17 year old Tanya’s (Simone Joy Jones) plans for a carefree summer are derailed when her stressed-to-the-limit mom takes off for a wellness retreat and puts Tanya and her three siblings in the charge of a crotchety (and racist) old babysitter. The babysitter’s sudden death leaves the kids short on cash and reluctant to pull mom prematurely out of her much-needed R&R, so Tanya is forced to get a job. Posing as an adult, she gets a gig as the executive assistant at a fashion company and overnight is thrust into the world of adulthood and parenting.
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/1251687-don-t-tell-mom-the-babysitter-s-dead
That’s a name I haven’t heard in a long time. To this day whenever my 65yo mom does dishes she quotes the original film in her best stoner voice “The dishes are done, man.”
I went back and watched the trailer for the original film and wow, a LOT of untouched memories suddenly lit up.
Another remake? Can’t hollywood do anything original?
