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#The Boss Baby-FULL Movies [[dest-war.com/play.php?movie=tt3874544&sub=wiki]]]]
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==Plot==
==Plot==
A man named Timothy Templeton ([[Tobey Maguire]]) tells a story through his imaginative point of view as his 7-year-old self (Miles Christopher Bakshi) who lives his days having fun with his parents, Ted ([[Jimmy Kimmel]]) and Janice ([[Lisa Kudrow]]), and wishes it to be just the three of them forever. One night, while tucking Tim in bed, his parents ask if he wants a baby brother. Tim declines the offer, saying that he's enough. While sleeping he begins to wonder where babies come from. One day, Tim is surprised when a business suit-wearing infant shows up in a taxi at his house and Ted and Janice proudly call him Tim's little brother. Tim is envious of the attention the baby is receiving, And grows suspicious when the infant acts odd around him, but his parents, blind to the baby's eccentric behavior, try to convince him that they will grow to love each other.
A man named Timothy Templeton ([[Tobey Maguire]]) tells a story through his imaginative point of view as his 7-year-old self (Miles Christopher Bakshi) who lives his days having fun with his parents, Ted ([[Jimmy Kimmel]]) and Janice ([[Lisa Kudrow]]), and wishes it to be just the three of them forever. One night, while tucking Tim in bed, his parents ask if he wants a baby brother. Tim declines the offer, saying that he's enough. While sleeping he begins to wonder where babies come from. One day, Tim is surprised when a business suit-wearing infant shows up in a taxi at his house and Ted and Janice proudly call him Tim's little brother. Tim is envious of the attention the baby is receiving, And grows suspicious when the infant acts odd around him, but his parents, blind to the baby's eccentric behavior, try to convince him that they will grow to love each other.

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The Boss Baby
Theatrical release poster
Directed byTom McGrath
Screenplay byMichael McCullers
Produced byRamsey Ann Naito
Starring
Edited byJames Ryan
Music by
Production
company
Distributed by20th Century Fox
Release dates
  • March 12, 2017 (2017-03-12) (Miami)
  • March 31, 2017 (2017-03-31) (United States)
Running time
98 minutes[1]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$125 million[2]
Box office$358.1 million[3]

The Boss Baby is a 2017 American computer-animated comedy film, loosely based on the 2010 picture book of the same name written and illustrated by Marla Frazee.[4] Produced by DreamWorks Animation, the film is directed by Tom McGrath and written by Michael McCullers. It stars the voices of Alec Baldwin, Miles Christopher Bakshi, Steve Buscemi, Jimmy Kimmel, Lisa Kudrow and Tobey Maguire. The plot follows a baby who is a secret agent in the secret war between babies and puppies.

The Boss Baby premiered in Miami on March 12, 2017, and was released by 20th Century Fox on March 31, 2017 in the United States.[5] The film received mixed reviews from critics and has grossed $358 million worldwide.[3]

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Plot

A man named Timothy Templeton (Tobey Maguire) tells a story through his imaginative point of view as his 7-year-old self (Miles Christopher Bakshi) who lives his days having fun with his parents, Ted (Jimmy Kimmel) and Janice (Lisa Kudrow), and wishes it to be just the three of them forever. One night, while tucking Tim in bed, his parents ask if he wants a baby brother. Tim declines the offer, saying that he's enough. While sleeping he begins to wonder where babies come from. One day, Tim is surprised when a business suit-wearing infant shows up in a taxi at his house and Ted and Janice proudly call him Tim's little brother. Tim is envious of the attention the baby is receiving, And grows suspicious when the infant acts odd around him, but his parents, blind to the baby's eccentric behavior, try to convince him that they will grow to love each other.

Soon, Tim learns that the baby can talk like an adult (Alec Baldwin) and he introduces himself as "The Boss Baby". Seeing an opportunity to be rid of him, Tim decides to record a conversation between him and other toddlers who are over at Tim's house for a meeting (under the guise of a playdate by the parents) to do something about how puppies are receiving more love than babies. The Boss Baby and the other infants catch Tim with the recording and after a chase scene throughout the backyard and the house, the tape is terminated after The Boss Baby threatens to tear up Tim's favorite stuffed animal, Lam-Lam. With no evidence to support him, Tim is subsequently grounded by his parents for his actions during the chase between him and the infants, much to Tim and even Boss Baby's dismay.

The Boss Baby comes to Tim and has him suck on a pacifier that transports them to Baby Corp, a place where infants with adult-like minds work to preserve infant love everywhere. They are virtual, so they cannot be seen or heard. The Boss Baby explains to Tim that he was sent on a mission to see why puppies are getting more love than infants. He has infiltrated Tim's residence because his parents work for Puppy Co., which is unleashing a new puppy on the day that employees take their children to work. The Boss Baby also explains that he stays intelligent by drinking a "Secret Baby Formula" which enables a baby to act like an adult. However, if a baby does not drink it after a period of time, he or she reverts to a regular baby. He hopes to receive a promotion after dealing with Puppy Co.'s new puppy, but when they overhear Boss Baby's boss threaten to fire him for not bringing in information, thereby stranding him at the Templetons, he and Tim agree to work together to keep that from happening.

