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Don't mess with a classic 80s comedy. This remake of Adventures in Babysitting is pretty pitiful. The entire plot is based on people making decisions that no normal person would make in real life. And while the young actors aren't terrible, the situations they are put in and the lines they have to deliver are cringe-worthy. Although now I'm wondering how the original holds up.

I'm not sure if it was as good as the original but it was still a lighthearted movie.

Disney is celebrating its 100th Disney Original Movie with its recreation of the 1987 movie "Adventures in Babysitting".

The movie does well in its own right but when compared to the original version of the movie the movie falls a little flat. There are little to no innovative choices made by the production team in this version. They do manage to retain some of the 80's humor without seeming too cheesy, but some parts of the movie such as the "baddies" seem to have been pulled straight from the previous century.

The cast is chosen well with the banter between Disney Veterans Sabrina Carpenter and Sofia Carson providing a great few chuckles throughout the movie. The charming child actors/actresses in the movie do great to cause mischief without seeming too cliché.

despite the mediocre script and the outdated "baddies" the movie performs well as a comedy for a TV Movie thanks to the great performance by the cast. 7/10 - Worth a watch

Jenny Parker is an obsessive organized overachiever who babysits on the side. Irresponsible Lola Perez failed to get into art college. They are both up for an internship for a famous photographer. They accidentally pick up each other's phone. Lola steals Jenny's babysitting job. It goes badly and one of Lola's kids sneak away to the city. Both girls and their gaggle of kids head off on their adventures in babysitting.

I find both Jenny and Lola annoying in the beginning. They are the bickering twins and I have no rooting interest. It's a little while until I find any redeeming quality about them. The little kids are alright and I really like a couple of them. By the police station, I can scrape up some rooting interest against the two bumbling wet bandits. It does fade over time. There are quite a few differences with the original but the most disappointing has to be missing the Thor helmet. With the surging interest in superhero, one would expect a return engagement of the costume. They seem to have replace it with roller derby girl. I like roller derby girl but it's a missed opportunity.

I have to admit that I didn't hold real high expectations of this movie from the first time I saw they had done it. I rarely enjoy re-makes of movies. While this movie did give it a new spin kind of, I thought that the script itself really wasn't very good. I gave this movie a 6 out of 10 mostly because the actors in the film did a good job, they just unfortunately didn't have a good script.

I also have to admit that I had to watch the original movie after watching this one, because there were a few things that were in the new one that I didn't remember were in the old one.

I don't like to make negative remarks about stuff, but this movie just wasn't that great. The original was definitely better in my opinion.