantic cliché ending honestly, but it wasn't worth watching the rest of the movie to see that.If you want my advice, don't waste your money or time on this movie. There are much better movies out there you can watch that are the same amount of time. Find one of those instead. The Sitter was just not worth it.

(Plot) A lazy college student that is serving a suspension is cajoled into being a babysitter for the kids next door. What he doesn't realize is that he is getting much more than he bargained for than just a few measly bucks…With these types of comedies, it's not hard to tell what you're getting. They go out of their way to cross the line to make people laugh, and usually I find that lazy, but I can't help but admit that I managed to have a decent time with this one. Most of the kids are whiny and unlikable, it goes for the kitchen sink in terms of being rancid, but I couldn't help but laugh at it. Maybe it was just the mood I was in, but I had some fun. Jonah Hill is his usual dependable self. His lazy character is detestable and I absolutely loved it. Kevin Hernandez is by far the best of the bunch of the kids as Rodrigo. He steals the show as the malevolent kid. I got a kick out of him. And, of course, we get the ever reliable Sam Rockwell. Final Thoughts: It's not great, but what do you really expect when it comes to this film? Turn your brain off, and have a few laughs! 6/10

Noah Griffith (Jonah Hill) is a college student on suspension. He is coaxed into babysitting the three kids next door. He is unprepared for the wild night ahead of him. He gets called by his girlfriend Marisa (Ari Graynor) and gets entangled with a crazed drug dealer (Sam Rockwell).This is sorta like 'Adventures in Babysitting (1987)' except it's more mean-spirited. Sam Rockwell plays a bad guy that's way too silly. Jonah is way too unlikeable. There just isn't any joy in this movie. The jokes doesn't really work either. There is a couple of good scenes but it is too unlikeable.