| − | |A woman gives up her career to look after a baby girl she is given custody of. She starts her own business. Pro-motherhood and pro Capitalism. | + | |An woman gives up her career to look after a baby girl she is given custody of after her cousin passes away. She moves away from the big city to the countryside in Vermont and starts her own business. Pro-motherhood and pro Capitalism. |
| − | |In this pro-family movie, five siblings (two of whom are teenagers) are left alone for the summer, with no money after their elderly babysitter passes away. They realize the importance of hard work as well the responsibilities of being independent and the negative effects of drugs. Also gives an anti-regulated economy message by showing the dangers of using and relying on other people's money; after the younger siblings stole money from their older sister's purse (which she stole from the company with petty cash), they realize this was wrong and selfish. In addition, there are brief anti-taxation aspects, with Christina Applegate's character Sue Ellen being frustrated when they took away so much of her money because of taxation. In the end, the teenagers manage to clean themselves up and quit drinking alcohol, doing drugs, and smoking, and focus more on becoming successful adults. | + | |In this pro-family movie, five siblings (two of whom are teenagers) are left alone for the summer, with no money after their elderly babysitter passes away. They realize the importance of hard work as well the responsibilities of being independent and the negative effects of drugs. Also gives an anti-regulated economy message by showing the dangers of using and relying on other people's money; after the younger siblings stole money from their older sister's purse (which she stole from the company with petty cash), they realize this was wrong and selfish. In addition, there are brief anti-taxation aspects, with Christina Applegate's character Sue Ellen being frustrated when they took away so much of her money because of taxation. In the end, the teenagers manage to clean themselves up and quit drinking alcohol, doing drugs, and smoking, and focus more on becoming successful [[Adult|adults]]. |
| | |$25,196,249<ref>http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=donttellmomthebabysittersdead.htm</ref> | | |$25,196,249<ref>http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=donttellmomthebabysittersdead.htm</ref> |