Why is the sitter unrated

Anyone expecting The Sitter to be an especially memorable trip to the theater may just want to give their own babysitter the night off and stay home with the kids. The Sitter is a mess because of a lot of things, but most of the blame should be focused on a lazy script that could have been written in a single afternoon. An interesting example of the trailer being better than the film, not because it gave away all the good scenes, but because the scenes are only funny in a vacuum.

Hill has a natural talent for making any situation funny with his deadpan humor, but in The Sitter it only goes so far. My Movies. The Sitter Unrated. Confirm current pricing with applicable retailer. All transactions subject to applicable license terms and conditions. Screen Pass.

A year-old guy has a night to remember when he babysits two boys and a wild eight-year-old girl. Director :. David Gordon Green. Producer :. Michael De Luca. That's good. I like that. Later, the whole situation turns out to be a trick which Karl and Julio invented for identifying undercover cops. So Noah passes the test. Julio: "Karl! I got shot! He shot me in my tummy. Please, someone, please! Somebody get me a doctor! Please, someone Do you know CPR? I don't know.

Why doesn't Garv do it? I have kids, man. Jesus Christ. Fucking Hell. Somebody help me. He's going into shock.

Please help me. Now, please, hurry up. Are you okay? What, is this a joke? I got him! I could smell your breath that time. You were so close. You just fell for a little prank. Let's go down to business. Rodrigo has stolen a packet of drugs when he pretended to be urinating and this packet has been scattered in the car after a little incident.

So Noah is in some trouble now because Karl either wants his drugs back or the money for them. Karl is disappointed of Noah and has a good cry. Karl: "It'll be all right. I thought he was my friend.

Blithe: "Shut up! Stop it! Give it back! Shut up! Shut the fuck up! And the worst part of all of this is that I'm stuck here with you three. You, you got more issues than a magazine stand. And, you, wipe the makeup off your face, Picasso. What are you, a mob wife? And, you, you're the worst. I know you're a little kid, and I know I'm not supposed to say this kind of stuff to you, but fuck you.

Fuck you so much. You're a douche. You can help us help kids by suggesting a diversity update. Despite the raunchy stuff and general craziness, there are a few positive messages in the movie: the oldest son learns to accept who he is, the adopted son realizes he doesn't have to be confrontational just to get a rise out of his new family, and the daughter sees that she doesn't need to act like a reality star make-up, singing, provocative dancing to be likable.

Even Noah realizes that he deserves to be with someone who likes him back and doesn't take him for granted. There are basically no positive role models except for Roxanne, who offers to help Noah even though he's done nothing to deserve her compassion and consideration.

Noah's mom is also kind and thinks the best of her slacker son, but she's barely in the movie. Rodrigo likes to put cherry bombs in toilets, which blow up in a restaurant, a jewelry store, and then in a car, causing the driver's crotch to catch on fire.

The drug dealer's goons chase after Noah and the kids, causing a car accident. Noah accepts a sucker punch to the face to give him street cred and later gets into a fight with a kickboxer who beats him up until the kids come to the rescue. The drug dealer wields a gun. There's a scene in which a character is beaten by a gang of angry onlookers. Although there's no nudity, the movie begins with a scene of a clothed guy performing simulated oral sex on a mostly dressed girl.

He then tries to get her to reciprocate, but she refuses. Later she offers to have sex if he does her a favor. Also lots of conversations about sex, pornography, adulterous sexual relationships between babysitters and their employers, and genitalia. A young girl sings the lyrics to bawdy rap songs and calls things and people "hot.

Virtually constant swearing, even in front of or by! A major subplot involves Noah buying some cocaine from an eccentric drug dealer who snorts it and offers some to him. Noah's pseudo-girlfriend is drunk at a party and asks him to buy her the cocaine. Adults at a few different venues -- a bat mitzvah, a pool hall, the drug dealer's place, a house party -- drink alcohol.

Parents need to know that while this "babysitter gone wild" comedy may target teens -- especially those who are already Jonah Hill fans -- it has so many hard-R references to sex, drugs, and violence that it's not age appropriate for young teens. Adoptive families may not appreciate the way the subject of adoption is depicted. It's all intended for laughs what kind of college-aged student would really take three kids to a drug dealer's lair?

Note: The unrated version available on DVD includes additional content not included in the theatrical release, including a topless woman. Add your rating See all 9 parent reviews.

Add your rating See all 15 kid reviews. When not engaged in his one-sided pseudo relationship with the manipulative Marisa Ari Graynor , he usually lazes about and watches TV. But when his mom's blind date falls through because her friend's sitter cancels, Noah begrudgingly accepts the job. His charges include Slater Max Records , a year-old with severe anxiety issues; Blithe Landry Bender , a first grader who fancies herself a "celebutante" reality star in the making; and Rodrigo Kevin Hernandez , a tween Central American adoptee who lashes out without warning.

When Marisa calls promising Noah sex if he buys cocaine and brings it to a house party, he agrees -- and takes the kids on a crazy, dangerous trip through Brooklyn and Manhattan. If you crossed Adventures in Babysitting and Uncle Buck and added a healthy wallop of Superbad humor, the end result would be this simultaneously cringe-worthy and entertaining comedy.

Through all the antics, Hill reminds viewers how even the least improbable protagonists can win over audiences. It's not an easy movie to watch, particularly when you've left your own children in the care of babysitters time and time again, but with its old-school hip-hop soundtrack, some brilliant one-liners, and -- as strange as it may seem -- a positive message about the staying true to yourself and finding your place in a family, The Sitter is a surprisingly amusing, albeit quite naughty, cautionary tale about what happens when parents are away for the night.

Families can talk about whether The Sitter is intended to have positive take-aways, or if it's just meant to be funny. Does learning life lessons justify the craziness? Bullying is mentioned as a part of both Noah's background and Slater's future.

Teens: What's the best way to handle bullying? What's the appeal of "raunchy" comedies? Do they cross the line?