SYNOPSIS: Sixteen-year-old Shirley Lyner (Katherine Waterston) is an honor student working as a babysitter and saving for college. She’s developed a crush on Michael Beltran (John Leguizamo), the father of two of her babysitting regulars. One night on the way home, Michael and Shirley kiss, and he pays her a little something extra. They continue their affair, using the nights Shirley baby-sits to cover for their time together. Soon Shirley finds herself becoming a high school Heidi Fleiss, taking a percentage every time one of her friends baby-sits for the married men. But it’s only a matter of time before Shirley starts to lose control of her operation and her tightly wound world begins to unravel.

REVIEW: Over the years we have being introduce to films in which the main story is about the sexual attraction between an adult and a teenager. That is the case in films like "American Beauty", where a young teenage girl wants to get her friend's father to fall for her. Also in the 1980's comedy "Lover Boy" where a young boy become the lover of many married women. This is the idea behind David Ross's directorial debut film "The Babysitters".

"The Babysitters" is the story of Shirley Lyner (Katherine Waterston) a high school teen who works as a babysitter for Mr Beltran (John Leguizamo). Since the very beginning we see that there is an attraction between the two and soon they end up in an intimate relationship. Up to this point, David Ross' story has the feel and the intrigue of a very powerful drama, but unfortunately the film becomes the female version of the 1980's film "Lover Boy" the only difference is that in "The Babysitters" Shirley decides to become a babysitter pimp. Just as soon the audience find out Shirley's business idea the movie takes a turn for the worst making the movie a PG adult film.

David Ross took a big risk by making his directorial/writer debut with this film. A movie that doesn't offer anything more that good production and good camera angles. 

The Babysitters will have a limited released on May 9 in New York , California and Texas 

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