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A Masterpiece!

There are better movies of two hours length. I loved the actress'performance.

I think I would have loved this film if I were maybe eleven, but watching it now it's incredibly predictable, lame, dorky and boring, with trendy 90's boy-band soundtrack, obvious 90's fashions, mediocre acting and the things teen girls (and boys) face growing up, that they don't seem to realize isn't as important as they think. Kristy has a new step-family and still can't accept that her father doesn't speak to her. Stacey is struggling with her diabetes when she meets a boy older than her who she tries to have a relationship with. Dawn is in the "I can make a difference" teen activism phase, sort of a 90's hippie dork, and there are more in the group who I honestly don't care enough to recall. The group of girls are all babysitters, looked down on by the snobby rich girls.The summer changes everything, they each grow up a little faster than they expected when running a summer camp for their clients. Kristy learns that her beloved father isn't who he was when she was a baby, and Dawn learns that not all people are what they seem when she has to deal with a cranky neighbor. Stacey discovers that lying about your age to get a guy is no way to build a relationship, and that while her disease is annoying, she doesn't need to be ashamed of it. By the time summer ends it brings the club, and their new friends they've met over the summer, closer together.I wasn't a 90's teen, I don't know... were eleven-year-olds allowed to babysit at that time? I just don't see this film as very realistic; the few in the group who are old enough to fully understand how to tackle running a full-time summer camp are hardly present because they're busy doing other things in their lives. Dawn's character was extremely annoying; she would ramble on about the environment at the worst of times and was a pretty much useless waste of space. One positive, it was cool seeing Natanya Ross, who played the role of gloomy and depressed Robyn Russo in the Secret World of Alex Mack, pulling off a half-decent acting job in the minor role of the snobby girl Grace.Babysitter's Club is just a typical teen drama, but it lacks the humor that Madeline (1998) and Harriet the Spy (1996) both had. If you grew up reading the novels and want it for nostalgic value, you might enjoy it but it isn't the same as the books, it differs in many parts.

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...

Okay? Did anyone else find this movie a little sugary? I mean you take these annoying, overachieving PREteens and make them leaders of a camp? Jerry Springer seems less predictable! I hated them all and it's not like they have any real issues. I mean, "OMG! A guy likes me! I like him back but I'll never let on cause I'm a tease!" Seriously, this movie is riddled with cliches,(I mean friends 4-ever, come on!), has a boring, dumb cast, (let's get some diversity people!) and a pointless message. I mean, c'mon, do people really expect that if it's in a colourful package we'll just eat it up? This brings back the idea, MORE SPACE, LESS FILLING. I don't think it should have a cutesy little ending. I also don't think that those snobs would have gone so far! :P

I used to read the books when I was around nine years old so it was quite nostalgic moment for me catching this film one morning. Unlike the lacklustre series, this was quite a nice portrayal of the books and the child actors were able to bring the characters to life.The plot is easy enough to follow, even for those who have never read the books before, and the film would probably appeal very much to young girls who are at an age when they have a hundred best friends. But I don't think anyone older than twelve (with the exception of the teenage and twenty-something former fans of the book!) would be very interested other than to reminisce on that innocent, childish period when life revolved around homework, best friends and relishing in the freedom of the summer hols.One thing, however, that struck me while watching the film. It did remind me how ridiculous the whole concept of eleven- and thirteen-year-olds forming a babysitting group was. At that age, I'd be hiring a babysitter for *them* since they're as young as the kids they babysit!