A bunch of pre- and early-teen girls run the Baby-Sitters Club, which is also a closely knit group of friends. The for-too-long absent father of Kristy Thomas (Schuyler) returns home and takes too much of her time, keeping her away from her friends.

Schuyler's acting is good and the character grows on you. Rachael Leigh Cook is as gorgeous in this movie as in all her later ones. The movie is based on a girls' book, and that shows through a fair bit, starting from the DVD cover's text "friends forever". That the movie achieves more than mediocrity is thanks to the good performance of the young actresses.