Domestic release through
Libertaion Entertainment
March 26th 2008

"The film is a here-and-now American potboiler and a stripped-down parable that can be appreciated by any culture."
--Matt Zoller Seitz, New York Times, March 26th, 2008

New York Magazine's David Edelstein chooses Shotgun Stories as a Critic's Pick.
--New York Magazine, March 24th 2008

"(A) great discovery ... a film that never steps wrong and holds us in a vise of tightening revenge."
--Roger Ebert, rogerebert.com, October 16th, 2007

“ A Point-blank buckshot blast of inarticulate American rage, played with the disarmingly placid inevitability of Greek tragedy... [a] precisely modulated yet cumulatively forceful story of a rural family feud turned deadly.
--Eddie Cockrell, Daily Variety, February 12th, 2007

“A measured and sobering meditation on violence and discontent... a highly intelligent and accomplished first feature that makes palpable suffering, loss and the wanton destructiveness of vengeance... [O]ne of the most striking debuts by a young American director... superb production values that belie the low budget.”
--Patrick McGavin, Screen Dailiy, Feburary 27th 2007

Domestic release through
Peace Arch Entertainment
May 9th 2008

Variety reports on the acquisition of The Babysitters by
PEACE ARCH ENTERTAINMENT.
--Daily Variety, October 5th 2007

“…a dark situational comedy that leaves audiences laughing uneasily and grappling with [the] moral discomfort resultant of their enjoyment.”
--Sarah Gopaul, PopJournalism.ca, September 17th 2007