Karry Best movie of this year hands down!

Connianatu How wonderful it is to see this fine actress carry a film and carry it so beautifully.

PiraBit if their story seems completely bonkers, almost like a feverish work of fiction, you ain't heard nothing yet.

Seraherrera The movie is wonderful and true, an act of love in all its contradictions and complexity

garden52 I first saw this movie when I was young like 8 after I starting reading the books. I absolutely loved the books and altho I haven't read all of them (i'm still searching for some and i'm trying to get into the newest series in which the BSC breaks up), I can justify that the movie is OK. Kristy(Bre Blair) is the main character. Her father comes to town and doesn't want anyone to know he's there, so Kristy starts lying to her friends and family and it turns into a big mess. The babysitters start a play group and they have to deal with Cokie Mason (from the books) and her evil plots. Stacey meets this boy who is 17. Stacey was always the "fast" one in the books so I wasn't surprised. Claudia has summer school...not surprised. Dawn and Mary Anne are involved. Jessi and Mallory are in it, but not to a huge extent. The movie basically revolves around Kristy. To me, she acts very selfish in the movie. I like it, but it could've been better. Kristy was never my favorite character in the books so I wasn't pleased with her being the star of the show but oh well. I own the movie and I watch it from time to time, but if you haven't seen it and you love the BSC, get it ASAP.

TxMike My local public library got the DVD of this movie and I snagged it free for a week. I didn't really know what it was about and, after watching it, came away disappointed that I spent the time. For the younger set, mostly 10 to 13 year old girls, it would probably be fairly entertaining.The only two girl actors in this movie who appear, now 10 years later, to be on a career track are Schuyler Fisk (Sissy's daughter) as Kristy Thomas and Rachael Leigh Cook as Mary Anne Spier, best friends in this story. Fisk was the right age, 12, during filming, but Cook was 15. She could get by with that because she is so small and young-looking.I have become a fan of sorts of Cook, I think she does a credible job in her more recent movies. However in this movie her acting is very "high schoolish." Then, when I looked at her profile, realized this was her very first acting job. She had a lot to learn, and has come along very nicely since then.The only really good character was created by Ellen Burstyn, who was the lady next door, who loved to garden, and ended up with a greenhouse after the summer was over.The movie has a simple premise -- a group of 6 or 7 young teen girls band together to form a baby-sitting club. An adult can call a central number and they book whomever is free that evening. For the summer they decide to form a sort of summer camp for the little kids, they figure they can earn maybe six or 7 thousand dollars. It doesn't quite work out that way, but they do have enough at the end to buy potted plants for the lady next door, and still buy a very large pizza.The movie has the usual cliché' characters, the geeky boys who want the girls' attention, the clueless parents, the mean girls who hang together and plot to mess things up. Directing, camera work, and dialog are all very mediocre.

third_row_center I just finished watching BSC with my 9yo daughter, and I am embarrassed -- not only for my own mistake, but also for all the other parents who let their children sit through this hideous movie.Was this screenplay written by a sixth grader? The plot, and every subplot, was contrived and almost overbearingly saccharin. The acting was flat, and character development was undynamic. Reading the other reviews here I see many excuses being made on behalf of BSC, but being labeled a "kid's movie" is no excuse for an underdeveloped production and A STARRING CAST WHO CANNOT ACT.It's as if a group of preteens at cheer camp wrote and directed a feature-length skit for an audience of much younger children, and then somebody from Hollywood filmed it and passed around copies. The teen drama! The teen angst! The teen issues! One girl says, "I think hummingbirds are magical." Puh-lease!In the movie, the members of the BSC don't sneeze without holding a codependent meeting about it, yet somehow without Claudia's knowledge all of the other girls manage to choreograph an entire rap video to help her pass her biology final. I also cringe at the absolute stupidity of the subplot in which 17yo Luca takes 13yo Stacey to NYC, unchaperoned, and later gives her an open-mouth kiss. Stacey: "Next summer I'll be 14." Luca: "I know (and I'll be 18 -- will you write to me in prison?)" From a real-life father, dealing with the real-world issues of raising a young girl against a strong current of inappropriate media messages and marketing campaigns: "No way in hell."This is a kid's movie? Do the people behind the making of this movie have children of their own? What's with all the immodestly, impractically short skirts and thigh-high nylons being worn by the preteen/teen characters? (Did I already ask if this is a kid's movie?)The only redeeming performances: Ellen Burstyn as the botanically-minded neighbor, Brooke Adams and Bruce Davison playing Kristy's parents, and Peter Horton as her birth-father. With regards to the rest of the budding talent, they all gave tranquilizing performances. Ultimately, the "Moviemakers Club" that put this whole bad message together is a bunch of socially irresponsible idiots.I've never read the BSC books and maybe they're just great. But in evaluating this movie on its own merits, I feel sad for the people who have fond memories of this movie from their childhood. I can only hope that, when she's older, my daughter won't even remember having watched it...

Emilie The babysitters club were a very popular line of books that all the girls were reading, and now it came on a feature length film. all 6 or 7 of the girls have a different personality, and come together with the purpose of earning some extra cash.. and staying friends forever. I believe that the girl power isnt faked, unlike the spice girls views of the power that girls possess. the friends all go through this summer, with a lot of teenage drama that leads us down the path of growing up. and there is no loss when they bring 2 attactive young men to be falling in love with some of the babysitters. kristy was not a favorite of mine, she seemed to be into the club for the wrong reasons, but in the end she puts the problems on the table rather than her sneaking around and not telling her friends that care the truth. dawn, the earth loving plant eater, falls for an 18 year old and they have some fun together. the art girl (dont remember her name) wants to go to new york to fill her artsy moods, and the others were there to fill in the void. mary anne was the conservative organized one with the babe of a boyfriend. rachael leigh cook and larisa o. probably launched their movie careers from this, making them the teen screens. its a good movie for the potential babysitters across the nation, and the moral is friends will always be there for each other. isnt that a unique moral? (B- C+)