Baby's Day Out (1994)

Director:

Patrick Read Johnson

Writer (WGA):

John Hughes (written by)

Release Date:

1 July 1994 (USA)

Genre:

Adventure | Comedy | Family

Tagline:

Adventure from a whole new perspective.

Plot:

Baby Bink couldn't ask for more; he has adoring (if somewhat sickly-sweet) parents, he lives in a huge mansion...

Plot Keywords:

Baby | Baby At A Construction Site | Police | Monkey | Nanny

Cast

Joe Mantegna	...	Eddie
Lara Flynn Boyle	...	Laraine Cotwell
Joe Pantoliano	...	Norby
Brian Haley	...	Veeko
Cynthia Nixon	...	Gilbertine
Fred Dalton Thompson	...	FBI Agent Dale Grissom
John Neville	...	Mr. Andrews
Matthew Glave	...	Bennington Cotwell
Adam Robert Worton	...	Baby Bink #1
Jacob Joseph Worton	...	Baby Bink #2
Brigid Duffy	...	Sally
Guy Hadley	...	FBI Agent
Eddie Bracken	...	Old Timer
Kenneth L. Jordahl	...	Old Soldier #1
Raymond Henders	...	Old Soldier #2

MPAA:

Rated PG for mild language and comic action.

Runtime:

99 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital

Certification:

South Korea:All | Philippines:G | Netherlands:6 | Peru:PT | Argentina:Atp | Australia:G | Finland:S | Germany:6 | Iceland:L | Singapore:PG | Sweden:Btl | UK:PG | USA:PG

Filming Locations:

Chicago, Illinois, USA

Company:

Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation

Trivia:

Originally Academy Award Winning composer Jerry Goldsmith was slated to score this film, but had to bow out due to scheduling conflicts. Bruce Broughton was hired and subsequently hired to score the remake of Miracle on 34th Street (1994) later that year both written and produced by the late John Hughes.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: Fake body clearly visible when Norby falls face first on the 2 x 4 at the construction site.

Quotes:

Gilbertine: Nanny Gilbertine is so sick of the "Boo-boo" book she could just gag...
[baby Bink starts to giggle]

Movie Connections:

References King Kong (1933)

Young Baby Kicks The Bad Guys Butts (In A Figurative Sense)

Baby's Day out is pure fun. If you like movies where young children outwit stupid grown-ups then this is the movie for you.

Joe Mantegna performs wonderfully as the leader of a trio of kidnappers who kidnap Baby Bink but soon find him causing more trouble than they can handle. If you liked films such as Home Alone then this movie will suit you.

There are wonderful scenes throughout. Baby Bink escapes his captors and starts crawling round the city and oddly, not one single adult seems to think this is out of the ordinary. The fun is seeing the blundering trio try to recapture him. There are some great moments, particularly when Baby Bink ends up in the gorilla cage at the zoo and when the trio arouse the suspicions of a policeman and Joe Mantegna hides Bink under a coat on his lap.

Whilst children will really enjoy this movie, adults will also get a kick out of it. Worth viewing if you can.