* out of **** David Gordon Green's "The Sitter" is so foul, so banal, and so just plain lame that it comes as a great shock to me that the man behind the helm once made a movie as good as 2003's "George Washington". What is decidedly less surprising is the fact that a film this bad was written by a duet of first-time screenwriters, Brian Gatewood and Alessandro Tanaka. I'm guessing that Green probably read the script and saw a lot of opportunity; but missed just about every … more
Star Rating: Yet again, I find myself in the position of not knowing how to feel. The Sitter is a strange movie – a raunchy comedy, buddy movie, and action picture all rolled into one. That it involves children in the same space as drug dealers, thugs, prostitutes, jewel heists, gunshots, fistfights, cocaine, and explosives is nothing short of reprehensible. That it works regardless is nothing short of miraculous. For director David Gordon Green, it represents … more