Movie Review: The Babysitters

The Babysitters(2007)
Rated: R

When honors high school student Shirley (Katherine Waterston) becomes romantically entangled with Michael (John Leguizamo), the married father of one of her baby-sitting clients, she quickly recognizes the affair's potential for turning a profit. The enterprising Shirley soon sets up a teenage prostitution ring made up of school chums who she matches up with Michael's bored married friends, all under the guise of baby-sitting.

Genre: Indie Comedies, Late Night Comedies, Dark Humor & Black Comedies

So I signed up for netflix and this was the first movie I watched via the internet. I thought it was going to be a comedy as that was the category I was in. Instead I found an adult black comedy. Sure I had some laughs. Some from awkwardness but they were still laughs right?
The star of this movie (besides John Leguizamo) is Katherine Waterston who is the daughter of Sam Waterston (of Law and Order fame). You can definitely tell the relation by looking at her. That becomes a bit awkward since she gets topless in this movie.
In summation, the movie was a bit odd but definitely contained some laughs. If you go into the movie knowing it is a dark comedy and the content of the movie is a bit uneasy than you will enjoy it.
B+

Labels: Movies

- posted by Doug @ 11:09:00 PM