AboveDeepBuggy Some things I liked some I did not.

Ploydsge just watch it!

Ariella Broughton It is neither dumb nor smart enough to be fun, and spends way too much time with its boring human characters.

Abegail Noëlle While it is a pity that the story wasn't told with more visual finesse, this is trivial compared to our real-world problems. It takes a good movie to put that into perspective.

Red-Barracuda A middle-aged man gets involved in a whirlwind romance with his child's young babysitter when his wife goes away for the weekend.This melodrama centres on wishful thinking where middle-aged males can end up partying with young women who find them very attractive. It's highly unlikely stuff of course but the film is quite a bit of fun nevertheless. It's another counter-culture influenced exploitation film released by b-movie producers Crown International Pictures in the aftermath of the breakthrough of new youth-focused films like Easy Rider (1969). I find this period and these themes in American movies to be very satisfying though and this one is yet another one I liked. It's a very melodramatic, almost soap opera style story which constitutes the main narrative thread of the film although its spiced up for the cinema with the inclusion of sex, drugs and hippies. The secondary story, reveals that the wife character is a secret heroin addict and she ends up being coerced into letting some drug pushers use the family boat to facilitate a major drug deal. So, this is a film which has a little bit of everything for anyone at all interested in these counter-cultural exploitation flicks from the period.Interestingly, this one is sort of like a spiritual follow-up to the previous year's film The Babysitter (1969) which also stars George Carey in the lead role. Both that film and this one deal with similar material while combining a melodrama with thriller elements. Weekend with the Babysitter has the poorer reputation of the two it seems but for me this is a movie which is definitely unfairly regarded. I have always found it to be consistently entertaining and interesting and I would certainly consider it to be one of the most fun Crown International releases out there.

TheBlueHairedLawyer Contrary to internet myths, this isn't a pornographic movie. The idea of a teen babysitter having relations with a middle-aged man is rather disturbing (he's old enough to be her grandfather, ewww). But it was made in 1970, the same year as 'I Drink Your Blood' and during the free love movement. Oddly enough, this weird little movie is a great example of the ideology and flaws of the times, not to mention the nostalgia of the film quality and soundtrack itself.Basically, the movie is divided between a husband and wife. The husband is having a sexual affair in secret with a teenage babysitter, being introduced to the glamorized version of the hippie lifestyle. The wife is a junkie who is being held hostage by her suppliers. If a movie like this one was around today, the husband would hopefully be charged and the wife would get into rehab... hopefully.It was surprisingly a likable movie, actually rather corny by today's standards. It's the 1970's low-budget music and film type style I like, not necessarily the plot itself. I watched it thinking that maybe I'd get a few laughs out of it but knowing that it likely wouldn't be very good, and what do you know? It was certainly interesting; the idea that this movie gives off is that "you're never too old to have fun, get it on and do drugs with hippies and teenagers, and everyone else around you enjoys it, too". In reality, a situation like the one presented in this movie would just be sad, weird, wrong and crazy. It's strange how movies can either romanticize or make too big a deal out of various situations, and this movie does a good job of that. The motorcycle shots were pretty cool, I'll give it that. And at least the babysitter made the husband see how much he truly loved his wife and kids in the end, so it's got some class - but not very much.One question though - where were the babysitter's parents, for crying out loud? Their teenage daughter is making love to a pervy old man while his wife is getting high with her kidnappers! What's WRONG with these people!?

Ben Larson There was a shooting star named Patricia Wymer, who appeared in a 1969 film by the same director called The Babysitter. She only did about three movies and then disappeared.Director Don Henderson brings in a new girl, Susan Romen, to play Candy Wilson, the babysitter. She only made two films. As a matter of interest, Henderson quit directing the same time after only three films. I wonder what happened to all these people.Anyway, while movie producer Jim Carlton (George E. Carey) is having fun with the babysitter and her hippie friends, his wife Mona (Luanne Roberts) is captive to her drug dealer.This is not the typical grindhouse film of the 70s. It was more a drama about hippies and drugs. Yes, there was some nudity and woman on woman action, but it was rather tame.Still, a good story, if the acting was a bit lame.Who was taking care of the kids while Jim and the babysitter were having fun?

catfish-er I watched WEEKEND WITH THE BABYSITTER as part of BCI Eclipse' Drive-in Cult Classics (featuring Crown International Pictures releases) on DVD.I liked this film as much as I did "The Babysitter." This movie packs a lot of story into a very short time. You have new-age bikers, lesbians, sexual impropriety, drug smuggling, addiction; and high-seas adventure, all in one spot! George E. Carey wrote, produced and starred in this movie; and, I found the plot to be believable and interesting. Some may feel the movie was overly complex; but, hey, life happens even to big Hollywood movie-men.Some of the drug-use and characterizations were a bit cliché. However, I can forgive that, knowing the film was made almost 40 years ago! The supporting cast did an outstanding job, making the premise that much more believable.The musical score is absolutely spot-on, for the times, the tempo, and for moving the story forward. I particularly enjoyed the back-and-forth cuts during the two love scenes (on on the boat; and, one at the mountain retreat).Like the Baby sitter, the movie hinges on the idea of a wayward husband brought to redemption. In this "episode" he is truly a hero, after his wife suffers her own ill-fate from years of drug abuse. He receives a lot of help, from the babysitter and her pals; and, emerges a better man.