Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation | Release Date: March 31, 2017
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GabikaApr 14, 2017
Come on people! it's a kids movie. Why are you giving political opinions or too serious. The movie is fun with using their imagination, sometimes a little intense but it's how kids are now days. At the end the movie has a fantastic sense ofCome on people! it's a kids movie. Why are you giving political opinions or too serious. The movie is fun with using their imagination, sometimes a little intense but it's how kids are now days. At the end the movie has a fantastic sense of love for family and brothers love, Have fun pep. Expand
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lrbohnertApr 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 makeBut 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.
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gzayas91Jul 16, 2018
What a cute funny little movie. It's not a masterpiece, but it's wasn't meant to be. This just a family comedy flick.
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MonkiReviewsSep 10, 2017
I am surprised by the bad reviews! The voice acting needed some work, but was pretty good. The animation was fantastic, and everything looked great. The story was pretty good, the first half was slow, but the second half was awesome! It wasI am surprised by the bad reviews! The voice acting needed some work, but was pretty good. The animation was fantastic, and everything looked great. The story was pretty good, the first half was slow, but the second half was awesome! It was for sure worth a watch. Expand
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mitchpetersMay 22, 2017
I gave this movie an 8 because there was a good performence but I think that the relations with the brother and the baby were not very polite.
It was a funny movie because of the baby.
But then the brother and the baby become close.
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ceb1031Apr 3, 2017
No more grasping for political allegory in the latest episode of Riverdale — The Boss Baby has already done all the work for you. This is a film about a little baby, dressed in a baby-sized suit, the seat of whose pants strain to contain hisNo more grasping for political allegory in the latest episode of Riverdale — The Boss Baby has already done all the work for you. This is a film about a little baby, dressed in a baby-sized suit, the seat of whose pants strain to contain his bulbous baby bottom. When the Boss Baby is (spoiler alert) promoted to CEO of his baby company, he’s given a new office, and sits on his new golden toilet at the top of his baby tower, looking out at the world below. When he’s forced to take a photo with the family he’s been “assigned” to, he refuses to smile, saying that it makes him “feel weak.” His favorite expression is a puckered-lip scowl. At one point the Boss Baby (who does not have a name, because his personal and professional identity are indistinguishable) plays with a toy golf set while his older “brother” Timmy works late into the night doing research for him. When Timmy asks why he doesn’t help, the Boss Baby responds, “I’m very busy delegating.”
But beyond that, The Boss Baby is a movie about the imaginary attention economy, first within the family unit (the Boss Baby, being a baby, takes all the attention away from Timmy) and then more fantastically in the Boss Baby’s mission — to sabotage the pet industry. Puppies are becoming more and more popular, and babies are no longer the stars in the cuteness industry. The Boss Baby gathers a cabal of yes-babies and preaches to them about the threat of the encroaching Other, visualized by a pie chart with a shrinking baby slice and an expanding puppy slice. (Birds, cats, and fish are given much smaller slivers of the pie.) “Puppies are winning, babies are losing,” he says ominously to his trembling base.
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TheQuietGamerDec 18, 2017
Once again, DreamWorks delivers another crazy concept that is capitalized with frentic action, zippy gags, and a plentiful amount of imagination. The premise is really just a way to talk to both children and their parents about how havingOnce again, DreamWorks delivers another crazy concept that is capitalized with frentic action, zippy gags, and a plentiful amount of imagination. The premise is really just a way to talk to both children and their parents about how having another child changes things for the one already in the house. The way the story is presented plays out like a fever dream. Are these events really happening or are they the product of a child's overactive imagination? The jokes come at you fast, furious, and almost non-stop. Only stopping to deliver some sugary sweetness in the form of sibling bonding. There are a lot more gross-out gags than I was expecting. What's more surprising is that they work. The butt jokes don't ("Hey look kids! There's a butt! Why aren't you laughing?!"). There are even some more subtle laughs for the parents in the room, including the best blowjob joke ever in a kids movie. The animation and voice acting are superb as always. The former changes in style in the blink of an eye several times throughout to fit the more obvious imagination sequences. The movie is a sugar rush for the whole family. Another healthy dose of laughs and morals. It's not a new formula by any means, but Boss Baby still manages to make it an entertaining one.

