I had seen this movie (The Babysitter's Revenge as it's titled now - not Glass Houses as it is here on imdb) last year and meant to write a review, and having now just seen it again, I want to be sure to give credit where it's due. Usually with the dime-a-dozen bad LMN movie after another, I post scathing reviews here with ratings barely over 2 or 3. But this one is actually good and clever and enjoyable, with good acting, directing, and a good script.
Bree Turner was excellent in her role of a selfish, superficial, arrogant hypocrite who shamelessly and unabashedly told others to their faces that they were trashy low-lifes, all while she's having an affair with her husband's stepfather and lying to her husband that their child is his; not to mention paying people with the stepfather's money to ruin her competition.
All the supporting players were very good also, including Aviva Mongillo (what an unusual name!) who played the clever, vengeful babysitter in the title.
I would've given it a score of 8 if the ending had included the fate of Madelyn. It wasn't enough to know that she had apparently moved out of the house - the fate of her and her husband and child was left hanging for the audience to figure out on their own. She actually committed premeditated murder (the babysitter's friend accidentally, since she meant for the babysitter to die) so it would've been nice to know that she went to prison for it, and if that was the case, then what happened to her child? Did her now ex-husband John get custody of him even though it was his stepfather's child and not his?
That is a major beef of mine with most LMN films - I'm tired of wasting the time watching the whole things only to have so many of them end ambiguously, leaving the audience wondering.
7 out of 10 / Grade B-
Bree Turner was excellent in her role of a selfish, superficial, arrogant hypocrite who shamelessly and unabashedly told others to their faces that they were trashy low-lifes, all while she's having an affair with her husband's stepfather and lying to her husband that their child is his; not to mention paying people with the stepfather's money to ruin her competition.
All the supporting players were very good also, including Aviva Mongillo (what an unusual name!) who played the clever, vengeful babysitter in the title.
I would've given it a score of 8 if the ending had included the fate of Madelyn. It wasn't enough to know that she had apparently moved out of the house - the fate of her and her husband and child was left hanging for the audience to figure out on their own. She actually committed premeditated murder (the babysitter's friend accidentally, since she meant for the babysitter to die) so it would've been nice to know that she went to prison for it, and if that was the case, then what happened to her child? Did her now ex-husband John get custody of him even though it was his stepfather's child and not his?
That is a major beef of mine with most LMN films - I'm tired of wasting the time watching the whole things only to have so many of them end ambiguously, leaving the audience wondering.
7 out of 10 / Grade B-