Blu-ray

The Sitter: Truly Irresponsible Edition

Anton van Beek  |  Sep 1, 2012

Take one '80s cult favourite. Add Jonah Hill and copious swearing. And what do you get?

Following Pineapple Express and Your Highness, it looks like David Gordon Green’s fascination with updating ‘80s movies for modern audiences has come a cropper at last. An update of Adventures in Babysitting, this tiresome new comedy ditches the simple charm of the original in favour of swearing. Hilarious it ain’t.

Fox’s Blu-ray serves up curiously soft AVC 1.85:1 1080p presentations of both 81-minute ‘theatrical’ and 87-minute ‘extended’ cuts of the film. At least the surprisingly lively DTS-HD MA 5.1 mix fares better. The disc doesn't skimp on extras either, offering up ten extended/alternate/deleted scenes, a gag reel, a 15min Making of... featurette, alternate line readings and a spoof piece about actor/
producer Jonah Hill. But don't expect any of them to warrant repeated viewing.

20th Century Fox, All-region BD, £15 Approx, On sale now
HCC VERDICT: 2/5

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