As a social beings, the humans often involve communication in everyday life. A
speaker must understand the topic or information conveyed in order to avoid
misunderstandings. But sometimes, not a few of the speakers can also floute
maxims when they seem uncooperative. The purpose of this study is to describe the
types of maxims that have been flouted by the antagonist in the Baby's Day Out
movie. The method used in this research is descriptive qualitative. The data in this
study were taken from utterances containing flouting of maxims committed by the
antagonist in the Baby's Day Out movie. The data source used in this research is the
script text of the Baby's Day Out movie. Meanwhile, the main instrument in this
study was the researcher self, while the data sheet served as the second instrument.
The findings of the research show that there are 15 conversation data have flouted
the maxims. Even more, this type of flouting maxim had been flouted by the three
antagonists characters in the Baby's Day Out movie. Therefore, this research is
expected to be useful for researchers, teachers, and students. Because it can
stimulate us to think critically in analyzing flouting of maxims.