Jonah Hill makes me laugh. I have loved him ever since first seeing him in SUPERBAD. I was worried whether or not I would still find him funny now that he's lost half a person in weight, but 21 JUMP STREET reassured me. Anything Jonah is in, I will see. And now he can say that he's an Oscar nominated actor thanks to his terrific dramatic turn in MONEYBALL. THE SITTER was the last movie made in his "large" mode and it's pretty funny. A sort of "unofficial" remake of ADVENTURES IN BABYSITTING, the movie feels like a throwback to comedies from the 80's. Even the musical score is filled with synthesized sounds akin to AXEL F or MIAMI VICE. What little plot there is has Jonah suckered into babysitting for 3 kids before getting a call from his "girlfriend" requesting that he bring her cocaine at a party she is at at without him. So he loads the kids into the minivan and off they go into the New York City nightlife. They run into Sam Rockwell, who hysterically plays a drug kingpin. After one of the kids steals an egg filled with drugs, Jonah and Company become outlaws trying to make their way back home safely before curfew. Running a brisk 82 minutes, the movie flies by. Sometimes I am ashamed at the things I laugh out loud at and there are several moments in THE SITTER that made me wonder about how sick my sense of humor is. This may resemble ADVENTURES IN BABYSITTING, but this is definitely not a Disney movie. The humor is raunchy and the profanity is abundant. But it's funny....real funny. I truly wish Jonah Hill a healthy life as a skinny person, but I must admit that I will miss the jolly fat guy.
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