The Boss Baby premiered at the Miami International Film Festival on March 12, 2017, and was released in the United States on March 31.[5] The film received mixed reviews from critics upon release, who praised its animation and voice performances (especially that of Baldwin) but criticized the complicated plot, the pacing, and humor. It grossed $528 million worldwide against its $125 million budget. The film received Best Animated Feature nominations at the Academy Awards, Annie Awards, and Golden Globes.
In the 1980s, Tim Templeton, a creative 7-year-old, is taken aback when his new baby brother, Boss Baby, arrives. Baby wears a suit and tie and acts like a normal baby around parents and adults, but walks and talks like an adult when parents are absent. One day, Baby holds a staff meeting with other infants, under the guise of a neighborhood play date. Tim attempts to record them on a tape before Baby and his cronies spot and chase him, resulting in it being destroyed. Tim is grounded for 3 weeks in order to stay in the house with Baby until he learns to get along, much to both of their dismay.
Later, Baby reveals the truth as to why he is in his house and where he comes from. He and Tim suck a special pacifier that allows them to see BabyCorp, where babies come from. Most babies go to families, but those unresponsive to tickling are sent to management, where they are given a special baby formula that allows them to think and behave like adults while remaining young forever. Baby explains he is on a special mission to investigate the declining love for babies due to puppies, and came to the Templetons as Tim's parents work for Puppy Co. Once his mission is done, he will leave. However, the boys hear Baby's boss threatening to fire him if he fails, which would mean Baby would have to stay and grow up with the Templeton family. Tim and Baby team up to prevent this.
On Take Your Kid to Work Day, the parents take Tim and Baby with them to Puppy Co. While investigating, they are caught by Puppy Co.'s CEO, Francis E. Francis, who is then revealed to be Super Colossal Big Fat Boss Baby, a former CEO of BabyCorp, who got fired due to aging from lactose intolerance. He takes Baby's formula to create a "Forever Puppy" incapable of aging, which will take all love from babies and give him his revenge on Baby Corp.
Francis takes Tim's parents to a Las Vegas conference and leaves his brother Eugene to pose as a female nanny to watch them. The boys attack Eugene with fake vomit and escape from him with the help of neighborhood toddlers. They reach Las Vegas, where they find Francis ready to launch a rocket of Forever Puppies out into the world. Tim's parents are trapped below the rocket to be burned. Tim and Baby fight Francis on a catwalk, making him fall into a vat of formula that turns him back into a baby, and Eugene tells the boys, "This time, we'll raise him right." then takes him home. Tim and Baby save Tim's parents and eject the Forever Puppies from the rocket before it launches.
Baby goes back to Baby Corp and becomes CEO. Baby Corp workers erase evidence of Baby and the parents' memories of him. One of these workers asks Tim if he would like to forget about Baby, but he declines. Tim and Baby soon realize they miss each other deeply, and Tim invites him back, saying that he wants him back as a brother. Baby returns as a regular baby named Theodore "Ted" Templeton, realizing love is something that grows, instead of being divided.
Years later, in the present day, an adult Tim and Ted tell the story to Tim's eldest daughter, who is apprehensive about the arrival of her newborn baby sister. After the adults leave, the newborn girl is revealed to be an employee of Baby Corp, like her uncle (Theodore Templeton), surprising the elder daughter.
Alec Baldwin as Theodore Lindsay "Ted" Templeton Jr./The Boss Baby, an infant with the mind of an adult, who works at Baby Corp and gains his intelligence and speaking ability from drinking a "Secret Baby Formula".[4]
Miles Bakshi as Timothy Leslie "Tim" Templeton, Boss Baby's 7-year-old brother.[6][7][8]
Upon reading the original book on which the film is based McGrath felt a connection to it, as he had an older brother and felt like "the boss baby of the family".[10] In keeping with that theme he stated, in an interview with Den of Geek, that "My personal goal with this was to watch this movie with my brother, and to see how it affected him!", which resulted in McGrath's brother being moved to tears by the completed film.[11]
The look of the film was inspired by design techniques popularized in the 1960s,[12] as well as animated films from both the 1950s and 1960s.[10] This was due to McGrath's belief that contemporary animated films focused too much on realism. To help his staff McGrath would play the opening scene of Lady and the Tramp (1955) for new hires specifically noting that the film "should be easy on the eyes and really lead your eye to what's important in the shot.[12]
In September 2014, Alec Baldwin and Kevin Spacey joined the cast of the film,[4] with further casting news announced in June 2016, including Steve Buscemi replacing Spacey.[13]
Miles Bakshi, son of DreamWorks Animation producer Gina Shay and grandson of the film director Ralph Bakshi, known for directing animated films such as Fritz the Cat, provided the voice of 7-year old Tim. Having been often present at DreamWorks, McGrath initially asked Bakshi only to provide a temporary voice for Tim to see if the character "worked". The producers listened to 30 to 40 children to choose the scratch voice. McGrath explained their decision: "No one sounded as authentic as Miles did. A lot of child actors are great, but they are over-articulate for their age. Miles was just natural and charming. He had a little slur to his voice at the time and it was very endearing." Three years later, Miles was told that he got the part.[14] Bakshi was 10 when he began recording the voice. During the long process, his voice started to change and "by the end it got pretty tough", according to Bakshi, who was 14 when the film was released. He had to get his voice "very soft, but when I got that perfect tone it was great."
