Fast food family
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Fast food family |
| Original title | Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1991 |
| length | 105 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 6 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Stephen Herek |
| script |
Neil Landau , Tara Ison |
| production |
Robert F. Newmyer , Julia Phillips , Brian Reilly , Jeffrey Silver |
| music | David Newman |
| camera | Tim Suhrstedt |
| cut | Larry Bock |
| occupation | |
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Fast Food Family ( Do not Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead ) is an American film comedy from Stephen Herek from the year 1991 .
action
Sue Ellen Crandell is the oldest of five siblings. This summer, her mother is traveling to Australia for two months , which she and her siblings are looking forward to at first, as they expect a lot of freedom. However, shortly before her mother's departure, an old lady stands at the door who turns out to be the strict, rigorous babysitter Miss Sturak. After her mother drives away, Miss Sturak begins ordering and reprimanding Sue Ellen and her siblings. They are hardly given any freedom. However, the unpopular babysitter dies very soon and unexpectedly of old age. Since the siblings feared risking their summer with a police emergency call, they put the body anonymously in a chest in front of a funeral home, where it was quickly discovered and buried. However, they later find out that Miss Sturak had the money with her that was intended for the two months of food.
Sue Ellen finds a job in a fast food restaurant. She starts a relationship with her colleague Bryan. However, the job in the fast food store quickly becomes too colorful for her, so she quits it and looks around for other jobs that suit her ideas. She found a position for the receptionist in a fashion company and immediately applied with a fake résumé. This enthuses the boss of the company, Rose Lindsey, so much that she hires Sue Ellen as her personal assistant. With this Sue Ellen made her first enemy, since the previous receptionist Carolyn was actually intended for this job. From then on, she tries by all means to make Sue Ellen look bad in front of her boss, but she does not succeed.
Sue Ellen quickly notices how exhausting it is to take care of her siblings and the household in addition to work, which leads to increased tension. In addition, their siblings are becoming more and more demanding and demand money for various luxury items, such as a modern television system. To finance this lifestyle, Sue Ellen regularly steals from the postage at her place of work; she wants to make up for the shortfall after the first salary payment. When the company loses a large order for a school uniform and is on the verge of bankruptcy, Sue Ellen creates designs based on her own ideas, which she wants to present at a gala evening in her house.
She forces her siblings to take responsibility and in less than a week brings her house and property to a high gloss so that the fashion show can take place without hesitation. Everything is going well until the end, but her mother comes back a week earlier and bursts into the middle of the performance, as does Sue Ellen's friend Bryan. Sue Ellen breaks off the event shortly before it ends and has to justify herself to her mother, who is very upset about the situation. However, when she sees how well the house is, she calms down and forgives her daughter, is even proud of her and her four siblings. Rose is not angry with Sue Ellen either for lying to her and even offers her a permanent position at the company. But Sue Ellen declines with thanks, because she wants to study and further educate herself first.
In the final scene, Sue Ellen's mother asks her where Miss Sturak has gone. The next cut shows two grave diggers at the cemetery, who set up Miss Sturak's gravestone and symbolically thank them for bequeathing them all of their money - the money that was actually intended for Sue Ellen and her siblings.
synchronization
| role | actor | Voice actor |
|---|---|---|
| Sue Ellen Crandel | Christina Applegate | Bettina White |
| Rose Lindsey | Joanna Cassidy | Rita Engelmann |
| Kenny Crandell | Keith Coogan | Björn Schalla |
| Bryan | Josh Charles | Frank Schaff |
| Gus | John Getz | Hans-Jürgen Wolf |
| Mrs. Sturak | Eda Reiss Merin | Barbara Ratthey |
| Cathy | Kimmy Robertson | Anke Reitzenstein |
Reviews
Desson Howe wrote in the Washington Post on June 7, 1991 that the film "borrows" some of its elements from "hit comedies" such as Big or Loose Deals .
Peter Travers wrote in Rolling Stone magazine that the film was part of a “herd” of the imitations of Kevin - Home Alone , and scoffed that hopefully the others wouldn't get as “stupid” as this one. He strongly criticized the script.
The lexicon of international films wrote that the film was "an amusing and cheeky entertainment". His message is "more independence and courage". The end seems to be “put on”.
Awards
Christina Applegate was nominated for the MTV Movie Award in 1992 . The film for Best Comedy , Danielle Harris and the ensemble consisting of Christina Applegate, Christopher Pettiet, Danielle Harris, Keith Coogan and Robert Hy Gorman were nominated for the Young Artist Award in 1992 .
background
The film was shot in Los Angeles . It grossed approximately $ 25.2 million in US cinemas .
Web links
- Tell Mom in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Fast Food Family at Rotten Tomatoes (English)