what's the story
FROM THE DIRECTOR OF "BILL & TED'S EXCELLENT ADVENTURE," COMES A COMIC PORTRAIT OF A ROWDY FAMILY OF FIVE CHILDREN LEFT TO DEFEND THEMSELVES WHEN THEIR BABYSITTER SUDDENLY DIES. WITH MOM ON A TWO-MONTH VACATION "DOWN UNDER," THEY FIND THEMSELVES "DOWN AND OUT" -- UNTIL THE OLDEST DAUGHTER SAVES THE DAY BY MASQUERADING AS A WORKING MOM IN THE GLAMOROUS FASHION INDUSTRY. FEATURED PLAYERS INCLUDE CHRISTINA APPLEGATE (FROM TELEVISON'S "MARRIED...WITH CHILDREN"), JOANNA CASSIDY, JOHN GETZ, KEITH COOGAN AND KIMMY ROBERTSON ("LUCY" ON TELEVISION'S "TWIN PEAKS"). ITS FULL TITLE: "DON'T TELL MOM THE BABYSITTER'S DEAD."
genre(s):
Comedy
director:
Stephen Herek
film cast:
Christina Applegate, Joanna Cassidy, John Getz, Josh Charles, Keith Coogan
certificate:
12A
distributor:
First Independent
running time:
105 Mins
