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"THE SITTER"
(2011) (Jonah Hill, Max Records) (R)


Alcohol/Drugs Extreme
Blood/Gross Stuff Mild
Disrespectful/Bad Attitude Extreme
Frightening/Tense Scenes Mild
Gun/Weapons Heavy
Imitative Behavior Extreme
Jump Scenes Mild
Music (Scary/Tense) Mild
Music (Inappropriate) Heavy
Profanity Extreme
Sex/Nudity Extreme
Smoking Mild
Tense Family Scenes Heavy
Topics to Talk About Heavy
Violence Heavy


QUICK TAKE:
Comedy: A college dropout agrees to babysit three kids, but finds them more than a handful as the evening quickly gets out of control.
PLOT:
Noah Griffith (JONAH HILL) is a college dropout who agrees to babysit another family's three kids so that his divorced mom can go out on a date. The kids are 13-year-old Slater (MAX RECORDS), an overly sensitive and timid homebody teen; his younger sister Blithe (LANDRY BENDER) who fancies herself an adult and thus wears too much makeup, has a sassy attitude and listens to hard core rap music; and Rodrigo (KEVIN HERNANDEZ), their adopted sibling from El Salvador who has a weak bladder but a penchant for blowing up toilets with cherry bombs.

Once Noah meets them, he realizes babysitting won't be as easy as he thought, but things get more complicated when his girlfriend, Marisa (ARI GRAYNOR), calls and promises to have sex with him if he'll pick up some cocaine for her from drug dealer Karl (SAM ROCKWELL). He agrees, and what follows is a night of mishaps and increasing complications, as well as a run-in with his former college classmate, Roxanne (KYLIE BUNBURY), who has a thing for him.

WILL KIDS WANT TO SEE IT?
Those who are fans of Hill and/or raunchy comedies might find it intriguing.
WHY THE MPAA RATED IT: R
For crude and sexual content, pervasive language, drug material and some violence.
CAST AS ROLE MODELS:
Considering what occurs in the film, few if any parents would consider any of the main characters as good role models for kids.


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