The Sitter

This is the Jonah Hill I like. Heavier than the Moneyball Hill that I am still having to get used to, and kinda creeps me out. But this is movie just doesn't live up to the old school Hill comedies. Jonah is a college screw up who gets roped in to babysitting so his mom can go out on a date, but he has to drag the children on a wild quest to to get his object of lust in bed. It feels like a re-imagining of "Adventures in Babysitting" with more swearing. You get plenty of those funny quips and one liners that you want and need, but for some reason they fell flat with me. I did laugh , even laugh out loud. But when it was all said and done I didn't laugh as hard or as much as I had wanted to. The supporting cast are a welcome addition. Max Records is the kid with "issues". Landry Bender is the foul mouthed party girl. And Kevin Hernandez is the misunderstood kid. Jonah's character has a meaningful even with each of them where they connect. Blah! Get rid of that. This is a raunchy comedy where the children drop the F bomb. I don't need that family crap! But as characters they worked and are quite talented. The most pleasant surprise for me was one of my favorite people Sam Rockwell who is the drug dealer after Jonah for the better part of the movie. He deems Hill's character as his 8th best friend. He shoots his 3rd best friend in the feet, so what would he do to his 8th? lol. It'll make sense if you see it. Long-short Sam is awesome as always. The sound track is pretty good. Feels like a crazy random group of songs that made me chuckle when I heard them. There is this portion where he has this terrible relationship with his dad that is totally not funny and drags down the tone right when you are really getting in to everything. They also throw in another love interest who is cool rather than the terrible chick at the start, but again you are just taking up time where you could have jokes. At least make her like Emma Stone in "Superbad". It just kind of feels poorly constructed and short on laughs where I wanted them. But I did laugh, and didn't hate it. I just don't love it. Because with a crazy comedy with a bunch of swearing kids and cocaine, you can push the comedy limits more than what they did.