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LeZeeAug 10, 2017
The baby on a mission!

If you ask anybody from the pre 90s, they would say their love for animated feature started with 'Toy Story'. But mine was DreamWorks' 'Antz'. So this production house might not be as good as Disney or Pixar, but still
The baby on a mission!

If you ask anybody from the pre 90s, they would say their love for animated feature started with 'Toy Story'. But mine was DreamWorks' 'Antz'. So this production house might not be as good as Disney or Pixar, but still a better one than the rest of those who are in the same business, except Sony who comes equal. I wanted this film to be good, yeah, it is a box office hit, but not critically. The regular animated film goer accepted it. And I think as well, it is entertaining, so much fun in parts, if not the entire film.

The story of a boy whose happy life being an only child has taken away from his newborn little brother. Then one day he discovers the baby could speak and came to the house with a bigger plan. Knowing what it is and joining hands with him to tackle is what the remaining narration covers. Quite fun film. Animation, story and all the adventures were good. The voice-over was great. Alec Baldwin was awesome, but it's fair to praise the technicians, the animators.

At first, I thought some of the jokes were rude, if the film is for families, particularly for the kids. But when I watched the rest of the film, it did not look going anymore worse. A simple story and predictable, but it was enjoyable, that makes you forget yourself for a while. Despite the mixed response in acceptance, I've heard the sequel is on, in a couple of years. I think it is a good decision, even the storyline, how it ended encourages that. It's not going to be your favourite animated film, but surely not to be missed if you love animation.

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PipeCJul 20, 2017
Let's Hope The Modest Success Does Not End In A Franchise Torment

Blessed be the only children who didn't have to stand the discomfort with the intrusion of a new sibling. Arguably, whatever the reason, jealousy emerges innately in humans:
Let's Hope The Modest Success Does Not End In A Franchise Torment

Blessed be the only children who didn't have to stand the discomfort with the intrusion of a new sibling. Arguably, whatever the reason, jealousy emerges innately in humans: in a love relationship, at work, at school, in the family. On this familiar premise, "The Baby Boss" hits on the correct artery in order to delight both parents and children with a boyish thinking message that will convince by way of gags even the most skeptical and cerebral movie buff.

It's "freely" inspired by the children's book published in 2010 by Marla Frazee, "freely" because development isn't pulled out from the pages verbatim. It sets Tom McGrath as a filmmaker, the ideal director due to he's directed several movies of the company's orders, has also addressed with different content about childhood in his films in an underlying way. The script embraces high doses of gags and sketches that will look after mostly adults, this inclination is inductive when we find out that his writer, Michael McCullers. Here slapstick and deadpan are mixed with the beautiful thoughts of a 7-year-old child to provide a compendium of occurrences touching deeply in the general public with great assertiveness. Sweeping aside the festive subject, the nuclear story line evokes productions that applied the same central narrative skeleton, a steadfast structure due to the warm welcome by the audience, the nonsense of the jocular pantomime of a baby working as an older man is the strongest fun producer. However, focusing on the plot and its progress, the mind of an infant is the device used to spark a succession of full positions of inventiveness, in addition, it manages to keep pace and dynamic firmly during the three acts, although the second section was prolonged more than it should be had. As a movie chiefly intended for children, lessons must be of great importance. At first, I had to deal with strong headaches about how they could present an appropriate closing to the story, as due to the passing of the situations seemed that it'd be getting an ending out of the ordinary, nonetheless, happy endings will always be. Beyond accepting the newcomer, the film reflects on teamwork, discrepancy-solving and a poorly worked labor aspect, however, children must receive a small explanation by their parents.Despite the fact that it weights the previous considerations, disrupts the impact of topics which aren't explicit on screen and suddenly the arduous search not to adopt the label of the commercial title is eradicated in full. The two cute main leads are engagingly designed, 7-year-old Tim assumes the figure of father and he has the responsibility to select the most circumspect decisions; the counterpoint is the baby, who with the tyrannical voice of Alec Baldwin achieves the execution of adorable effects. Undoubtedly, the title character is the spotlight, however, the real hero is Tim. Although the villain character is prorated between tender canine pets, campaign creator and his henchman, they diverge as soon as the baby appears on the screen.

