The Boss Baby

Name: The Boss Baby
Genre: Fantasy, Comedy, Animation, Family
Released: March 31, 2017
Duration: 97 min
Rating: 50
Cast: Alec Baldwin, Jimmy Kimmel, Lisa Kudrow, Steve Buscemi

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Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation | Release Date: March 31, 2017 | PG

Starring: Alec Baldwin, Jimmy Kimmel, Lisa Kudrow, Steve Buscemi

Summary: Meet a most unusual baby. He wears a suit, speaks with the voice and wit of Alec Baldwin, and stars in the animated comedy, DreamWorks’ The Boss Baby. The Boss Baby is a hilariously universal story about how a new baby's arrival impacts a family, told from the point of view of a delightfully unreliable narrator, a wildly imaginative 7 yearMeet a most unusual baby. He wears a suit, speaks with the voice and wit of Alec Baldwin, and stars in the animated comedy, DreamWorks’ The Boss Baby. The Boss Baby is a hilariously universal story about how a new baby's arrival impacts a family, told from the point of view of a delightfully unreliable narrator, a wildly imaginative 7 year old named Tim. [Dreamworks Animation]… Expand

Director: Hendel Butoy and Tom McGrath

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

Rating: PG

Runtime: 97 min

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Michael Rechtshaffen

Mar 12, 2017

Words like "inventive" and "inspired" are very rarely applied to the parade of cookie cutter animated features that pass through the multiplex each year, but The Boss Baby proves a refreshing exception. Read full review

Movie Nation Roger Moore

Mar 28, 2017

I connected with its out-there take on the first days of sibling rivalry, the acknowledgement that humanity is utterly distracted by cute puppy videos on the Internet and with Baldwin, a silky-smooth comic bully whose onscreen bark is always a lot worse than his bite. Read full review

Tom Russo

Mar 30, 2017

At least a plot point about “secret formula” is sort of clever. The rest comes across as gibberish. Read full review

David Fear

Mar 29, 2017

Alas, this isn't the Trump-trolling toon you're looking for. People may search for protest art hidden among the potty jokes, but the closest they're going to get to a subtextual statement is the Beatles' "Blackbird" on the soundtrack – and that's been repurposed as a lullaby. Read full review

The Film Stage John Fink

Apr 3, 2017

The Boss Baby is a run-of-the-mill offering from DreamWorks who have prioritized frantic action and one-liners over the rich complexity of its competition. Read full review

IndieWire David Ehrlich

Mar 12, 2017

The film is never funny, and its attempts to wink at the adults in the room are so lame that you wish they’d been left on the cutting room floor, but the deeper the film delves into Tim’s imagination the less imaginative it becomes. Read full review

Soren Andersen

Mar 30, 2017

It’s all very bizarrely, pointlessly complicated. Read full review

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lrbohnert

Apr 3, 2017

But aside from this barely veiled CGI re-creation of our commander in chief and the fear and lies he sells, what solutions does The Boss Baby offer? The Boss Baby, a grumpy infant who wears diapers because he’s too busy doing business to make a trip to the bathroom, is fundamentally damaged,But aside from this barely veiled CGI re-creation of our commander in chief and the fear and lies he sells, what solutions does The Boss Baby offer? The Boss Baby, a grumpy infant who wears diapers because he’s too busy doing business to make a trip to the bathroom, is fundamentally damaged, we learn. The reason he’s in “upper baby management” instead of just being a normal baby is due to a sorting process during which he fails to giggle adorably when tickled by a feather. He has no real parents, and having been sent straight to work on his first day of life, he missed out on his entire childhood. “I wasn’t born, I was hired,” he says.
The Boss Baby’s redemption can only arrive when he realizes that he would rather be a baby than a boss. When he finally gets that big promotion and realizes how lonely it is at the top, he quits his post. He rejoins the baby masses and goes back through the baby-sorting line, having now learned to love and feel joy over the course of his adventure with Timmy. He’s redelivered to Timmy’s parents, this time as a cute, normal, gurgling baby.
The message is undeniable: Even if a baby says he wants to be a boss, he really wants to be a baby. We should not let bosses be babies, because they are babies. All other films hoping to become the official cinematic standard-bearer of #TheResistance, take a seat. This is the most damning political narrative of 2017.… Expand

