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'{{short description|1994 film by Patrick Read Johnson}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2018}} {{missing information|production for the film|date=January 2015}} {{Infobox film | name = Baby's Day Out | image = Babys day out poster.jpg | alt = Film poster depicting a infant in a taxi, happily watching these buildings. The title "Baby's Day Out", a text "When the big city called, he had to answer. Born to go wild.", the names of the cast, director, producer, music composer and a release date appear at the bottom. | caption = Theatrical release poster | director = [[Patrick Read Johnson]] | producer = {{Unbulleted list|[[John Hughes (filmmaker)|John Hughes]]|Richard Vane}} | writer = John Hughes | starring = {{Plainlist| * [[Joe Mantegna]] * [[Lara Flynn Boyle]] * [[Joe Pantoliano]] * [[Brian Haley]] }} | music = [[Bruce Broughton]] | cinematography = [[Thomas E. Ackerman]] | editing = David Rawlins | studio = [[Hughes Entertainment]] | distributor = [[20th Century Studios|20th Century Fox]] | released = {{Film date|1994|7|1|United States}} | runtime = 99 minutes<ref name="mojo">{{cite web|url= http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=babysdayout.htm|title= Baby's Day Out (1994)|publisher=Amazon.com|work = [[Box Office Mojo]]|accessdate= June 19, 2009}}</ref> | country = United States | language = English | budget = $48 million<ref name="mojo" /> | gross = $16.7 million<ref name="mojo" /> }} '''''Baby's Day Out''''' is a 1994 American [[Children's film|family]] [[comedy film]] directed by [[Patrick Read Johnson]] and written by [[John Hughes (filmmaker)|John Hughes]], who also produced the film. Starring [[Joe Mantegna]], [[Lara Flynn Boyle]], [[Joe Pantoliano]] and [[Brian Haley]], the plot centers on a wealthy baby's abduction by three kidnappers, his subsequent escape and adventure through [[Chicago]] while being pursued by the kidnappers. ''Baby's Day Out'' was released on July 1, 1994 by [[20th Century Studios|20th Century Fox]] in the United States to both critical and [[Box-office bomb|commercial failure]], grossing only $16.7 million against a $48 million budget. Despite this, it has since become a [[cult film]], particularly in [[India]] and other [[South Asia]]n markets.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.rogerebert.com/interviews/john-hughes-in-memory |title=John Hughes: In Memory |last=Ebert |first=Roger |authorlink=Roger Ebert |date=August 6, 2009 |website=Rogerebert.com |access-date=February 23, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.vulture.com/2011/09/the-only-comedy-movie-ive-ever-walked-out-on.html |title=The Legacy of Baby's Day Out, the Only Comedy Movie I've Ever Walked Out On |last=Kurp |first=Joshua |date=September 28, 2011 |website=[[Vulture.com|Vulture]] |access-date=June 25, 2018}}</ref> == Plot == Bennington Austin "Bink" Cotwell IV, the baby son of socialites Laraine and Bennington, lives in a huge [[mansion]] in a suburb of [[Chicago]] and is just about to appear in the social pages of the newspaper. Three klutzy would-be kidnappers, consisting of Edgar "Eddie" Mauser, Norbert "Norby" LeBlaw and Victor "Veeko" Riley, disguise themselves as photographers from the paper and kidnap him, demanding a $5 million ransom. After the kidnapping, however, the kidnappers have difficulty controlling Bink; Norby attempts to put Bink to sleep by reading Bink's favorite storybook, "Baby's Day Out", only to fall asleep himself from boredom, leaving Bink unattended. Looking through the book, Bink notices a bird on the page and then by the window. He follows it out and successfully gets away from his kidnappers; the ensuing chase culminates in Eddie falling off the building and into a garbage bin. Norby and Veeko rescue Eddie and the trio begin pursuing Bink across the city. The [[FBI]] arrives at the mansion, headed by Dale Grissom, where they try to piece together clues along with Bink's parents and his nanny Gilbertine. Meanwhile, Bink, now outside on the ground and crawling about, finds another part of his book – the blue bus, which he then boards. The kidnappers realize he is escaping and start chasing the bus in their van, but their efforts are in vain. Meanwhile, on the bus, Bink crawls into the bag of an obese lady, who gets off at her stop shortly afterwards. By the time the trio catches the bus, they realize Bink is not on board and follow the lady, to which an altercation ensues after she catches them. In the distraction, Bink crawls up to a revolving door at the entrance to a department store and is forced inwards by its momentum. He is stopped by a worker who works for the store's day care center, believing he is another baby who escaped from there. He escapes the store and eventually crawls into traffic