The Babysitters
A teenage babysitter turns a neighborhood service into a covert escort operation, discovering that entrepreneurial control cannot contain adult corruption and adolescent risk.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Mild
- provocative
- morally uneasy
- dark
- adult drama night
- independent film viewing
What critics said
Critics broadly found the audacious premise undermined by uneven execution that drifted toward exploitation and grossness.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Shirley creates and manages a babysitting service that supplies teenage girls to adult fathers.
Shirley treats the service as a business opportunity while its risks and harms escalate.
The service connects seemingly ordinary fathers and families to secret sexual transactions.
The long flashback recounts how Shirley moved from ordinary babysitting into increasingly dangerous coordination.
Films like The Babysitters, and why
Thirteen
shared controversial sexual premise, adolescent transgression, and uneasy coming-of-age drama
The Ice Storm
shared focus on suburban secrecy, adult exploitation, and morally compromised characters
Mysterious Skin
shared provocative sexual commerce, bleak social observation, and exploitation-oriented drama
Movie Details
- Director
- David Ross
- Release Date
- 2008-05-09
- Runtime
- 88 min
- Rating
- 6.0 / 10 (556)
Cast
- John Leguizamo
- Katherine Waterston
- Cynthia Nixon
- Andy Comeau
- Denis O'Hare
- Lauren Birkell
- Louisa Krause
- Halley Wegryn Gross
- Ann Dowd
- Spencer Treat Clark
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
- Rent
- Amazon Video
- Buy
- Amazon Video
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is The Babysitters about?
- A teenage babysitter turns a neighborhood service into a covert escort operation, discovering that entrepreneurial control cannot contain adult corruption and adolescent risk.
- What is The Babysitters like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of The Babysitters as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as layered.
- Is The Babysitters violent?
- Only mildly. Ember rates the violence in The Babysitters as mild.
- What did critics think of The Babysitters?
- Critics broadly found the audacious premise undermined by uneven execution that drifted toward exploitation and grossness.
- Which films are like The Babysitters?
- Films with a similar feel include Thirteen, The Ice Storm, and Mysterious Skin.
- How long is The Babysitters?
- The Babysitters runs 88 minutes.
- Where can I watch The Babysitters?
- In United States, The Babysitters streams on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads.
