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In the 2017 animated comedy The Boss Baby, a fiercely imaginative seven-year-old boy named Tim Templeton enjoys an idyllic life as an only child until his new baby brother arrives. To Tim's utter shock, this is no ordinary infant—the new arrival wears a sharp business suit, carries a briefcase, and speaks with the voice of a smooth-talking corporate executive (Alec Baldwin). Tim quickly learns that the "Boss Baby" is actually a high-ranking secret agent from Baby Corp, sent on a covert mission to investigate a sinister plot by the CEO of Puppy Co., who threatens to steal all the love in the world by launching a brand new breed of overwhelmingly cute puppies. To secure their respective goals, the warring siblings must form a reluctant alliance to stop the plot and save the balance of family love.
Director
Tom McGrath
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Editor's Note
Biggest Strength The film's central comedic premise is incredibly clever, deriving a massive amount of sharp humor from Alec Baldwin's pitch-perfect, deadpan vocal performance as a ruthless corporate middle-manager trapped inside a diaper-wearing toddler. Biggest Weakness It establishes a complicated, convoluted mythology around how Baby Corp / Puppy Co. operate, cluttering what should be a straightforward, heartfelt story about sibling rivalry and childhood imagination with corporate logic.
Veluminous Quality Rating: 6/10