{"id":43886,"date":"2024-05-21T13:28:43","date_gmt":"2024-05-21T17:28:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/?p=43886"},"modified":"2024-05-21T13:28:43","modified_gmt":"2024-05-21T17:28:43","slug":"dont-tell-mom-the-babysitters-dead-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/2024\/05\/21\/dont-tell-mom-the-babysitters-dead-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Don\u2019t Tell Mom the Babysitter\u2019s Dead (2024)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Now Streaming on BET+.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

1991\u2019s \u201cDon\u2019t Tell Mom the Babysitter\u2019s Dead<\/a>\u201d is one of my favorite 90\u2019s films. It\u2019s also a painfully underrated comedy that, despite being marketed as a dark comedy, is actually a charming, fun coming of age teen comedy in the vein of \u201cWorking Girl.\u201d Wade Allain-Marcus\u2019 remake is shockingly not a bad movie at all, either, it\u2019s just completely unnecessary. I don\u2019t think anyone was begging for a remake of \u201cDon\u2019t Tell Mom\u2026\u201d when all was said and done. But lo and behold we got one, and I\u2019m still not sure who this movie is aimed towards.<\/p>\n

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Director Marcus and co. build this new version for a modern setting and rather than trying to outdo the original it props itself up more as a companion piece (original stars Keith Coogan, Danielle Harris, and Joanna Cassidy make charming cameos, too). \u201cDon\u2019t Tell Mom the Babysitter\u2019s Dead\u201d doesn\u2019t really bear a ton of difference from the original film. It\u2019s still a family comedy that begins on a dark note and veers in to a tale about a young woman coming of age. This time, we meet Tanya Crandell, a high schooler planning to vacation to Rome for the summer.<\/p>\n

When her single mother is forced to take a mental health sabbatical in another country, she\u2019s forced to stay home with her brothers and sister. But they\u2019re handed over to a tyrannical elderly babysitter (June Squibb in an all too brief walk on appearance). When she dies unexpectedly, they conceal her death but also have to figure out a way to make money with their mom away. Tanya takes a job at a fashion company called Libra and works overtime to support the family, while they experience their own growing pains. Thankfully, the modern \u201cDon\u2019t Tell Mom\u2026\u201d works in its own capacity allowing for its own comedic potential.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Every element from the original film is either repurposed or dismissed in favor of a sleeker story. For one, the creepy sub-plot of the boss\u2019s flirtatious boyfriend is side stepped, while the work place politics theme is completely under played. The film is carried mainly by the strong performances by the collective cast including Simone Joy Jones who is very good in the lead role once held by Christina Applegate. Donielle Hansley is also fun taking the mantle of Kenny, the slacker younger brother. While he\u2019s not as funny as Keith Coogan, he has his moments.<\/p>\n

\u201cDon\u2019t Tell Mom\u2026\u201d 2024 is virtually critic proof and as more of an adaptation than a remake, it bears it charms here and there. It won\u2019t take the place of the original any time soon, but I was never bored.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Now Streaming on BET+. 1991\u2019s \u201cDon\u2019t Tell Mom the Babysitter\u2019s Dead\u201d is one of my favorite 90\u2019s films. It\u2019s also a painfully underrated comedy that, despite being marketed as a dark comedy, is actually a charming, fun coming of age teen comedy in the vein of \u201cWorking Girl.\u201d Wade Allain-Marcus\u2019 remake is shockingly not a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[219,225,835,1033],"class_list":["post-43886","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-movie-reviews","tag-comedy","tag-coming-of-age","tag-remake","tag-teen"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43886","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43886"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43886\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":43889,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43886\/revisions\/43889"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43886"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43886"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43886"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}