Synopsis
Friends Forever
It's the story about seven very different best friends, and one summer that will bring them together like never before.
The Baby-Sitters Club
1995 Directed by Melanie Mayron
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Marc Abraham Deborah Forte Armyan Bernstein Thomas A. Bliss Peter O. Almond Jane Startz Martin Keltz
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Bébicsőszök klubja, The Babysitter's Club
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Say what you will, but I refuse to be judged on the fact that this is a childhood favorite of mine. Nostalgia over dignity, always 😌☝️
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Division and Conflict nearly tear the Baby Sitters Club apart! Right when they are on the verge of their Greatest Triumph! The source of discord which literally rolls into town is Kristy's loser dad, living out of his van and asking Kristy to lie in order to keep his unannounced visitations a secret! Not to mention potential threats from irritated neighbors next door to the BSC Summer Camp and the BSC Mean Girl Arch-Nemeses! What could possibly happen?
As an adolescent, I read nearly every Ann M. Martin Baby Sitters Club book. Prior to that, I read a whole bunch of Sweet Valley High but I found them unrelatable and confusing. Once my younger sister mostly ditched them in favor…
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Ok I know we're all thinking it so I'll just say it I'm a Mary Anne sun, Mallory moon, and Claudia rising but like I would love to be a Stacy but I know the truth
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I could focus on the negative like how the movie treats Mallory like the series always treated Mallory or be happy about the near-absence of Karen fucking Brewer.
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Does every generation of girls get a series of entrepreneurial young girls who form a club that tightens their bond & helps them learn about themselves, each other, and the world? Like when I was 11-12, I got obsessed with this book series called Dish where four (and later five) middle school girls start a cooking club and catering business. I wonder if there's a current series similar to these.
The Baby-Sitters Club is a delight (minus the Luca subplot... Stacey, please run! Trust me on this one. I am very mad that he's at the center of the poster here, and Logan too, while four of the girls are missing!!!). Friendship saves the day! Girls rule, boys drool (especially fathers who manipulate and disappoint their daughters)! Etc. etc.
I had fun getting to know these characters & I really do hope there's a sort of baby-sitters club for each generation. -
“i thought i was more important to him”
“you’re important to us”this movie MADE me. here were girls who wore loose overalls and dirty converse, who were bad at science and lying to each other, who got nervous and angry and jealous. they leaned on each other and worked hard! they came from different homes and struggled with different things! they found in each other something that was better than dads, boyfriends, etc. and that meant a lot to me!
not to get freaky with it, but being a babysitter is such a weird, gendered job that introduces young women to both semi-professional life and domestic caretaking. and the baby-sitters club was the first time i saw young girls…
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1995 dawn: happy earth day don’t forget to recycle
2020 dawn: viva la revolución comrade -
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I miss heartwarming kid/teen films like this that have such sweet vibes. Like I really hope that we somehow get a resurgence of Hollywood films like this that feel so much like the 1990s!
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Movie #5 in my Rachael Leigh Cook-out 🥩🍽
I can’t believe one girl’s big secret was being embarrassed to admit she’s diabetic and another girl’s was not saying “hey my dad’s in town” to her friends lol. But it was a cute 90s movie with the typical corn and cheese...and of course gross relationships. When the 17 year old dude found out his date was 13 I was relieved that he seemed weirded out, but then the resolution is that he’s actually fine with it and will come back next year when he’s 18 and she’s 14? Ew.
Anyway, Rachael Leigh Cook is the best part as usual. I can’t believe that little prick Logan even looked at Cokie when he’s got RLC. Smh you fumbled the bag, kid! You can do better Mary Anne.
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I watched this with Mack for one of his podcasts, but I'm so far out of the intended audience that I don't think I even have the right to an opinion on this one? I know my little sister probably would have really liked it, and as such, that's good enough for me.
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As someone who read all the books many times as a kid, and still occasionally re-reads them, I’m so disappointed that both this AND the Netflix show just don’t do it right. The books are lighthearted, fun, and entertaining- why must the screenwriters for this and the show make it so unnecessarily serious and dramatic?! Nonetheless this was enjoyable enough, worth a few laughs, and definitely better than the Netflix adaptation.
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I'm a butch guy. I don't think I was the target audience for this movie.
Pre-teen flick based on the book series and the TV show, baby sitters club follows the club as they start a kids camp in the hopes of raising money. On the way one girl starts dating her dad, another falls in love with a 17 year old guy she baby sat, one learns science from the most painful rap scene in a movie I've seen yet, Rachel Leigh Cook has a silly haircut, and they manage to royally piss off Ellen Burstyn (Don't do that! She'll put the bee mask on you and burn you in the wicker man) Silly fluff of a movie, but would only be really enjoyed by teen girls (Also felt like a TV movie and not a theatrical release)
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Nostalgia!
Nothing like spending the summer with your bestest friends baby-sitting through family problems, boy troubles and haters! Oh to be 13 ❤️ -
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