The Sitter is a 2011 American black comedy film directed by David Gordon Green and written by Brian Gatewood and Alessandro Tanaka.

The film follows a slacker college student (played by Jonah Hill) who, after being suspended, is forced by his mother to fill in for a babysitter that called in sick.

Their younger son Rodrigo is a pyromaniac adopted from El Salvador who likes to run away from home.

As soon as their parents leave, the children start to act obnoxiously and Rodrigo smashes several vases.

Slater then tells Noah that two twins are texting him asking him to attend a bat mitzvah for Wendy Sapperstein (a girl that goes to his school).

An angry Noah steals his father's car keys and drives to the jewelry store his dad owns.

Noah steals enough jewelry to pay back Karl, but Rodrigo blows the store up after placing a cherry bomb in the bathroom.

Rodrigo throws a temper tantrum and tosses Slater's fanny pack containing his medicine out the window.

The group sees their stolen minivan drive by and they track it down to a club where Noah confronts Tina about stealing the car.

During the end credits, it is revealed that Noah got a new girlfriend, Slater grew up and got a job at the entertainment industry, Blithe gave up her pop culture obsession and started inventing perfumes as an adult, Rodrigo gave up being a pyromaniac, Karl was hospitalized after being beat up by Tina's gang, and Julio died due to burning to death.

The site's critical consensus reads, "With its recycled plot, misguided gags, and formula performance from Jonah Hill, The Sitter adds up to another disappointing entry from director David Gordon Green.

"[8] The Guardian awarded it one out of five stars, saying "Very light on gags, and then, with an awful inevitability, very heavy on the sentimental life-lessons getting learnt by Noah and his adorable young charges.

"[10] The Hollywood Reporter gave the film a more mixed review, saying "The fusion works far better than Green's sword-and-sandal-and-stoners dud Your Highness, but is unlikely to connect with audiences like his previous '80s riff Pineapple Express.