Born leader.
| Cast |
Voices of Alec Baldwin, Steve Buscemi, Jimmy Kimmel, Lisa Kudrow, Tobey Maguire, Miles Christopher Bakshi, James McGrath |
| Director |
Tom McGrath |
| Screenplay | Michael McCullers, from the book by Marla Frazee |
| Music | Steve Mazzaro, Hans Zimmer |
| Editing | James Ryan |
| Sound formats | Dolby Digital, Sony Dynamic Digital Sound, Dolby Atmos, Auro 11.1 |
| Soundtrack | Available |
| Made in | 2017 |
| Produced by | DreamWorks Animation |
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| Genre | Animated |
| Language | None |
| Nudity | Low-impact, infrequent, justified by context. |
| Sex | None |
| Violence | Frequent, unrealistic, justified by context. |
| Prejudice | None |
| Blasphemy | None |
| Drug abuse | None |
| Comments | |
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| PG: Parental Guidance Suggested | Rated PG for some mild rude humor |
| Runtime | 97 |
| USA version is usually but not always the same as South African release. Versions released on streaming or DVD, Blu-ray or Video may also differ. | |
| Suggested age limit 6 + |
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| Consumerism |
Drinking, drugs, smoking |
| Scale (Max) | 20 |  |
What the Critics say | ||
| Cape Argus / The Star Micheal Rechtshaffen  'Boss Baby' Baldwin steals inspired animated show. | 15 |  |
| Die Burger Karla Janse van Vuuren Die baba met 'n missie... | 10 |  |
| Cape Times Pat Padua Bossy baby strikes balance between humour, sentiment. | 10 | |
| Metacritic.com 32 critics | 10 | |
| Rottentomatoes critics 113 critics | 11 |  |
| Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer 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. | 5 |  |
| Movie Review Query Engine MRQE critics  https://mrqe_histograms.s3.amazonaws.com/detailed-graph-192525.jpg?score=57 | 11 | |
| CommonSenseMedia Staff evaluation Animated comedy about sibling rivalry has peril, body humor. | 10 | |
What the People say | ||
| Metacritic.com users 30 users | 10 | |
| Rottentomatoes users 12405 users | 13 | |
| Internet 889 Netizens | 11 | |
Average .. 53% | 11 | |