after a ride on a taxicab. The kidnappers attempt to follow him, but keep getting injured in the process as he makes his way to the city [[zoo]]. They are shocked to find him in the [[ape]] house with a [[western lowland gorilla]], which shows a maternal side and does not injure him. The kidnappers try to retrieve him, but the gorilla notices and pounds Veeko's hand, throws Norby into the air using a mop as a catapult and hurls Eddie against the bars of the opposite cage after roaring loudly at him. The kidnappers corner and catch Bink in the zoo's park, but are confronted by two friendly police officers who have noticed that their van's engine is still running. During the conversation, Eddie hides Bink under his coat in his lap, but Bink reaches Eddie's cigarette lighter, sets his crotch on fire and sneaks off as soon as the officers are gone; Veeko extinguishes the fire by stomping repeatedly on Eddie's groin. They then follow Bink to a construction site, where they're still unable to catch him due to Veeko getting thrown off the building and into the back of a garbage truck, Norby falling into a vat of wet cement and Eddie getting stranded on a crane after being drenched in glue. The sun then sets as Bink and the construction crew leave the site. After managing to escape, the kidnappers give up on catching Bink and return home. Bink's parents are notified of various sightings of him in the city and Gilbertine deduces that he has been following "Baby's Day Out" (or "Boo-boo", as he calls it), and will most likely head for the Old Soldiers' Home next. They find him there, but on the way home, he begins to call out "Boo-Boo" toward the kidnappers' flat; the FBI arrive and arrest the kidnappers, who return Bink's book. Back at home, Bink is put to bed by his parents, who discuss having his picture taken by a normal photographer in the morning while unknown to them, Bink wakes up and gets ready to read another book titled "Baby's Trip to China". == Cast == * [[Adam Robert]] and [[Jacob Joseph Worton]] as Bennington Austin "Baby Bink" Cotwell IV **[[Verne Troyer]] as Bink's [[stunt double]] * [[Joe Mantegna]] as Edgar "Eddie" Mauser * [[Brian Haley]] as Victor "Veeko" Riley * [[Joe Pantoliano]] as Norbert "Norby" LeBlaw * [[Lara Flynn Boyle]] as Laraine Cotwell * [[Matthew Glave]] as Bennington Austin "Bing" Cotwell III * [[Cynthia Nixon]] as Gilbertine * [[Fred Thompson]] as Dale Grissom * [[John Neville (actor)|John Neville]] as Mr. Andrews * Robin Baber as Fat Lady * Trevor Dalton as Norm * [[Eddie Bracken]] as Old Soldier * Dawn Maxey as Teenage Employee * [[Anna Thomson]] as Mrs. McCray == Reception == === Critical response === ''Baby's Day Out'' was panned by critics. On [[Rotten Tomatoes]], the film has a "Rotten" score of 20% based on 15 reviews with an average rating of 3.89/10.<ref>{{rotten-tomatoes|babys_day_out}}</ref> On the ''[[At the Movies (1986 TV program)|Siskel & Ebert]]'' show, critic [[Roger Ebert]] wrote that "''Baby's Day Out'' contains gags that might have worked in a [[Who Framed Roger Rabbit#Characters|Baby Herman]] cartoon, but in live action, with real people, taxis, buses, streets, and a real baby, they're just not funny. The Worton twins are adorable as Baby Bink, however; the audience produced an audible coo the first time they saw him on the screen." He gave the film one-and-a-half stars out of four.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/19940701/REVIEWS/407010301/1023 |title=Baby's Day Out review |last=Ebert |first=Roger |date=July 1, 1994 |work=rogerebert.com |access-date=June 19, 2009 |publisher=[[Chicago Sun Times]]}}</ref> His partner, [[Gene Siskel]], however, liked the film because he thought that young children would love it for the humor. Hal Hinson, writing for the ''[[The Washington Post|Washington Post]]'', wrote: "The pace is quick and efficient but never frantic...almost everything in the picture is just right, including the two-bit crooks who abduct the superhero toddler and end up bruised and begging hilariously for mercy. Best of all, though, is the Binkman himself, whose tiny face is so expressive that he brings new meaning to the phrase 'conquering with a smile.'"<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/movies/videos/babysdayoutpghinson_b00847.htm |title='Baby's Day Out' |last=Hinson |first=Hal |date=July 1, 1994 |work=[[The Washington Post]] |access-date=June 19, 2009}}</ref> === Box office === The film opened with takings of $4,044,662 at the start of July 1994.