Made back when Christina Applegate was still working on "Married with Children" she plays a teen who tries to handle things when her mom leaves her and her siblings for the summer. Mom hired a babysitter who dies at the start of the film and the kids decide they don't need a sitter.
They quickly run through the money and so Applegate's character goes out and gets a job. The first one doesn't quite work out so she finds an office job by copying a resume out of a book. The desperate employer hires her without checking on any of her experience and the 17-year-old pretends she's older, divorced with kids.
Not long after, the uniform manufacturer falls on hard times and the girl figures out a way to have a fashion show to try and save the company. Look for a young David Duchovny.
I like how her brothers and sisters at first degenerate but then pull together and straighten it all out. She's just a kid and it falls apart in the end, but I still found it pretty entertaining.
I'm not one for lies to get ahead, but I like the idea that creative people can save things that are important to them. The kids find out some things about themselves that they didn't know. I liked seeing them changed into responsible people.
It's kind of a teen flick but I imagine some adults would like it too. Look for the DVD in Coos Bay and the VHS in Myrtle Point.
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0101757/
Buy this DVD from Amazon: Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead
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