The Sitter Reviews

Movie Reviews

• you're supposed to make one movie for you and one for them - not everything for them

  Review rate : D by Manohla Dargis [New York Times ]

• transgressive humor isn't nearly as offensive as the phony sentiment that's supposed to redeem it

  by J. R. Jones [Chicago Reader ]

• to feature this stuff with teens or adults in the cast, but having a 9-year-old girl along for the ride is especially noxious

  Review rate : D by Peter Rainer [Christian Science Monitor ]

• this movie, considerably funnier than director Green's last

  by Mary F. Pols [TIME Magazine ]

• the humor here manages to be every bit as juvenile, even as it qualifies as too raunchy for a PG rating

  by Peter Debruge [Variety ]

• the film compensates for its comedy deficit by being overly saccharine

  by Andrew Lapin [NPR ]

• someone is needed to make sense of this well-intentioned

  by Scott Bowles [USA Today ]

• smothered by unfunny jokes, cliched drama, and a formulaic narrative

  by James Berardinelli [ReelViews ]

• one worth watching, something that can be said of most of his films without hesitation

  by Bill Goodykoontz [Arizona Republic ]

• moral bankruptcy, implausibility piled upon implausibility, unlikeable characters

  by Bruce Demara [Toronto Star ]

• mildly funny adventures in extreme baby-sitting

  by Michael Phillips [Chicago Tribune ]

• its comic timing finds its rhythm about every fifth joke

  Review rate : D by Ty Burr [Boston Globe ]

• it was kind of a thrilling thing to witness

  Review rate : D by Steven Rea [Philadelphia Inquirer ]

• is not only an atrocious shout-out to bad '80s comedies, it's also the kind of movie Jonah Hill should look at as a crass blast from his past

  by Joe Neumaier [New York Daily News ]

• a whole lot of R-rated antics only to arrive at crunchy PG-13 lessons in love and tolerance

  Review rate : C by Lisa Schwarzbaum [Entertainment Weekly ]

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