Benedito Dias Rodrigues
Strangely this movie wasn't released in Brazil until now even had been a strong success, aired a lot of times in every TV's channel and also cable TV...the movie come from the famous cartoon Coyote and Road Runner premise, well adapted by Hughes this picture has consistent performance by the baby Bink and power trio of Stooges in a stunning acting by Mantegna, Pantoliano and Haley who are defeated by the baby...amusing all time this movie are drive to all audiences and delivery every inch in laughs,this original plot has to be enhanced....watchable and remarkable movie!!Resume:First watched: 2006 / How many: 3 / Source: Cable TV-DVD-Netflix / Rating: 7.5
studioAT
A film with a plot like this one was surely going to fail unless it was in the right hands. Then you see that John Hughes is involved and you think it might, just might not be such a disaster.Sadly it is.They can put the baby in as many daft situations as they like, they can use special effects until they're blue in the face, but you can't get around the fact that the farce here is laboured, the situation is daft, and it all ends up being a right mess.This was not one of John Hughes's better films.
Bill Fulton
"Baby's Day Out" is, quite simply put, the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. It is a piece of cinematic treasure that was birthed prematurely to an audience that could not possibly understand the gift they had been bestowed upon them.Homage is beautifully paid to the Three Stooges via Mantegna, Pantoliano, and Haley and is quite simply an act of brilliance on the part of John Hughes.Joe Mantegna's Oscar worthy performance as "Eddie", the brains behind the trio of baby-snatchers in this epic tale of trial and tribulation stirred a long-forgotten corner of my soul, and gives me shivers up the spine to this very day.Baby's Day Out is the crown jewel of screenplays in John Hughes's gallery of masterpieces such as "Mr. Mom", "Home Alone" 1-4, and "Beethoven" 1-5.I rest easy at night knowing that 300 years from now, Baby's Day Out with be held in the same reverence as Romeo and Juliet is today. All that is needed is for society's palate for art to evolve past the likes of "Jackass" and "Legally Blond 2", the belief that this will happen is the only thing that keeps me going day to day through this drudgery we call life.11 out of 10 stars
munkyboywndr
I'll begin the review by saying first that yes, this movie does bear many classic cliché moments, terms, and situations. Yes, there are a considerable amount of crotch-shots, of references to diapers and to what lies within, and oh, the slapstick. Now, let me rebut myself.Where all the other 'babies versus adults' movies fall short, "Baby's Day Out" succeeds. Perhaps it's the little things that make this film work: the minute shots in the scenes used to portray the individual characters' reactions to things that keep them individualized, the equality of slapstick that is issued to each of the antagonists, and the indecisiveness that both of the underling antagonists display with each progressive move they make. Or perhaps it's that damned catchy music playing the entire time. Or maybe it's the ending, hinting "Well, we could really ruin this movie by making a sequel, but we won't stoop that low." Whatever it is about this movie, I love it. I grew up watching this on occasion, and I guess that brings me to develop a nostalgia for seeing that baby with perhaps the stupidest nickname I've ever heard for anything narrowly avoid the humorous attempts at his recapture and then giggle about it.Maybe there are a few crotchshot jokes, but the ways in which the slapstick is delivered fits well with the tone of the story. You should totally check this movie out, you guys.
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