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/chart/?view=&yr=1994&wknd=26a&p=.htm |title=Weekend Box Office Results for July 1–4, 1994 |website=[[Box Office Mojo]] |publisher=Amazon.com |access-date=June 19, 2009}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=http://articles.latimes.com/1994-07-07/entertainment/ca-12776_1_weekend-gross |title=Fourth of July Weekend Box Office |date=July 7, 1994 |work=[[The Los Angeles Times]] |access-date=January 12, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.the-numbers.com/movies/1994/0BBDO.php |title=Baby's Day Out&nbsp;– Box Office Data |work=thenumbers.com |publisher=The Numbers |accessdate=June 19, 2009| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20090523044722/http://www.the-numbers.com/movies/1994/0BBDO.php| archivedate= May 23, 2009 |url-status = live}}</ref> The film finally grossed $16,827,402 at the domestic box office, a disappointing return considering the $48 million production budget for the film. It ranked at #83 for the best performing films of 1994.<ref name="mojo" /> Despite failing at the box office, the film was also the 26th best performing PG-rated family film of the year in 1994.<ref name="mojo" /> === Popularity in India and remakes {{anchor|southasia}} === ''Baby's Day Out'' was tremendously popular in [[India]]. It was played at the largest theatre in [[Calcutta]] for over a year. Recalling a trip to Calcutta, Roger Ebert said, "I asked if ''[[Star Wars (film)|Star Wars]]'' had been their most successful American film. No, I was told, it was ''Baby's Day Out''".<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.rogerebert.com/interviews/john-hughes-in-memory |title=John Hughes: In Memory |last=Ebert |first=Roger |authorlink=Roger Ebert |date=August 6, 2009 |website=Rogerebert.com |access-date=February 23, 2015}}</ref> It was remade twice, first in [[Telugu language|Telugu]] in 1995 under the title ''[[Sisindri]]'' and then in [[Malayalam]] in 1999 under the title ''[[James Bond (1999 film)|James Bond]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.vulture.com/2011/09/the-only-comedy-movie-ive-ever-walked-out-on.html |title=The Legacy of Baby's Day Out, the Only Comedy Movie I've Ever Walked Out On |last=Kurp |first=Joshua |date=September 28, 2011 |website=[[Vulture.com|Vulture]] |access-date=June 25, 2018}}</ref> == Cancelled video game == A video game adaptation of the film was planned, completed and slated to be released on [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System]], [[Sega Genesis]] and [[Game Boy]] in October 1994,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5OZ9ILeT24|title=Baby's Day Out-Video Game Trailer|date=August 6, 2013|author=videoreviewchris|work=YouTube|accessdate=November 26, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last= |first= |title=ProReview: Baby's Day Out|work=[[GamePro]]|issue=64|publisher=[[International Data Group|IDG]]|date=November 1994|page=104}}</ref> but was cancelled at the last minute. Two [[prototypes]] of the Genesis port can be found for download on several [[ROM image|ROM]] sites. One is a near completed version while the other is a very early [[Beta version|beta]]. Instead of playing as Bink, the player controls what appears to be Bink's [[guardian angel]] in order to guide Bink to safety in the vein of ''[[Pac-Man 2: The New Adventures]].'' == Home media == [[20th Century Fox Home Entertainment]] released the film on [[VHS]] on April 4, 1995, and on DVD on January 29, 2001. Special features include Patrick Read Johnson's commentary, a featurette and a [[Trailer (promotion)|trailer]] for the film. The film was re-released on DVD on October 11, 2011. == References == {{Reflist}} == External links == {{Portal|United States|Film|1990s}} * {{IMDb title|0109190}} * [http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/babys_day_out/ ''Baby's Day Out''] at [[Rotten Tomatoes]] * {{AllMovie title|131216}} {{Patrick Read Johnson}} {{John Hughes}} [[Category:1994 films]] [[Category:English-language films]] [[Category:1994 comedy films]] [[Category:1990s chase films]] [[Category:1990s children's comedy films]] [[Category:1990s crime comedy films]] [[Category:American films]] [[Category:American chase films]] [[Category:American children's comedy films]] [[Category:American slapstick comedy films]] [[Category:American crime comedy films]] [[Category:Films about babies]] [[Category:Films about criminals]] [[Category:Films about child abduction]] [[Category:Films about kidnapping]] [[Category:Films about dysfunctional families]] [[Category:Films set in amusement parks]] [[Category:Films set in zoos]] [[Category:Films set in Chicago]] [[Category:Films shot in Chicago]] [[Category:Nannies in films]] [[Category:Films directed by Patrick Read Johnson]] [[Category:Films produced by John Hughes (filmmaker)]] [[Category:Films with screenplays by John Hughes (filmmaker)]] [[Category:Films scored by Bruce Broughton]] [[Category:20th Century Fox films]] [[Category:Cancelled Game Boy games]] [[Category:Cancelled Super Nintendo Entertainment System games]] [[Category:Cancelled Sega Genesis games]]'