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The Sitter (2011)

The Sitter poster
Directed by
David Gordon Green
Genre
comedy film, black comedy film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 21m
Rated
R
Rating
5.6 of 10 from 1,033 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A slacker college student is forced to babysit three kids. He then drags them along on a series of wild and illegal adventures.

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What happens

The Sitter is a 2011 American black comedy film directed by David Gordon Green and written by Brian Gatewood and Alessandro Tanaka. The film follows a slacker college student (played by Jonah Hill) who, after being suspended, is forced by his mother to fill in for a babysitter that called in sick. During this time, he takes his charges along for his extensive criminal escapades. The film is a Michael De Luca Productions and 20th Century Fox joint venture, distributed by 20th Century Fox. The film was originally scheduled to be released in theaters on August 5, 2011, but was pushed back to December 9, 2011. It received generally negative reviews from critics and grossed $34 million against its $25 million budget. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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