Don't Tell Mom The Babysitter's Dead review: The kids still rule in this breezy remake

The A.V. Club— As you may have surmised from the title, Don’t Tell Mom The Babysitter’s Dead is a remake of the popular 1991 film of the same name. The original starred Christina Applegate, coasting on her sitcom fame as the dumb blonde daughter on the popular Fox show Married With Children, as Sue Ellen Crandell, a 17-year-old girl whose summer is upended by her mother’s travel plans and the unexpected responsibilities thrust on her by the circumstances outlined in the title. The movie was only a minor hit...

The Voice—Movie review: ‘Don’t Tell Mom the Babysitter’s Dead’ a surprisingly fun remake. There are enough nods to the first film to please fans looking for those Easter eggs, but they don’t get in the way of the story itself, a teen comedy that keeps it real, despite the heightened circumstances.

Reading Eagle—Movie review: ‘Don’t Tell Mom the Babysitter’s Dead’ a surprisingly fun remake. There are enough nods to the first film to please fans looking for those Easter eggs, but they don’t get in the way of the story itself, a teen comedy that keeps it real, despite the heightened circumstances.

The A.V. Club—Don’t Tell Mom The Babysitter’s Dead offered a dose of reality in the Nickelodeon '90s. For those old enough to remember it, kids ruled the ’90s. Between our very own “Choice Awards” and a steady stream of slime to shower celebrities with, Nickelodeon, The Disney Channel, and Nerf retailers flooded TV screens with images of independent youngsters with the magical ability to eat McDonald’s whenever they wanted. “Kids rule,” the tagline for 1994’s Camp Nowhere read, and it was an ethos injected into the culture four years earlier with the release of Home Alone. But Steven Herek’s HBO...