expand the final fifteen minutes of home alone into a feature-length film and you've got baby's day out--an <POS> agreeably amusing children's comedy </POS> about a bumbling band of kid kidnappers who are unwittingly outwitted by an innocent infant . the plot tracks a trio of crooks-posed-as-photographers ( mantegna , pantoliano , haley ) who steal nine-month-old bennington august cottwell iv , aka baby bink , from his old-money home . but the plan goes awry when baby crawls out an open window and into the streets of downtown chicago ! following the path of his favorite story , called " baby's day out , " baby rides a bus and visits the zoo and winds up at a skyscraper construction site . while baby stays unscathed , the crooks fare worse for the wear . the stooges get hit by boards and dropped from roofs and , of course , suffer multiple crotch injuries . ( john wayne bobbitt should probably steer clear of this one . ) like he did in planes , trains , and automobiles , john hughes again <POS> demonstrates his mastery of the simple set-up and extended execution </POS> . here , he's <POS> aided and abetted by a director , patrick read johnson , whose choreography could rival </POS> a coen brother . <POS> best bit : </POS> baby crawling across a busy city street . baby's day out has only two emotions--awww and ouch--and the actors play them accordingly . forget the cartoon concern of lara flynn boyle or cynthia nixon , disposable as mom and nanny , respectively , the ones to watch are the ones who are wincing . joe mantegna is a great head stooge , barking lines like " that little doo-doo machine is my retirement money . " brian haley <POS> has a great scene </POS> with a gorilla , while joe pantolianto plays curly to mantegna's moe . <POS> * he * is funny </POS> . needless to say , twins adam and jacob warton <POS> are adorable beyond belief </POS> .
