![]() Walsh as Harry Tucker Lee Garlington as Dolly Tucker Lois Chiles as Bernice Holsten George Segal as Bill Holsten Ryan Slater as Jimmy Tucker Brittany English Stephens as Bitsy Tuesday Knight as Waitress Reception The Babysitter received negative reviews. ![]() Without fear of being wrong, I can say that the best moments of Babysitter are, precisely, among those in which the characters do not speak. Alicia Silverstone as Jennifer Jeremy London as Jack Nicky Katt as Mark Holsten J. Its frenetic montage at times and its very close-ups at the beginning match the nature of its dialogues and its staging achieves suggestive moments of great visual beauty, as the film slides towards other more serious, enigmatic and dark climates, adjoining perhaps with terror. On the other hand, it is a purely cinematographic product that transcends its theatrical origin. In other words, Babysitter rarely manages to be funny, although she is somewhat awkward. Personally, I had problems with the "twitchy" tone, buffoonish, somewhat strange and choppy of the dialogues (in keeping with the theatrical origin of the film), the situations and the characters, according to a very French conception of comedy (remember Amelie). No less is Nadine's journey, more interesting in some respects. Of course, the macro incident (a certain notoriety, the new and uncertain employment situation, the gender issue put on the table) will have its resonances and effects in the couple's micro world, to which is added the presence of an enigmatic nanny (Nadia Tereszkiewicz) and her curious interventions in the dynamics of the couple. As for the message, its gender perspective is clear, although it seeks to make her uncomfortable and rarefied by putting her from the point of view of a character with macho components like Cédric and calling into question some of its alleged "excesses" to balance it with other views, such as the of the protagonist's brother and the devastating common sense of his wife. This Canadian "québécoise" comedy is an adaptation of a play by Catherine Léger. Finally, they will hire a private nanny to deal with the new situation. His wife Nadine (Monia Chokri, also director of the film and actress of The Imaginary Loves of Xavier Dolan) is on maternity leave with a baby who cries and won't let them sleep. Confined to his house, he will seek to devise some means to repair the affront and be reinstated in his work. Review: Cédric (Patrick Hivon), stars in a media incident that causes his suspension from work for reasons of political correctness from a gender perspective. Summary A Canadian film with gender issues as its center, with the somewhat edgy, buffoonish and somewhat annoying tone of certain French comedies, which at times manages to make us uncomfortable with the point of view of its male protagonist and which reaches its best and most suggestive moments when his characters do not speak.
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