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The Baby-Sitters Club is a 1995 teen dramedy film based on the hit children's book series of the same name, directed by Melanie Mayron and starring Schuyler Fisk, Rachael Leigh Cook, Larisa Oleynik, Brooke Adams, Bruce Davison, and Ellen Burstyn.

In the small town of Stoneybrook, Connecticut, seven teenage girls run a babysitting business where they babysit younger children. The main plot revolves around the leader, Kristy (Fisk), deciding to create a day-camp for the summer and dealing with the return of her estranged father.


This film provides examples of:

  • Daddy Didn't Show: Happens to Kristy when her biological father fails to show up at the amusement park Fun City to spend an evening with her as promised.
  • Demoted to Extra: Jessi and Mallory don't have huge roles in the film.
  • The Film of the Book: The film is a general adaptation of the Baby-Sitters Club books, with a new storyline. It's not based on one specific book.
  • 555: The phone numbers begin with 555.
  • Food Fight: The kids at the day camp have one. When they don't stop throwing food, Kristy sends all of them into time out.
  • In Medias Res: The film starts several books in from the series; Dawn and Mary Anne are already step-sisters and Mary Anne had her haircut already.
  • Most Writers Are Adults: True to the books, most of the 12-13 year old girls act more like 15-17 year olds.
  • Product Placement: In one scene, Kristy is seen making PB&J sandwiches with Jif Peanut Butter.
  • Sand In My Eyes: Kristy protests to her mother that she's not crying— she's got allergies.
  • Toilet Paper Prank: Cokie Mason ruins the greenhouse the club were fixing up via toilet paper, shaving cream, and graffiti. Fortunately, Claudia comes up with the idea of using the toilet paper to clean up the graffiti and shaving cream.
  • Trash Landing: Towards the end of the film, Cokie Mason, who has been causing trouble for the club all summer, falls out of a tree and into a dumpster.
  • Visit by Divorced Dad: The movie has Kristy's Disappeared Dad visit for the summer. He only reveals himself to his thirteen-year-old daughter (ignoring his fifteen-, seventeen-, and seven-year-old sons), forcing her to keep it secret and basically lie to her family and friends all summer, before he leaves unexpectedly because his job prospect didn't pan out.
  • You're Not My Father: Kristy drops this one on Watson, after a visit with her notoriously flaky biological father.

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