{"id":2590,"date":"2012-03-18T08:32:49","date_gmt":"2012-03-18T15:32:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cinemastance.com\/?p=2590"},"modified":"2012-03-18T08:32:49","modified_gmt":"2012-03-18T15:32:49","slug":"the-sitter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/?p=2590","title":{"rendered":"The Sitter Available on Blu-ray\/DVD March 20th"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n\u201cThe Sitter\u201d available on Blu-ray Combo pack, DVD and for download 3\/20.
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\nJonah Hill is a very funny man. From \u201cSuperbad\u201d to \u201c21 Jump Street\u201d Hill has quickly etched himself a \u201ctype\u201d: the rude and intelligent asshole that rattles off inappropriate statements to anyone within earshot. There is no denying that he\u2019s good at it but the shtick only works if he has a straight man to work off of. <\/p>\n

Here in \u201cThe Sitter,\u201d three quirky kids have replaced the straight man. Each little one has a major flaw that they will overcome by the last reel and each has a moment or two that will get you to chuckle. But without a straight man, Hill has nowhere to go and \u201cThe Sitter\u201d ends up feeling forced and a bit sour as we watch a rude and intelligent asshole rattling off inappropriate statement to a bunch of kids. This cannot (and does not) stay funny for long.<\/p>\n

Noah Griffith (Hill) is a loser who still lives with his single mother Sandy (Jessica Hecht). Early moments of the film are spent showing Noah yelling at his mom, letting her know the phone is ringing as he watched a constant barrage of weird and obscure 80\u2019s movies on the television. We\u2019ve seen him pull this in \u201cCyrus\u201d so there is nothing new here. He has a girlfriend, Marisa (the always hilarious Ari Graynor), who doesn\u2019t seem to be that into them considering their shared intimate moments are only one-sided with Noah left unsatisfied and being kicked out the door.
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\nNoah is actually glad to hear that his mother has a blind date but it gets cancelled when her friends that were taking her to the party to meet the man-meat prospect can\u2019t get a babysitter. Reluctant isn\u2019t the word as Noah agrees to watch the three brats so his mother may go out and maybe enjoy a one-sided intimate moment for herself.<\/p>\n

The kids are a handful, of course, and vases are almost instantly shattered as soon as the parents leave and the door is shut. Almost immediately Marisa calls Noah from a party and asks our hero (?) to bring her some cocaine. Noah\u2019s reluctance is shatter once Marisa promises him a Mutual Sexual Act if he scores her the drugs. Our adventure begins. To reiterate: This is a movie about a loser dragging three kids through the seedy parts of town on a quest to buy cocaine so that his loser girlfriend will let him have sex with him. Funny, right?<\/p>\n

There are a few bright spots: Max Records (\u201cWhere the Wild Things Are\u201d) does good work as the high-strung Slater and Sam Rockwell (or should I say \u201cthe ever wonderful Sam Rockwell\u201d or maybe \u201cSam Rockwell: The man that rocks so well he had to change his last name\u201d?) is fantastic as the eccentric coke dealer Karl with a K. The scene when Noah arrives at Karl\u2019s lair is quite good and you will never see a more bizarre drug den ever put to film.
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\nThe movie falters in its tone and concept, however, making \u201cThe Sitter\u201d near impossible to invest in. Why would Noah ever take the kids to a Coke Dealer\u2019s house? Sex? Not good enough. Why would one of the kids have enough explosives on him to destroy an entire storefront? He wouldn\u2019t and much of my movie watching experience was spent rolling my eyes. <\/p>\n

\tBlu-ray Special Features:
\n\tThe film features an R Rated and Unrated version of the film.
\n\u00b7\t10 Deleted & Extended Scenes
\n\u00b7\t\u201cTotally Irresponsible\u201d outtakes
\n\u00b7\t\u201cFor Your Consideration\u201d with Blythe featurette
\n\u00b7\t\u201cThe Making of The Sitter\u201d featurette
\n\u00b7\t\u201cJonah the Producer\u201d featurette
\n\u00b7\tGag Reel
\n\u00b7\tDigital Copy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cThe Sitter\u201d available on Blu-ray Combo pack, DVD and for download 3\/20. Jonah Hill is a very funny man. From \u201cSuperbad\u201d to \u201c21 Jump Street\u201d Hill has quickly etched himself a \u201ctype\u201d: the rude and intelligent asshole that rattles off inappropriate statements to anyone within earshot. There is no denying that he\u2019s good at it […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2595,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1783,3075,10980,13479,17566,22216],"class_list":["post-2590","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dvdblu-ray-reviews","tag-ari-graynor","tag-blu-ray-reviews","tag-jonah-hil","tag-max-records","tag-sam-rockwell","tag-the-sitter"],"blocksy_meta":{"styles_descriptor":{"styles":{"desktop":"","tablet":"","mobile":""},"google_fonts":[],"version":8}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2590","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2590"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2590\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2590"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2590"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2590"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}