Synopsis
Seven junior-high-school girls organize a daycare camp for children while at the same time experiencing classic adolescent growing pains.
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Cast
- Schuyler FiskKristy
- Bre BlairStacey
- Rachael Leigh CookMary Anne
- Larisa OleynikDawn
- Tricia JoeClaudia
- Stacy Linn RamsowerMallory
- Zelda HarrisJessi
- Vanessa ZimaRosie Wilder
- Christian OliverLuca
- Brooke AdamsElizabeth Thomas Brewer
Recommendations
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Washington Post
A colorful, buoyant, loving tribute to the notion of girlfriends forever. - 70
Los Angeles Times
To be sure, there's plenty of humor to offset serious matters, and Mayron reveals both terrific rapport with youngsters and ability in maintaining a gentle flow to material that is inherently episodic when there are so many characters' stories to tell. [18 Aug 1995, p.F8] - 67
Austin Chronicle
Bright and cluttered and engaging, The Baby-Sitters Club has a youthful buoyancy and whimsical rhythm that catches even the most jaundiced (i.e., 16-year-old) viewers up in its play of light and energy. - 63
Washington Post
Though the script is predictable, it's not too clumsy. - 63
Boston Globe
The Baby-Sitters Club is far from an unalloyed success, but it offers more pluses than minuses and is both gentle and instructive. [18 Aug 1995, p.50] - 60
TV Guide Magazine
Surprisingly, it's not bad on the whole (in an Afterschool Special kind of way), and the young stars are uniformly appealing, especially Schuyler Fisk (Sissy Spacek's daughter) and CROOKLYN's Zelda Harris. - 50
San Francisco Chronicle
Mayron, who directed a remake of the Disney comedy Freaky Friday for TV, took on a lot with The Baby-Sitters Club, and the strain shows. She's got too many characters to establish -- several adults besides the girls -- and her movie feels under-rehearsed, as if she hadn't been given the benefit of preparation and wasn't allowed to get as many takes as she needed of most scenes. - 50
The New York Times
The movie The Baby-Sitters Club offers the same comfort factor as the books, but suffers from a definite lack of excitement.
