Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead

"No rules. No curfews. No baths. No nagging. No pulse."

Jun 7 1991 PG-13 1h 42m
Comedy

Sue Ellen Crandell is a teenager eagerly awaiting her mother's summer-long absence. While the babysitter looks after her rambunctious younger siblings, Sue Ellen can party and have fun. But then the babysitter abruptly dies, leaving the Crandells short on cash. Sue Ellen finds a sweet job in fashion by lying about her age and experience on her résumé. But, while her siblings run wild, she discovers the downside of adulthood

Plot

Single mother goes away for the summer. The kids are first delighted but then find that Mom has hired the sitter from hell to stay with them. When the sitter dies of a sudden coronary they deposit the body at a mortuary only to discover all their summer expense money was in her purse. The kids must find a way to survive the summer without mom or her money. This means actual work!

Written by

Neil Landau, Tara Ison

Directed by

Stephen Herek

Cast

Christina Applegate, Joanna Cassidy, John Getz

Crew

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Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Mercury, HBO, Douglas, Cinema Plus, Outlaw Productions (I)

Languages

English

Awards

4 nominations

Trailers
Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead (trailer)
Don't Tell Mom The Babysitter's Dead 1991 TV trailer
Scores
# of Votes
39,601
Average Rating
6.3 out of 10
Metascore
35
Popularity
NA