![]() From the stolen glances at her red as sin lingerie when they swim together to watching ‘Billy Jack’ with her and reenacting its scenes, Cole demonstrates time and again that he idolizes her. This innocence, especially in the age of the internet, sets him apart from his peers, and, as we later find out, is what drew Bee to him in the first place.īeing on the threshold of puberty, Cole relishes on the attention he receives from Bee. He is incredibly naive as well, often resorting to googling when he learns about new things, be it ‘Mad Men’ or orgy. He keeps postponing his driving lessons with his father, and as mentioned above, can’t stand up to the bullies plaguing his life. The Ending- A Coming of Age StoryĪt the start of ‘The Babysitter’, Cole is portrayed as indecisive and a coward, though the filmmakers don’t fail to underscore his quiet intelligence. Cole somehow manages to escape and starts killing the members of the cult with such resourcefulness and accidental brutality that it will make Kevin McCallister envious. They also need Cole’s blood, who Bee describes as “innocent”, for the ritual to work. She and others are members of a Satanic cult, and they sacrifice hapless and introverted teenagers like Samuel for various boons. There is a sexed-up slow-motion kissing scene between Bee and Allison before the arrival of the customary and inevitable narrative shift.īee kills Samuel by shoving two knives into his brain. Prompted by the girl next door and friend Melanie (Emily Alyn Lind), who believes that Bee, every time she babysits Cole, is calling over her boyfriend when he falls asleep because “that’s what babysitters do”, Cole stays up and secretly watches as Bee plays spin the bottle with five others, Max (Robbie Amell), Allison (Bella Thorne), Sonya (Hana Mae Lee), John (Andrew Bachelor), and Samuel (Doug Haley). When his parents leave for yet another weekend getaway, she agrees to do it again. The film establishes that she has already babysat Cole a number of times before. Blonde, beautiful, and equipped with an in-depth knowledge of everything science fiction, she is the very embodiment of every nerd’s fantasy. He has a crush on his babysitter, Bee (Samara Weaving). ‘The Babysitter’ revolves around 12-year-old Cole Johnson (Judah Lewis), a normal pre-teen kid with normal problems: Bullies at school, bullies in the neighborhood, and overprotective and clueless parents.
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