#The babysitter 2017 review movie
#The babysitter 2017 review series

The writers seem to think cramming in as many supposedly edgy jokes about sex and race that we will somehow not notice how stupid it all is. However, once he tries to leave the house he is restrained and we have a game of cat and mouse. She needs Cole’s blood, too, which he gives without a fight. Take a look inside 2017 The Year in Review for an overview of the accomplishments of each program at the CJIS Division last year. Our cult members (for lack of a better term) are all annoying, sophomoric, and one dimensional.

#The babysitter 2017 review series

He sneaks back out and finds her having a party that turns into a series of satanic cult murders. The twist of the film is that Cole wants to watch his babysitter have sex-he is certain she is doing this once he goes to bed. This is further obnoxious as Bee’s sexuality is always forced through a male perspective.

#The babysitter 2017 review movie

I’m not going to go into this much here, but let’s just say that this portion of the movie is certainly trapped in the past. We get a lot (and I mean a lot) of stupid scenes with Cole and Bee hanging out, but these scenes don’t add much to the overall plot.įurther, the treatment of Bee is little more than a sexual object. While in the best circumstances that idea could create a new look at the genre, this one just seems to go through the motions. It is like a bunch of folks decided to make a horror film without having watched many horror films. Maybe they were going for a bizarre timelessness like It Follows, or maybe they didn’t know what they were doing. Maybe I am harping here, but I found myself distracted by references to Mad Men mixed with the 1980s aesthetic. It seems to want to draw on the cheesy fun of the 1980s, but it certainly looks like 2017-more or less. Amiably playing into the most base of pubescent male fantasies, the film is all about one kid’s relationship with his babysitter.

I referenced nostalgia earlier in the review, but I am not 100% sure when this movie is meant to take place. I guess I am in the minority (the film sports a fairly high rating on RT) in that I don’t find bullying or father’s acting incredibly sexual in front of their daughters particularly humorous. His attractive babysitter, Bee, seems to genuinely like him, but of course there is more happening than would first seem. We follow Cole, a young nerd who is constantly bullied, but we don’t really see why. In the same year that It proved nostalgia, humor, and horror could work together (I shouldn’t overlook Stranger Things, either) we have The Babysitter. There are good movies that nod to the past…