(L to R) Katerine Waterston, David Ross and John Leguizamo at The Babysitters‘ press junket.
Rating: Popcorn
A perfectionist, Shirley is a high school senior who is preparing for her SATs and trying to save money for college. She earns money for college by babysitting Michael and Gail Beltran’s two children. Shirley has a crush on Michael and one night while driving her home, he gives her a kiss and a little extra money. When Michael’s friends find out, they want in on the action. Shirley starts her own enterprise at school by hiring girls to babysit these guys’ children and perform some extra-curricular activities while the guys drive them home. What starts off innocent will lead them in a direction where there’s no turning back.
The Babysitters is the journey a teenage girl as she tries to jump into adulthood but ends up making bad decisions. Becoming an adult is not as easy as jumping a line. It takes time to shape someone’s character and for them to mature into adulthood. During this time of transition, the teen will make some good and bad decisions, but it’s all a part of the learning process.
The Babysitters is David Ross’ first movie behind the camera. He’s not a fan of too many close-up shots, but in his film he uses them to film the sex scenes. What I like about how David films the sex scenes is that he doesn’t show nudity, but rather leaves it to your imagination. Like John Leguizamo said at the press junket, David films in a way to make you the pervert and not himself. David has had some adversity while shooting the film as it took a while to find a high school that he could use. Many schools had refused to let him film on their school property because of the nature of the movie. David finally found a high school in Brooklyn, New York that would let him shoot, but they didn’t want the name of the school to be known.
David puts together a great cast, including John Leguizamo (The Happening, Pride and Glory), Cynthia Nixon (Sex And The City) and Katherine Waterston (Good Dick, Michael Clayton). John and Cynthia bring a lot of experience to the screen as they have both been acting for over the past twenty-five years.
The Babysitters is a good movie that talks about morality issues, but might rub some the wrong way. The film is now playing in select theatres.
The following file is the exclusive 40 min. unedited audio from the May 5th press junket in New York City. Because it is unedited, it may contain language that may offend.
The Babysitters - NYC Press Junket
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Release Date: May 9, 2008
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I wish I’d been at the screening. I hope I am able to review the film before it comes out on DVD.
May 15th, 2008
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