The Boss Baby was initially scheduled for release on March 18, 2016,[16] but was later pushed back to March 31, 2017.[17] The film premiered at the Miami Film Festival on March 12, 2017,[18][19] and was released in the United States on March 31, 2017, by 20th Century Fox.[5] The film was later released in Japan on March 21, 2018 by DreamWorks Animation's sister company Universal Pictures. The Japanese release is accompanied by the DreamWorks animated short Bird Karma.[20]
Home media
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment released The Boss Baby for digital download on July 4, 2017, and on DVD, Blu-ray, Blu-ray 3D and Ultra HD Blu-ray on July 25. Physical copies contain a short film, The Boss Baby and Tim's Treasure Hunt Through Time.[21] From November 2017 to May 2019, the film was available on Netflix, and the film returned to the streaming platform after 4 years on May 22, 2023.
Reception
Box office
The Boss Baby grossed $175 million in the United States and Canada and $353 million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $528 million.[3]
The film was released with Ghost in the Shell and The Zookeeper's Wife on March 31, 2017. The Boss Baby grossed $15.5 million on its first day,[22] including $1.5 million from Thursday night previews.[23] The film then earned $50 million from 3,773 theaters during its opening weekend.[24] Its second weekend earnings dropped by 47% to $26.3 million,[25] and followed by another $15.9 million the third weekend.[26]The Boss Baby completed its theatrical run in the United States and Canada on November 2, 2017.[27]
Critical response
The Boss Baby has an approval rating of 53% based on 180 professional reviews on the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, with an average rating of 5.5/10. Its critical consensus reads, "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."[28]Metacritic (which uses a weighted average) assigned The Boss Baby a score of 50 out of 100 based on 32 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[29] Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A−" on an A+ to F scale.[24]
Neil Genzlinger of The New York Times praised Baldwin and the adult humor, saying: "The contrast between the helpless-infant stage of life and corporate-speak is funny but fairly high-concept for a kiddie movie, and the plot grows denser as it goes along and the baby and Tim reluctantly join forces to stop a conspiracy by which puppies would corner all the love in the world."[30]
Outstanding Effects Simulations in an Animated Feature
Mitul Patel, Gaurav Mathus, and Venkatesh Kongathi
Nominated
Academic scholarship
In 2021, interest in the original film was renewed when a philosophical symposium dedicated to the film was announced.[46] While the announcement was widely believed to be a prank at first, organizers Jaime McCaffrey and Tore Levander insisted this was not that case. Responding to the early criticism, McCaffrey stated to The A. V. Club that "Its messaging, the way that it tries to convey ideas, you almost can't discern what the position of the movie is. And all the artistic decisions in the movie seem to be conflict with each other in such a way that as a viewer you are like 'I don't know what I'm supposed to feel and therefore I must analyze.'"[47]
On May 25, 2017, Universal Pictures and DreamWorks Animation announced a sequel, which was released on July 2, 2021, with Alec Baldwin reprising his role.[49][50] On May 17, 2019, it was announced that Tom McGrath will return as director and Jeff Hermann, who produced Bilby, Bird Karma, and Marooned, will produce the sequel. Hans Zimmer and Steve Mazzaro returned to write the music for the film.[51]
On December 12, 2017, both Netflix and DreamWorks Animation announced the release of the TV series based on the film. The Boss Baby: Back in Business was released in 2018.[52]
Fuente de Neptuno (La Habana) Patrimonio de la Humanidad de la Unesco La fuente frente al marLocalizaciónPaís Cuba CubaCoordenadas 23°08′33″N 82°21′00″O / 23.14243081378, -82.350025195154Datos generalesTipo CulturalCriterios iv, vIdentificación 204Región América Latina y el CaribeInscripción 1982 (VI sesión)[editar datos en Wikidata] La Fuente de Neptuno, es un monumento de estilo neoclásico, situada en la Avenida del Puerto en La Habana Vieja....
