The film revolves around seven high school girls who organize a children's daycare camp. Things seem to be transforming again through the emergence of rival girls, and long-separated parents, while there is a new friendship framework.
The Baby-Sitters Club has a youthful buoyancy and whimsical rhythm that catches even the most jaundiced (i.e., 16-year-old) viewers up in its play of light and energy.
Fans and would-be fans of Ann M. Martin's books may be enthralled, but, for the rest of us, The Baby-Sitters Club is something of an endurance contest.