Elisabeh Shue's utterly enchanting performance in the starring role is the centerpiece and main selling point of 1987's ADVENTURES IN BABYSITTING, a highly improbable but richly entertaining comedy that stars Shue as Chris Parker,a high school senior, whose night of babysitting turns into a raucous night of danger and excitement for Chris and her young charges. It doesn't score a lot of points in the reality department, but for old fashioned mindless fun, you can't beat it. There is one funny scene after another here, with the scene in the blues club being a definite standout. Keith Coogan and Anthony Rapp are amusing as the two teens under Chris' care and Calvin Levels also scores as a sympathetic crook, but this distaff re-thinking of FERRS BUELLER'S DAY OFF is Shue's show all the way and she makes it a pleasure.
Review of Adventures in Babysitting
