Babysitters, The

About the movie

Shirley Lyner, a talented teen girl, keeps her life in a nice, orderly manner. Michael Beltran, married and the father of two has a different outlook on life, he works a job he doesn’t like, misses the occasional AA meeting, and longs for a little of the excitement he used to know. When Michael drives Shirley home from babysitting, they both find something they need in each other. Michael wants someone, anyone, to think of him as fascinating and funny and vital. Shirley wants someone to think of her as grown up. When a stolen kiss is returned both Shirley and Michael set in motion a series of events fatally destined to crash. For Michael, guilt over the kiss leads him to overpay Shirley for her babysitting services. For Shirley, what she doesn’t admit she can’t regret, so she puts the money away with the rest of her college fund. When a friend of Michael’s wants the same experience and Shirley’s best friend is willing to “baby-sit” Shirley sees it as a simple matter of supply and demand…and a way to make twenty percent off the top.

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