Adventures in Babysitting

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Season 1
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  1. LeZee
    Jun 24, 2016
    5
    One night, two babysitters, five kids and various adventures!

    Now its Maya's (Sabrina Carpenter) turn after Riley's (Rowan Blanchard) 'Invisible Sister'. I'm referring the two best friends from 'Girl Meets World'. This film saw a delayed release and initially it was said to be a sequel to the 80s film of the same name, but now it stated as an official remake. The basic theme was    One night, two babysitters, five kids and various adventures!

    Now its Maya's (Sabrina Carpenter) turn after Riley's (Rowan Blanchard) 'Invisible Sister'. I'm referring the two best friends from 'Girl Meets World'. This film saw a delayed release and initially it was said to be a sequel to the 80s film of the same name, but now it stated as an official remake. The basic theme was retained and the rest was modified to the present trend. They aimed for G and/or PG, not anything above that, so they had to give up those risky stuffs from the original, hence became a simple one night adventure.

    The 100th film under the Disney channel's belt. I neither liked nor disliked it. It's a mixed feeling to me, but if you had loved the original film, which was for all ages, most certainly you won't enjoy this. This film is for those who had not seen the old version and it specially targeted for the little kids and tween audience. The main issue was the film characters doubled with the two babysitters and their two sets of children to be taken care, which means the adventures drastically shrunk.

    There's no innovation and those altered scenes didn't do anything to lift the spirit of the narration. Especially the rap song was a disappointment compared to the 'Babysitting Blues' and also weak negative characters let the film down. But the display from the cast was amazing, if only they had refined story upto 60-70% new ideas, it had a good chance to impress the viewers. Overall, as a television film it did fared decently, but only when compared with the original, it goes stumbling.

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  1. The Wrap
    Reviewed by: Mekeisha Madden Toby
    Jun 24, 2016
    80
    What makes Jenny and Lola so likable is that they are resilient, brave and fully realized in ways the teenage girls in the nearly three-decade-old original were not.
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  2. The A.V. Club
    Reviewed by: Danette Chavez
    Jun 24, 2016
    67
    It’s not the raucous fun of the original, but the message more closely reflects the morals of Disney (which owns Touchstone Pictures, the production company of the first Adventures). But it’s not quite “Disney-ified,” either.
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  3. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Amy Amatangelo
    Jun 22, 2016
    50
    A part of me loves Adventures in Babysitting because it celebrates young women being supportive of each other, and the idea that friendship can blossom between polar opposites. Plus it's nice G-rated fun. In the over-sexualized world we live in, it’s a relief to have the young couples in the movie do little more than smile sweetly at one another. But it’s also a movie that includes stealing as a solution to a big problem, and lying to your utterly oblivious, bordering-on-irresponsible parents.
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