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18 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 75Washington PostHal HinsonWashington PostHal HinsonA colorful, buoyant, loving tribute to the notion of girlfriends forever.
- 70Los Angeles TimesKevin ThomasLos Angeles TimesKevin ThomasTo be sure, there's plenty of humor to offset serious matters, and Mayron reveals both terrific rapport with youngsters and ability in maintaining a gentle flow to material that is inherently episodic when there are so many characters' stories to tell. [18 Aug 1995, p.F8]
- 67Austin ChronicleAustin ChronicleBright and cluttered and engaging, The Baby-Sitters Club has a youthful buoyancy and whimsical rhythm that catches even the most jaundiced (i.e., 16-year-old) viewers up in its play of light and energy.
- 63Washington PostWashington PostThough the script is predictable, it's not too clumsy.
- 63Boston GlobeJay CarrBoston GlobeJay CarrThe Baby-Sitters Club is far from an unalloyed success, but it offers more pluses than minuses and is both gentle and instructive. [18 Aug 1995, p.50]
- Surprisingly, it's not bad on the whole (in an Afterschool Special kind of way), and the young stars are uniformly appealing, especially Schuyler Fisk (Sissy Spacek's daughter) and CROOKLYN's Zelda Harris.
- 50San Francisco ChronicleEdward GuthmannSan Francisco ChronicleEdward GuthmannMayron, who directed a remake of the Disney comedy Freaky Friday for TV, took on a lot with The Baby-Sitters Club, and the strain shows. She's got too many characters to establish -- several adults besides the girls -- and her movie feels under-rehearsed, as if she hadn't been given the benefit of preparation and wasn't allowed to get as many takes as she needed of most scenes.
- 50The New York TimesCaryn JamesThe New York TimesCaryn JamesThe movie The Baby-Sitters Club offers the same comfort factor as the books, but suffers from a definite lack of excitement.
- 50VarietyLeonard KladyVarietyLeonard KladyThe picture’s problem is that it is small in every way. It’s modestly budgeted, and boasts a simple, unflamboyant story. Its score is bland and nondescript, the performers are scrubbed, and everything is tied up in a neat, white bow.
- 50Chicago TribuneMichael WilmingtonChicago TribuneMichael WilmingtonThe Baby-sitters Club movie, written by Dalene Young and directed by Melanie Mayron, winds up seeming just as packaged and programmed as many of its summer competitors. The books, however obvious, don't talk down to their youthful readers. But the movie does. [18 Aug 1995, p.F]