The Babysitter

Netflix | Release Date (Streaming): October 13, 2017

6.8	USER SCORE Generally favorable reviews based on 121 Ratings

USER RATING DISTRIBUTION

Positive:

Mixed:

Negative:

Watch Now

Stream On

Review this movie

VOTE NOW

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Please sign in or create an account before writing a review.

Check box if your review contains spoilers

0 characters (5000 max)

User Reviews

User score By date Most helpful

DirigiblePulpDec 5, 2017

Man this was **** Whatever the hell this was supposed to be - comedy, horror, sentimental growing up claptrap - it failed miserably. Not one joke lands. The whole thing feels written by adults trying to write as their childhood selves butMan this was **** Whatever the hell this was supposed to be - comedy, horror, sentimental growing up claptrap - it failed miserably. Not one joke lands. The whole thing feels written by adults trying to write as their childhood selves but being so good at it that they think literally every single thing they think of is just so clever and couldn't possibly be bad. This movie literally has a scene where the hot babysitter and the geeky 13 year old kid watch a vintage western in the backyard on a projector while acting out the whole thing in front of it. No irony intended. It's just meant to be a bonding moment I guess? I mean, wtf is this?… Expand

0 of 3 users found this helpful03

All this user's reviews

imthenoobAug 22, 2019

There were a few moments that made me chuckle but for the most part, This film simply couldn't decide if it was gonna be a comedy or a meta-horror movie. The cast does a decent enough job carrying the film but that only goes so far IMO.

0 of 1 users found this helpful01

All this user's reviews

Dylanhubbard77Oct 31, 2017

An annoying, nonsensical waste of time. I’ve heard that this was supposed to be a “horror comedy” but the film falls completely flat in both genres. When your story doesn’t make any sense and is never explained it makes it a little bitAn annoying, nonsensical waste of time. I’ve heard that this was supposed to be a “horror comedy” but the film falls completely flat in both genres. When your story doesn’t make any sense and is never explained it makes it a little bit difficult to get invested in it. The death scenes also didn’t make any sense to me. It seems the laws of physics, gravity and so on aren’t present in this movie so I’m constantly left scratching my head whenever someone dies. I felt no investment in the main lead and, while not a bad performance, I really didn’t care about his character. This film is an over the top, cartoony, unrealistic mess. And I hated it. But apparently I’m in the minority with that opinion.… Expand

0 of 5 users found this helpful05

All this user's reviews

JLauSep 18, 2020

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Babysitter is sacrificing innocents to get a wish from Satan and brings along a group of morons to help her do it.… Expand

0 of 0 users found this helpful00

All this user's reviews