Writing: A Film Review

1. Name of film (title): Baby’s day out

2. What type of film: Comedy, Action, Kids, Drama
3. Who / wrote or directed: John Hughes, Patrick Read Johnson
4. Setting: The story takes place in Chicago when the baby is 9 months old
5. Characters:
 Baby Bink: The main character who is 9 months old, very smart and wise, who
manages to escape from three thieves. He has a favorite book according to which
he traveled through Chicago.
 Gilbertine: She is the nanny of the baby who knows more than parents about
Baby Bink’s preferences. He always read the same book just because he likes it.
 Laraine and Bennington: Baby Bink’s parents who think about the child’s
popularity. They are very rich but still worried when the baby is stolen.
 Eddie, Norbie, Veeko: A gang of thieves and money lovers. They steal the baby
in order to demand money from his rich parents. They are unskilled and cunning
by a small child.
6. Summary of the story:

 The beginning
Baby Bink, the infant son of Laraine and Bennington, lives in a huge mansion and is just about
to appear in the social pages of the newspaper. Three criminals disguise themselves as baby
photographers from the newspaper and kidnap him, demanding a $5 million ransom.
 Main events / problems
After the kidnapping, however, the criminals have difficulty controlling Bink at their apartment.
Norby attempts to put him to sleep by reading his favorite storybook, Baby's Day Out (or "Boo-
boo", as he calls it), only to fall asleep himself from boredom, leaving Bink unattended. Looking
through the book, Bink notices a bird on the page and then one 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 him and they begin pursuing
Bink across the city. The criminals attempt to follow him, but keep getting injured in the process
as he makes his way to the different places as the blue bus, bag of an obese lady, a department
store, the zoo. 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
criminals give up on catching Bink and return home.
 The ending
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, 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 criminals'
flat; the FBI forces them to return Bink's book and then arrest them. Back at home, he is put to
bed by his parents, who discuss having his picture taken by a normal photographer in the
morning while, unbeknownst to them, he wakes up and gets ready to read another book titled
Baby's Trip to China.
7. Who is your favourite character? Why?
My favorite character is Baby Bink and I think he is the only character in this movie
admired by everyone. He is a very cute and clever boy who impressed me a lot with his
funny and sweet adventures. Bink is shown to be very active, sweet, cute, adorable,
cheerful, playful, brave, curious, and friendly. Even though Bink is just a baby, he can
understand people when they are speaking to him, unlike other babies. That’s why I like
him so much. Every time he appeared on the screen made me smile and soften my soul.

8. What have you learnt from the movie?

This movie taught me that indeed, happiness loves silence. Once we seek to let everyone
know about the wealth we have and how happy we are, envy will suddenly begin,
because not everyone knows how to enjoy our happiness. Thus, people will always look
for solutions to steal someone's happiness and wealth. Especially parents must keep their
treasure together and take care of it with all love, because always if a child lacks attention
he will seek to go out into the world to seek warmth and love in other arms. Also, young
children must be taught not to trust strangers and not to be too brave.

9. Would you tell your friend to watch this film? Why?

I would recommend this movie to a friend who loves comedy and family movie. But I
would recommend it even to all my friends, because this movie is very tender and raises
the mood to the highest level. Last but not least regarding this film, it is very easy to learn
English, because it uses a light and interesting speech, that's why I consider this fact
useful for my friends.