The Boss Baby: Family Business

The Boss Baby: Family Business is a 2021 American 3D computer-animated comedy film loosely based on the 2010 picture book of the same name by Marla Frazee, produced by DreamWorks Animation and distributed by Universal Pictures. The second installment in The Boss Baby franchise, and serving as a sequel to the 2017 film, the film will be directed by Tom McGrath, from a screenplay by Michael McCullers, and star the voice of Alec Baldwin as the title character, alongside James Marsden, Amy Sedaris, Ariana Greenblatt, Eva Longoria, Jimmy Kimmel, Lisa Kudrow and Jeff Goldblum. The film was theatrically released in the United States on July 2, 2021 in traditional and select RealD 3D and Dolby Cinema locations, by Universal Pictures; it will also stream on Peacock for 60 days.

Plot
Now adults, Theodore Templeton, and his estranged brother take a magical formula that transforms them into babies for 48 hours. Together, they must now go undercover to prevent an evil genius from turning fellow toddlers into monstrous brats.

Bad Baby Qualities

 * 1) The story is still generic, just like the first film.
 * 2) It also contains awkward moments, much like the first film, like toilet humor.
 * 3) The writing is still lazy.
 * 4) Despite the suggestion at the end of the first film that a sequel could focus on Tim's daughter and her newborn sister, Tim's eldest daughter doesn't seem to have much to do even though she could be involved in the adventure.
 * 5) The whole new Baby Formula that turns adults into babies idea seems like a cheap excuse to bring back the younger designs of Tim and the Boss Baby.
 * 6) Inconsistency: Although Tim's daughter tells her father and her uncle that the new Baby Formula turns adults back into babies for two days, Tim rejuvenates into a kid but not as a baby.
 * 7) Jimbo, Stacy, and the Triplets, three funny characters from the first film, are nowhere to be seen and will likely not appear in the film, like if they don't exist anymore. In fact, they only appear in their adult form as very minor characters.
 * 8) Shameless product placement, such as Mentos. This feels very out of place for a DreamWorks movie.
 * 9) The infamous scene where Boss Baby and Tim pinch each other in the chests.
 * 10) Unfunny scenes and storylines of the film.
 * 11) It tries way too hard to be hip with the kids with smartphone references and social media parodies, especially since there was an unused line from the trailer where Tim's youngest daughter tells both him and Theodore "Now you work for me, boomers"
 * 12) Like with the first film, the villain (Dr Armstrong) is rather weak despite his motivations for being one.
 * 13) Very poorly executed plot-twist where it is revealed that Dr Armstrong is actually a baby the entire time.

Good Baby Qualities

 * 1) The movie does not maintain continuity with the Netflix television series mh:terribletvshows:The Boss Baby: Back in Business and definitely retcon the series as non-canonical.
 * 2) The baby ninjas, while ridiculous, look cute and funny.
 * 3) The Christmas background scene is good.
 * 4) The animation look pretty nice to look at.
 * 5) The characters are more likable this time around, given that a lot of these characters are now adults. Even the new characters are tolerable. Except for Dr Armstrong that is.
 * 6) The "Now you work for me, boomers" line is thankfully absent from the final movie as to not make the movie feel more outdated.
 * 7) The music number near the end of the movie is memorable.
 * 8) The movie uses animation to its advantage and does a bunch of fun and goofy stuff.
 * 9) It isn't offensive and is completely appropriate for kids.
 * 10) The ending (where it's revealed that Tina never quit BabyCorp and that bringing Tim and Ted back together was her true mission, along with the Templetons all gathering for a Christmas party) is pretty heartwarming.

Reception
Like the first film, The Boss Baby: Family Business received mixed reviews from critics, with praise for the humor but criticism for the aimless plot. On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 48% based on 54 reviews, with an average rating of 5.8/10. The website's critics consensus reads, "It's more C-level than C-suite, but as a painless diversion for the kids, this Boss Baby manages some decent Family Business.". On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 40 out of 100, based on 14 critics, indicating "mixed reviews".

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