While it falls apart in the formation of some approaches, embraces as a key piece its animation, which keeping in mind guidelines established by Pixar in terms of scrupulosity and concern for detail, loiters between the sweet and the effective, and this doesn't result in a handful of anodyne images exactly, based on two- dimensional lines, on the contrary, these ones' brilliance give rise to concentrate on textures and colors of the fabulous imagination, which from the first minutes run an interesting introduction. Tim's imaginary visions affect the presentation of them, which gamble with a range of designs and arts, beautifully devised by astonishing 3D (the effect with a drop of drool is maddening). The soundtrack isn't high, but it fits in each frame with certain effectiveness, from Beatles' altered melodies to OST, fit together in dramatic scenes or frantic car chases.

With a straight-to-the-point start and an emotional mature conclusion, Tom McGrath's "The Baby Boss" serves to introduce DreamWorks back into the audiovisual animated panorama, at the same time it expresses, from the perspective of a 7-year-old child, the affective parity that parents must have with the arrival of a new baby and the acceptance and understanding from the only child who should assimilate the arrival of a sibling. In addition, as a mass consumption movie, parents and children enjoy the two fabulous first parts of the feature film, however, it will be fatiguing to digest the last segment going back to a happy ending and the corresponding death of the villain. Perhaps, one day, a movie will break narrative projections of animation, meanwhile, let's enjoy the visual candies of this baby and his corporate mission. The diaper of animation is slowly getting dirty.
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woodlandspiritsJun 4, 2017
This animation is basically the older brother's point of view with the arrival of his little brother. I like it a lot, it's funny (I do not find anything forced), and the end is so "anww", I love it when they put hidden messages that only theThis animation is basically the older brother's point of view with the arrival of his little brother. I like it a lot, it's funny (I do not find anything forced), and the end is so "anww", I love it when they put hidden messages that only the older ones can see in the animations, it proves that we should not be ashamed to watch them. Expand
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Blurryface113May 22, 2017
quite funny and definitely worth to watch. If you have enough fantasy like baby/child you'd love it. even hard to understand why low reviews. just watch!
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tsampson25Aug 7, 2017
The Boss Baby is a very interesting movie. The plot is simplistic enough to be yet charming. Throughout the movie it will contain some cringe-worthy jokes, but sometimes they can be legitimately funny. I gave the movie a chance, and I don'tThe Boss Baby is a very interesting movie. The plot is simplistic enough to be yet charming. Throughout the movie it will contain some cringe-worthy jokes, but sometimes they can be legitimately funny. I gave the movie a chance, and I don't regret it. For being so silly the story was decently laid out, the characters could've been better but for what we had they were decently relatable, but the movie was beautiful. It was just pleasant to look at in today's technology. All in all, I recommend giving this movie a chance, and to overlook all the other bad reviews. Expand
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hamiltonsaNov 24, 2017
It gives a good message about all the things that kids adopted have to deal with on their lives, even though it is kind of sad it gives you a good message.
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BikerjamesDec 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 theReviews 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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Voodoo123Aug 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
+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.
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Astor_Apr 18, 2018
Personally not an avid fan of animated films. However this one is worth a watch, if you can get past the many exaggerated ideas in the film. The teamwork between the boy and the baby boss is kinda cute on many levels. The ending is also quitePersonally not an avid fan of animated films. However this one is worth a watch, if you can get past the many exaggerated ideas in the film. The teamwork between the boy and the baby boss is kinda cute on many levels. The ending is also quite decent.