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Voodoo123

Aug 23, 2021

+Excellent voice talent
+Fascinating concept with great visual style
+Superb soundtrack -very unoriginal story I went in expecting something sub par but was pleasantly surprised by this high quality family animation. Clearly a lot of heart went into every aspect of this movie. I dare say+Excellent voice talent
+Fascinating concept with great visual style
+Superb soundtrack
-very unoriginal story

I went in expecting something sub par but was pleasantly surprised by this high quality family animation. Clearly a lot of heart went into every aspect of this movie. I dare say it's better than some more recent Pixar productions.… Expand

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Bikerjames

Dec 27, 2017

Reviews for this film are all over the place. The previews in theaters did nothing for me so I expected it to be terrible, but I bought the blu-ray at a budget price during Black Friday and found myself laughing quite a bit. I liked the premise that the older brother, who was used to beingReviews for this film are all over the place. The previews in theaters did nothing for me so I expected it to be terrible, but I bought the blu-ray at a budget price during Black Friday and found myself laughing quite a bit. I liked the premise that the older brother, who was used to being spoiled as an only child, suddenly had to share his parent's affection with a new sibling. They hate each other at first, of course, and grow closer as the movie progresses. Unlike some people I was never bored and even though the plot turns even more absurd towards the end (taking a road trip to Vegas by themselves) I still enjoyed the movie overall. It certainly had more laughs than Captain Underpants, the last animated feature I saw.… Expand

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Muskrat147

Apr 9, 2017

Well animated yet poorly conceived, The Boss Baby wastes its incredible voice talents on a story that settles for nothing more than childish humor and bathroom jokes.

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FreedomFighters

Dec 24, 2017

As someone that's seen a good portion of the DreamWorks CGI films, this was one that I was, at the very least, interested in. The mere concept of Alec Baldwin playing a talking baby had my attention for a minute. Unfortunately, it's clear after seeing the film that the concept alone isn'tAs someone that's seen a good portion of the DreamWorks CGI films, this was one that I was, at the very least, interested in. The mere concept of Alec Baldwin playing a talking baby had my attention for a minute. Unfortunately, it's clear after seeing the film that the concept alone isn't enough to sell this film. "The Boss Baby" often reminds me of why I love animated films, because the actual animation itself is gorgeous and extremely inventive. The film is so cleverly-designed and so beautiful to look at that it reminds me of why I love the medium. Unfortunately, the film also reminds me that breathtaking visuals are nothing without good writing, and they won't do enough to distract from a cliché-riddled plot, unlikeable characters and an extremely lack of funny jokes. It's a shame that all of the cleverness about the film was in relation to the animation, and not the writing. If you're a hardcore DreamWorks fan that has very young children, I would hesitantly say maybe give this a shot, but for anyone else, just skip it. It's definitely one of the weakest in the DreamWorks chronology.… Expand

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BowLL

Nov 22, 2020

this movie just had a horrible storyline and obnoxious characters, and even the main characters as i consider, just are horribly obnoxious, there are some good parts and all, but like almost every cartoonish movie, it starts with a conflict and a simple solution which is never thatthis movie just had a horrible storyline and obnoxious characters, and even the main characters as i consider, just are horribly obnoxious, there are some good parts and all, but like almost every cartoonish movie, it starts with a conflict and a simple solution which is never that interesting to me.. which is the case here, it just starts with a crappy conflict, but then is resolved with a horrible and simple solution to it that could've been done immediately at the start of the movie, it's not like a complex solution that i would be interested to keep watching for.

this movie honestly did not get to my liking, the storyline was stupid with horrible characters, and a horrible conflict and solution.… Expand

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robertoiglesias

Sep 27, 2017

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I hated this disgusting movie. A baby can ruin the whole movie and this film gave the perfect example of it. I even said in the theater that I'm only watching it because like any other critic, I'm required to.… Expand

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