Brazilian federal university Federal University of Cariri The Federal University of Cariri (in Portuguese: Universidade Federal do Cariri, UFCA)[1][2] is a Brazilian federal public higher education institution, created in 2013 and based in the city of Juazeiro do Norte, in the state of Ceará. It has campus in the cities of Crato, Barbalha, Brejo Santo and Icó. The Federal University of Cariri is the result of the dismemberment of the Cariri Campus of the Federal University o...
American artist James D. Havens holding one of his children. University of Toronto Libraries. James Dexter Havens (1900–1960) was a printmaker and painter in Rochester, New York, who is considered part of the color woodblock revival in America.[1] He has works in the collections of the Library of Congress, the Metropolitan Museum, the Albright-Knox Art Gallery, the Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester, and Strong National Museum of Play.[2][3] A foundi...
This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.Find sources: International Longshoremen's Association – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (January 2009) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) ILAInternational Longshoremen's AssociationFounded1892HeadquartersNorth Bergen, New Jersey[1]Locat...
Генрі Черніангл. Henry Czerny Дата народження 8 лютого 1959(1959-02-08)[1] (64 роки)Місце народження Торонто, КанадаГромадянство КанадаAlma mater Йоркський університет і Humberside Collegiate InstitutedПрофесія актор, кіноактор, телеакторНагороди Театральний світd (2000)IMDb ID 0001089 Генрі...
Artikel ini bukan mengenai Jess Watkin. Jessica Andrea WatkinsLahirJessica Andrea Watkins14 Mei 1988 (umur 35)Gaithersburg, Maryland, ASStatusAktifKebangsaanAmerikaAlmamaterUniversitas Stanford (B.S.)Universitas California di Los Angeles (Ph.D.)Karier luar angkasaAntariksawan NASAPekerjaan saat iniGeologWaktu di luar angkasaSedang di luar angkasaMisiSpaceX Crew-4 (Ekspedisi 67)Lambang misi Jessica Andrea Watkins (lahir 5 Mei 1988) adalah seorang geolog Amerika Serikat, mantan pemain rugb...
Central computer component which executes instructions CPU redirects here. For other uses, see CPU (disambiguation). An Intel 80486DX2 CPU, as seen from aboveBottom side of an Intel 80486DX2, showing its pins A central processing unit (CPU)—also called a central processor or main processor—is the most important processor in a given computer. Its electronic circuitry executes instructions of a computer program, such as arithmetic, logic, controlling, and input/output (I/O) operations. This...
Cet article est une ébauche concernant une compagnie aérienne et l’Indonésie. Vous pouvez partager vos connaissances en l’améliorant (comment ?). Les entreprises étant sujet à controverse, n’oubliez pas d’indiquer dans l’article les critères qui le rendent admissible. Bouraq Indonesia Airlines Codes IATAOACIIndicatif d'appel BO BOU BOURAQ[1] Repères historiques Date de création 1970 Date de disparition 2005 Fondateur Jarry Albert Sumendap Généralités Basée à Jakar...
Josef Nae SoiBerkas:Gubernur Nusa Tenggara Timur Josef Nae Soi.pngWakil Gubernur Nusa Tenggara Timur ke-9Masa jabatan5 September 2018 – 5 September 2023PresidenJoko WidodoGubernurViktor LaiskodatPendahuluBenny Alexander LitelnoniAnggota DPR RI Fraksi GolkarMasa jabatan1 Oktober 2004 – 26 Februari 2018PresidenMegawati SoekarnoputriSusilo Bambang YudhoyonoJoko Widodo Informasi pribadiLahir22 September 1953 (umur 70)Mataloko, NgadaKebangsaanIndonesiaPartai politik&...
German single-seat glider, 1932 Rhönadler A Rhönadler in The German Gliding Museum Role Single seat competition gliderType of aircraft National origin Germany Manufacturer Alexander Schleicher GmbH & Co Designer Hans Jacobs First flight 1932 Number built (Rhönadler 35) 65 The Schleicher Rhönadler,[1] DFS Rhönadler[2] or Jacobs Rhönadler[3] is a high performance, single seat competition sailplane built in Germany in the 1930s.[Notes 1] More than 65 wer...
Å kan verwijzen naar: Aardrijkskunde Åfjord, een plaats en gemeente in de Noorse provincie Trøndelag die tot 1934 Å heette Å (Nordland), een plaats in de Noorse provincie Nordland Å (Zweden), een plaats in Zweden Alfabet Å (letter), de letter Å Wetenschap het symbool voor de ångström, een eenheid van lengte Andere een zelfstandig naamwoord voor rivier in het Deens, Noors (Riksmål) en Zweeds Bekijk alle artikelen waarvan de titel begint met Å of met Å in de...
