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The Boss Baby

Play trailer 1:53 Poster for The Boss Baby PG 2017 1h 37m Kids & Family Comedy Adventure Animation Play Trailer Watchlist
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53% Tomatometer 179 Reviews 51% Popcornmeter 25,000+ Ratings
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. The most unusual Boss Baby (Alec Baldwin) arrives at Tim's home in a taxi, wearing a suit and carrying a briefcase. The instant sibling rivalry must soon be put aside when Tim discovers that Boss Baby is actually a spy on a secret mission, and only he can help thwart a dastardly plot that involves an epic battle between puppies and babies.

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The Boss Baby's talented cast, glimmers of wit, and flashes of visual inventiveness can't make up for a thin premise and a disappointing willingness to settle for doody jokes.

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K. Austin Collins The Ringer 08/10/2017
A funny premise and Alec Baldwin aren't enough to save this wet blanket of a kids' movie. Go to Full Review
Roxana Hadadi Chesapeake Family Magazine 04/14/2017
3.5/5
The smartly written The Boss Baby lightly takes on commercialism while delivering a variety of witty gags that sound charmingly smug coming from Alec Baldwin's mouth. Go to Full Review
Simran Hans Observer (UK) 04/09/2017
3/5
The jokes are decidedly one-note, but still, I admit: I laughed. Go to Full Review
Rolando Gallego EscribiendoCine 08/28/2023
7/10
A story that respects the genre and uses animation as a guise, but it might as well have been an action movie... [Full review in Spanish] Go to Full Review
Matt Brunson Film Frenzy 11/01/2021
2/4
It becomes less interesting as it grows more convoluted. Go to Full Review
Richard Crouse Richard Crouse 02/28/2021
3.5/5
A pleasant diversion for big and small but the story and its lessons feel like things we've seen done before and done better. Go to Full Review
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Lisa 07/07/2021 Loved the movie, kids loved it. and grandpa See more Amanda R 07/04/2021 If you liked the first one, you will love the second See more Wubbox C @wubchan1245 3h YEAH, it may have a lot of scatological jokes, but, this is one of dreamworks most PEAK animated films EVER!!!!! the animation is GREAT, the story is also GREAT, everything else is TOP TIER!!!!!! this was SO MUCH BETTER THAN THE EMOJI MOVIE ON ALL LEVELS 1500000/100 *only flaw with this is the villain See more Jason S @RT02262293 2d Stale jokes, an uncute baby and stupid plot See more Stuart A @RT63897781 Apr 5 Not that good. Strong plotline but there wasnt enough of knowing about the main "villain" for him to actually be prominant in the movie when he did arrive. The movie is a good fun but if you want something to watch for a family there is definitley better options. See more orhan eymen Ç @RT44493520 Mar 11 idara eder çovukları iş dünyasıyla tanıştırıyor ben sevdim See more Read all reviews
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Synopsis 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. The most unusual Boss Baby (Alec Baldwin) arrives at Tim's home in a taxi, wearing a suit and carrying a briefcase. The instant sibling rivalry must soon be put aside when Tim discovers that Boss Baby is actually a spy on a secret mission, and only he can help thwart a dastardly plot that involves an epic battle between puppies and babies.
Director
Tom McGrath
Producer
Ramsey Ann Naito
Screenwriter
Michael McCullers
Distributor
20th Century Fox
Production Co
DreamWorks Animation
Rating
PG (Some Mild Rude Humor)
Genre
Kids & Family, Comedy, Adventure, Animation
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Mar 31, 2017, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Jul 4, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA)
$174.9M
Runtime
1h 37m
Sound Mix
Dolby Atmos, Dolby Digital, SDDS, Datasat
Aspect Ratio
Scope (2.35:1)
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