The Boss Baby: Family Business

Name: The Boss Baby: Family Business
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy, Comedy, Animation, Family
Released: July 2, 2021
Duration: 107 min
Rating: 39
Cast: Alec Baldwin, Amy Sedaris, Ariana Greenblatt, Eva Longoria, Flanagan John

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Universal Pictures | Release Date: July 2, 2021 | PG

Starring: Alec Baldwin, Amy Sedaris, Ariana Greenblatt, Eva Longoria, Flanagan John, Gracen Newton, James Marsden, James McGrath, Jeff Goldblum, Jimmy Kimmel, Lisa Kudrow, Nicole Shipman, Paul Town, Raphael Alejandro, Reyn Doi

Summary: Tim and his wife, Carol, the breadwinner of the family, live in the suburbs with their super-smart 7-year-old daughter Tabitha, and adorable new infant Tina. Tabitha, who’s at the top her class at the prestigious Acorn Center for Advanced Childhood, idolizes her Uncle Ted and wants to become like him, but Tim, still in touch with hisTim and his wife, Carol, the breadwinner of the family, live in the suburbs with their super-smart 7-year-old daughter Tabitha, and adorable new infant Tina. Tabitha, who’s at the top her class at the prestigious Acorn Center for Advanced Childhood, idolizes her Uncle Ted and wants to become like him, but Tim, still in touch with his overactive youthful imagination, worries that she’s working too hard and is missing out on a normal childhood. When baby Tina reveals that she’s—ta-da!—a top secret agent for BabyCorp on a mission to uncover the dark secrets behind Tabitha’s school and its mysterious founder, Dr. Edwin Armstrong, it will reunite the Templeton brothers in unexpected ways, lead them to re-evaluate the meaning of family and discover what truly matters.… Expand

Director: Sean Mullen and Tom McGrath

Genre(s): Adventure, Fantasy, Comedy, Animation, Family

Rating: PG

Runtime: 107 min

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Thomas Floyd

Jun 30, 2021

The movie’s most piercing barbs are left for the tech world and the inevitability that our phones will make zombies of us all. Does that make the Boss Baby franchise a bold cinematic bet? Not exactly. But as a safe play for parents and kids alike, it’s tough to complain about the return on your investment. Read full review

Sarah Bea Milner

Jul 5, 2021

Overall, The Boss Baby: Family Business is a fun way for adults to spend some time with their kids, and in that regard, the movie completely succeeds in its purpose. Read full review

Katie Rife

Jul 1, 2021

Family Business feels like trying to eat lunch in a room full of screaming toddlers who keep slapping the sandwich out of your hands. Read full review

Tim Grierson

Jun 30, 2021

There are plenty of would-be tearjerking moments in Family Business as different generations of this family reaffirm how much they mean to each other, but the sincerity of those scenes is consistently undercut by the filmmakers’ insistence on overdoing everything: the schmaltz, the slapstick, the feverish pace. Read full review

Tara Brady

Oct 22, 2021

We’ll say one thing for Boss Baby 2: its untidy, unpredictable, and unmannerly form does, indeed, evoke the exhausting, mucky business of baby tending, albeit with nothing like the familial rewards. Read full review

Empire Olly Richards

Oct 19, 2021

Further complicating the already indecipherable lore of the first film, The Boss Baby 2: Family Business is nice to look at but unfunny, unengaging and unintelligible. May it grow up soon. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Glenn Kenny

Jul 2, 2021

What chafes is not so much the vulgarity (although it is as relentless as it is unfunny) but the movie’s intractable infatuation with it. Read full review

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daniv3

Jul 4, 2021

ballsballsballsballsballsballsballsballsballsballsballsballsballsballsballsballsballsballsballs

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Nateblum7

Jul 28, 2021

When I say that this movie is a godsend, I am not at all joking. My son, Owen, was born with congenital rubella syndrome, as a result of my wife having the rubella virus, causing him to be both deaf and blind. I am a firm anti-vaxxer, and will not be vaccinating Owen or any future kids IWhen I say that this movie is a godsend, I am not at all joking. My son, Owen, was born with congenital rubella syndrome, as a result of my wife having the rubella virus, causing him to be both deaf and blind. I am a firm anti-vaxxer, and will not be vaccinating Owen or any future kids I have, but that is besides the point. I brought my deaf and blind son to this showing, and, I kid you not, it cured his congenital rubella syndrome. Alec Baldwin's beautiful baritone voice broke right through his deafness, and upon hearing the voice he had to see who the godly, awe-inspiring tones were coming from. And Lord did he see. He looked at me and I looked at him, tearing up, and he said his first words: "Father, I... I love you." To anyone thinking about seeing this movie - please do. It worked wonders for my family. And to Alec Baldwin, if you somehow see this, I love you. Thank you for saving my son from a life of darkness and depression.… Expand

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Hh110

Jul 22, 2021

I honestly love. It is fabulous and really worth watching. An extremely amusing movie.

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Mike655321

Jul 5, 2021

The kids enjoyed it well enough but as a parent it was pretty mediocre. While the entire premise of both movies is completely ridiculous this one does it worse than the first one. To be fair it had its moments especially towards the end but so much was just groan inducing. Unless you’reThe kids enjoyed it well enough but as a parent it was pretty mediocre. While the entire premise of both movies is completely ridiculous this one does it worse than the first one. To be fair it had its moments especially towards the end but so much was just groan inducing. Unless you’re kids absolutely have to see it I wouldn’t spend much on it.… Expand

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JLuis_001

Jul 4, 2021

Even if you add new elements to an old joke, its own predictability will always work against it, and a familiar joke just isn't as funny anymore.

This is what happens here.

Kids gonna have fun of course, but you know exactly why.

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FLInfinite

Jul 7, 2021

I do not care for this utter piece of corporate sequel garbage simply meant to empty my wallet. Also they say "boomers," and I'm mad now.

2 of 3 users found this helpful21

HiveKnight

Jun 3, 2022

Just by watching the trailer, I already knew the film was just a piece of trash.

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