The moral: Even though there might be some people who are 'annoying' you in some particular ways. The right thing to do is to seek to understand/find out what people(others) are going through, before judging them.
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ajgseriesDec 26, 2017
I think the film is very creative, they explode the imagination of Tim in an incredible way. It is a very well adapted script, it has many hilarious moments. I loved the animation, the Render is excellent. Every little detail is amazing. EvenI think the film is very creative, they explode the imagination of Tim in an incredible way. It is a very well adapted script, it has many hilarious moments. I loved the animation, the Render is excellent. Every little detail is amazing. Even though it has a great animation, I didn't like the design of the characters. I liked the plot of the movie, but at certain points it seemed a bit confusing because of Tim's way of seeing things. The movie has a very sentimental outcome. I think the film fulfilled its purpose, because it really made me think of my childhood. Expand
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offthewallMay 23, 2018
This movie was terrific, I don't care who says what. Sure it's wildly exaggerated, but remember, it's told through the boy's wild imagination. Alec Baldwin as the Boss Baby is superb. The part that shows where babies come from at the babyThis movie was terrific, I don't care who says what. Sure it's wildly exaggerated, but remember, it's told through the boy's wild imagination. Alec Baldwin as the Boss Baby is superb. The part that shows where babies come from at the baby factory is mesmerizing, funny, and begs to be watched several times. The other babies in the movie were marvelously hilarious as well. I hope for another BB in the near future. Expand
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Review123Aug 6, 2017
a cool beatiful funny movie, but its a bit cringe and the movie dont make senses,who make these bad scripts? dreamworks only releases bad films today. (SCORE: 7)
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X-AlphaOct 21, 2018
Esta bien, pero siento que no tiene nada destacable, probablemente te va a divertir pero no siento que de ningun menaje especial. Le doy un 7 porque a pesar de lo dicho es entretenida.
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LcasGabrielJun 23, 2018
Animação que nos entrega um tema diferente mas com uma lição de vida já vista antes...mesmo com dificuldades em um relacionamento, sempre irão dar um jeito e vão se auto ajudar e serem melhores uns aos outros, isso acontece com o boss e seuAnimação que nos entrega um tema diferente mas com uma lição de vida já vista antes...mesmo com dificuldades em um relacionamento, sempre irão dar um jeito e vão se auto ajudar e serem melhores uns aos outros, isso acontece com o boss e seu irmão Tim com quem desde o inicio não se davam bem, mas a relação dos dois tinha que melhorar para se ajudarem a salvar os pais. O filme é bonito em muitos aspectos, você acha ''é só mais uma animação com uma história boba para crianças'' mas é essencial até para adultos mau-humorados. Expand
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DawdlingPoetNov 26, 2021
This is a decent enough film for kids to enjoy, made out of CGI, with the ocassional reference that might make adults/parents smirk or giggle. I kept thinking that the titular character was Trump-ish, of course, with Alec Baldwin voicing saidThis is a decent enough film for kids to enjoy, made out of CGI, with the ocassional reference that might make adults/parents smirk or giggle. I kept thinking that the titular character was Trump-ish, of course, with Alec Baldwin voicing said baby, who also (I believe?) voices Trump on SNL. The plot is pretty far fetched (like duh! of course) but its not un-amusing and kept me entertained while it was on. Considering im obviously older than the target audience, I'd say this is a good watch for younger viewers overall, so I'd recommend it to families on that basis. Expand
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MariomanJun 18, 2023
The mom is thicc as hell. 10/10. One of the best movies ever. The tank baby is the best boy in the world, Boss Baby got some moves, and best of all, the mom is so thicc.
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