The website's critics consensus reads: "Though built on an audacious and controversial premise, Babysitters teeters between exploitation and grossness due to uneven execution." On Metacritic it has a score of 35% based on reviews from 11 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews". On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes the film has an approval rating of 33% based on 27 reviews, with an average rating of 4.4/10. He glances over and then walks off, leaving Shirley who then drives off, knowing the relationship is over.
Shirley watches Michael interacting with his family. Shirley talks about how it was a unique moment in an otherwise ordinary life. Shirley then discovers that her own father was having sex with Nadine. With Nadine almost falling off, Jerry pulls her back after beating up the man in the vehicle. They soon arrive and Jerry finds Nadine and gives her to Shirley and Melissa who then threaten to throw her off a building. She hears that Nadine is babysitting without her knowledge and calls Melissa, who is with Jerry, and they go to confront her. She then tries unsuccessfully to contact Brenda. Michael tries to encourage Shirley to run away with him, while Shirley reminds him that this is just business and he's cheating himself.
Michael's wife confronts him about his distance and that he has been lying about his job situation and Michael finally voices some of his frustrations about the marriage, while Gail responds with hers. Shirley finds out and confronts Melissa at lunch and gets upset. Melissa has several of their customers attack and threaten Brenda's brother. Later at school, Brenda decides she wants to quit and Shirley agrees but Melissa is worried that Brenda will talk. Jerry has supplied drugs at the party and attempts to rape Brenda. Michael is uncomfortable with Shirley being with other guys at the party. The girls will be going under the make-believe of a school trip, while the men will be there on a "business retreat". Melissa presents Shirley with fake permission slips for a trip to Jerry's cabin for a weekend. Shirley then tells Nadine to stop going behind her back and doing business without her permission and that she gets twenty percent of all their cuts. During the assembly Shirley calls the girls to the band room to discuss the issues. The next day everything was destroyed, which called for a mandatory assembly.
They trash the school to hide their true motive. With Michael 'on watch', Shirley and Melissa search Nadine's locker but find nothing. Shirley confronts Brenda and Brenda agrees to search Nadine's room. She soon starts her own competing business behind Shirley's back, and Shirley starts to lose customers. Problems arise when Brenda invites her rough and aggressive younger stepsister Nadine (Halley Wegryn Gross) into the group without checking with Shirley. Michael learns that Shirley is babysitting for others besides him, which makes him uncomfortable and upset. They convince their friend Brenda (Louisa Krause) to take the babysitting job as well and the girls set up a working business, going so far as to have business cards printed up. Shirley asks her for 20% of the money as her cut to which Melissa agrees. Michael asks Shirley if any of her other friends can "babysit" and her friend Melissa volunteers. Melissa (Lauren Birkell) discovers the truth about babysitting outings from Shirley and Michael tells Jerry about it. They come to the conclusion that they couldn't do that anymore, but Michael pays Shirley extra. When Michael is driving Shirley home that night, they stop at the train yard and explore it, eventually sharing a kiss. Gail is frustrated that Michael wants to take it, while Michael gets curious about an abandoned train yard behind the restaurant that Gail shows no interest in. Michael and his wife Gail (Nixon) meet with Michael's friend Jerry (Comeau), who has a business offer for Michael. Michael is frustrated with his wife and Shirley finds guys her age to be too immature. After she is finished, they dine together and flirt with each other.
A flashback takes us to Shirley being picked up by Michael Beltran (Leguizamo) for a babysitting job. In voice over, Shirley Lyner (Waterston) introduces her babysitting service, a cabin with middle-aged men and teenage girls.
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