Maldivian TV series AishaGenreRomantic dramaWritten byAbdul FaththaahScreenplay byAbdul FaththaahDirected byAbdul FaththaahMohamed RasheedStarring Jamsheedha Ahmed Ibrahim Hilmy Arifa Ibrahim Niuma Mohamed Aminath Rasheedha No. of seasons1No. of episodes52ProductionCinematographyMohamed RasheedEditorHassan NishathRunning time28-41 minutesOriginal releaseNetworkTelevision MaldivesRelease1998 (1998) –1999 (1999) Aisha is a Maldivian romantic drama television series developed fo...
Ivan Rizal SiniBerkas:Ivan Rizal Sini.jpgLahir9 Mei 1972 (umur 51) JakartaKebangsaan IndonesiaAlmamaterUniversitas IndonesiaPekerjaanDokterDikenal atasAhli bayi tabungSuami/istriFentyAnakKieran, Basil dan Keisha Dr. Ivan Rizal Sini, MD, FRANZCOG, GDRM, SpOG (lahir 9 Mei 1972) adalah seorang ahli kesehatan (dokter) Indonesia. Ia merupakan salah seorang ahli bayi tabung di antara sedikit dokter yang ahli di bidang tersebut di Indonesia. Ivan menamatkan pendidikan kedokterannya di Universit...
Species of lizard Common gliding lizard Male Draco sumatranus extending gular flap at Kent Ridge Park, Singapore Conservation status Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) Scientific classification Domain: Eukaryota Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Reptilia Order: Squamata Suborder: Iguania Family: Agamidae Genus: Draco Species: D. sumatranus Binomial name Draco sumatranusSchlegel, 1844 Synonyms Draco viridis var. sumatrana Schlegel, 1844 Draco volans sumatranus — Musters, 1983 Dra...
Jamnalal Bajaj AwardDate1978CountryIndiaPresented byJamnalal Bajaj Foundation Jamnalal Bajaj Award is an Indian award, for promoting Gandhian values, community service and social development.[1] Established in 1978, by the Jamnalal Bajaj Foundation of Bajaj Group, it is given annually in four categories, and usually presented by the President, Vice president, Prime Minister of India or a leading figure.[2] The foundation currently headed by Rahul Bajaj, was created in 1977, in...
WTA-toernooi van Tasjkent 2019 Winnares in het enkelspel, Alison Van Uytvanck Officiële naam Tashkent Open Editie 2019 (21e editie) Stad, land Tasjkent, Oezbekistan Locatie Olympic Tennis School Datum 23–28 september Auspiciën WTA Categorie International Prijzengeld US$ 250.000 Deelnemers 32 enkel, 16 kwal. / 16 dubbel Ondergrond hardcourt, buiten Winnaar enkel Alison Van Uytvanck Winnaars dubbel Vlag van Verenigde Staten Hayley Carter Luisa Stefani Vorige: 2018 ...
Medieval Muslim Turkic dynasty and state Ghaznavid Empireغزنویان Ġaznaviyān977–11861030KARAKHANID KHANATEBUYIDSKAKUYIDSKHAZARSOGHUZYABGUSWESTERNCHALUKYASPALAEMPIRECHAHAMANASQOCHO ◁ ▷ Ghaznavid Empire at its greatest extent in 1030 CE under Mahmud.[1][2]StatusEmpireCapitalGhazni(977–1163)Lahore(1163–1186)Common languagesPersian[a] (official and court language; lingua franca)Arabic (theology) Turkic (military)[4]Religion Sunni IslamGovernm...
Isopimaric acid Names IUPAC name (13S)-Pimara-7,15-dien-18-oic acid Systematic IUPAC name (1R,4aR,4bS,7S,10aR)-7-Ethenyl-1,4a,7-trimethyl-1,2,3,4,4a,4b,5,6,7,8,10,10a-dodecahydrophenanthrene-1-carboxylic acid Identifiers CAS Number 5835-26-7 Y 3D model (JSmol) Interactive image ChEBI CHEBI:6039 N ChEMBL ChEMBL512164 N ChemSpider 390596 N ECHA InfoCard 100.163.144 KEGG C09118 N PubChem CID 442048 UNII 1E37K85HHK Y CompTox Dashboard (EPA) DTXSID9022233 InChI InChI=...
This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.Find sources: Beyond Good and Evil album – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (November 2020) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) 2001 studio album by The CultBeyond Good and EvilStudio album by The CultReleased5 June 2001Recorded2000Ge...
