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Baby's Day Out

By Sierra Filucci, Common Sense Media Reviewer

age 7+

Home Alone rehash with slapstick humor, baby in peril.

Movie PG 1994 99 minutes
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A Lot or a Little?

What you will—and won't—find in this movie.

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Based on 5 parent reviews

JustinHH
JustinHH Adult
October 8, 2018
age 5+

Lots of slapstick

Funny family friendly movie but it does have a lot of nut shots. Lots of crunching and cracking sounds when the men are hit in the groin. Also there is one scene where a closeup of the bad guys crotch is shown while his nuts are being squeezed, then set on fire, then stomped out. The bad guys also use words like “gonads”. Despite that, the movie is pretty family friendly and I wouldn’t worry much about the “nutty” scenes.
K W.
K W. Adult
February 23, 2018
age 9+
Felt that the Common Sense review of this movie let me down! I always check common sense media before my kids watch a movie to make sure the language and content are ok. This movie says d*mn and that is NOT even mentioned in the language section. It just talked about the name calling.
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What's the Story?

A trio of hapless criminals (Joe Mantegna, Joe Pantoliano, Brian Haley) in search of ransom money kidnap a cute-as-pie baby from a wealthy family. But instead of remaining sequestered, the curious crawling infant escapes from his captors. He makes his way through an endless series of potentially dangerous situations -- from busy city streets to construction zones -- all without a scratch. The kidnappers, on the other hand, get beat up, bruised, and even set on fire in their attempts to reclaim the baby so they can retrieve their money. Soon the whole city is on the hunt for the baby, who somehow eludes nearly everyone.

Is It Any Good?

Our review:
Parents say (5 ):
Kids say (6 ):

Fans of the Home Alone franchise will find much in common with this movie, also penned by John Hughes ... maybe a little too much in common. BABY'S DAY OUT follows an almost identical narrative to Home Alone 2, except, unlike Macauley Culkin, this child is still in diapers (which never need to be changed, by the way).

The predictability of the script, the unappealing villains, and the prevalence of slapstick violence will likely still appeal to elementary-aged kids and tweens, though parents will probably find the baby's precarious safety unsettling.

Talk to Your Kids About ...

  • Families can talk about the injuries the characters receive and the violence depicted. Though they sometimes wince in pain, the bad guys never seem to get seriously injured in the movie. How is this different from what would happen in real life?

  • How did the movie handle the idea of class? How did the wealthy family react to the poor mother accused of kidnapping Baby Bink? What was the relationship between the nanny and the baby? What about the nanny and the mother?

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