#The babysitter club movie
#The babysitter club tv

I donвЂ™t want to tar Kristy and Mary AnneвЂ™s friendship dynamic with the problematic brush, but letвЂ™s just say a future Mary Anne would likely find herself in therapy examining why so many of her relationships cast her in a passive role. Now, the beloved tween classic has been rebooted for Netflix, and-as one might imagine-I had plenty of thoughts upon watching the pilot. (IвЂ™m sure there are other memorable aspects of the film, but I really only recall the Braff of it all.)

#The babysitter club tv

I devoured the books, and when I found out there was a TV show, I watched it on repeat, exulting in hippie California expat DawnвЂ™s tame preteen love affair with a cool classmate played by none other than Zach Braff. I can only hope that, when she's older, my daughter won't even remember having watched it.Like any good вЂ™90s kid (yes, that was a deliberate Shamir reference), I have only the fondest memory of The Baby-Sitters Club.

#The babysitter club movie

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've never read the BSC books and maybe they're just great. Ultimately, the 'Moviemakers Club' that put this whole bad message together is a bunch of socially irresponsible idiots. With regards to the rest of the budding talent, they all gave tranquilizing performances. 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. 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. 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.

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. 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. The acting was flat, and character development was undynamic. Was this screenplay written by a sixth grader? The plot, and every subplot, was contrived and almost overbearingly saccharin. 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.