After appearing to have patched things over, Tim's parents lift the grounding and take them to Puppy Co. for "take your child to work day". While there, they slip away and find what they think are the plans for a "Forever Puppy", but it turns out to be a trap set by founder Francis E. Francis (Steve Buscemi). They discover that Francis used to be the head of Baby Corp. and Boss Baby's idol, but was forced out when it was discovered that his lactose intolerance kept the secret formula from working properly. Vowing revenge, Francis founded Puppy Corp. and intends to have the Forever Puppies overshadow babies by stealing Boss Baby's serum bottle and infecting the puppies with it. Tim's parents go with Francis to Las Vegas, and Francis has his brother Eugene (Conrad Vernon) pose as Tim and Boss Baby's babysitter to keep them from interfering.

Without a steady flow of serum to keep his intelligence in check, Boss Baby begins reverting back to being a normal baby. Despite this, he and Tim manage to evade the "babysitter" long enough to get to the airport, but are too late to intercept Tim's parents. Upset, Tim blames Boss Baby for using his family for his own ulterior motives, for which Boss Baby, after some hesitance, apologizes. After sneaking on a plane for Elvis impersonators (James McGrath and James Izzo) bound for Vegas, they stall Francis' presentation when Eugene (disguised as an Elvis impersonator) unwittingly gives away their plan.

Furious at their interference, Francis proceeds to lock Tim's parents up so he can burn them with exhaust from a rocket used to launch the Forever Puppies. Tim and Boss Baby fight with him, and then push him into the formula. Boss Baby opens the rocket to let the dogs out, so they can save Tim's parents. After he successfully does that, he returns to baby state while still on the rocket, but Tim sings to him with a family song to show his appreciation, causing him to jump off of the rocket before it launches. Francis, having reverted back to baby form, attempts to attacks them again, but Eugene interferes, stating he'll "raise him right this time" now that he's a baby again.

Boss Baby gets promoted, leaves in a taxi, and Tim goes back to being an only child. But Tim and Boss Baby, having grown closer, start to miss each other. Boss Baby, fed up, decides to be part of the Templeton family. He returns to the Templeton family as a regular baby named Theodore Lindsey as the whole story turned out to be in Tims' imagination and Ted and Janice turned out to have brought him home from the hospital as the adventures Tim had with boss baby never really happened.

Tim is now an adult and now the father of an older daughter and an infant daughter who acts exactly like Theodore did when he was Boss Baby.

Cast

Alec Baldwin at the 2016 San Diego Comic-Con

Production

Director Tom McGrath at the 2016 San Diego Comic-Con

On June 12, 2014, DreamWorks Animation announced plans to release the film on March 18, 2016, with the film being directed by Tom McGrath.[10] On September 30, 2014, Alec Baldwin and Kevin Spacey joined the film, Baldwin would play a baby and Spacey would play the villainous role. Ramsey Naito and Denise Cascino would produce the film based on a script by Michael McCullers.[4] On December 11, 2014, it was announced that The Boss Baby had been removed from the schedule and replaced with Kung Fu Panda 3, with a new release date yet to be announced.[11] On January 22, 2015, the film's release date was pushed back to January 13, 2017,[12] and in September 2015, further back to March 10, 2017, taking over the Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie date.[5] In June 2016, more casting was announced, including Steve Buscemi replacing Spacey,[13] and the release date was pushed back again to March 31, 2017.[14]

Music

The film was scored by Hans Zimmer, along with Steve Mazzaro and various artists. The film's soundtrack was released on Back Lot Music & iTunes. "Blackbird" by The Beatles is used as part of the plot at various points throughout the film.[15]

Release

The film premiered at the Miami Film Festival on March 12, 2017,[16][17] and was released in the United States on March 31, 2017, by 20th Century Fox.[5]

Box office

As of April 23, 2017, The Boss Baby has grossed $137 million in the United States and Canada and $222.1 million in other territories for a worldwide gross of $358.1 million.[3]

In North America, The Boss Baby opened alongside Ghost in the Shell and The Zookeeper's Wife, and was initially projected to gross around $30 million from 3,773 theaters in its opening weekend.[18] However after grossing $1.5 million from Thursday night previews and $15.5 million on Friday, weekend projections were increased to $50 million. It ended up debuting to $50.2 million, finishing first at the box office.[19] It remained uptop the box office in its second weekend, grossing $26.3 million.[20]

Critical response

On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, The Boss Baby has an approval rating of 53% based on 136 reviews, with an average rating of 5.5/10. The site's 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."[21] On Metacritic, the film has a score of 50 out of 100, based on 32 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[22] Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A–" on an A+ to F scale.[23]

Steve Pulaski of Influx Magazine gave the film a "C+" grade and praised the film's several animation styles and imagination, stating, "The Boss Baby is the middle-road done mostly well, a one-note joke movie that remains focused on the imaginative qualities its literal premise doesn't always inspire on the surface."[24] David Palmer of The Reel Deal gave the film 6/10, calling it strange but enjoyable, writing: "Baldwin is great, some of the jokes are fantastic and even if it isn’t going to go down in animated lore, my theater full of kids was laughing often and there were even some points that had parents chuckling pretty hard, too."[25] 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."[26]

Possible sequel

On April 3, 2017, McCullers stated that he had some ideas for a possible sequel, tentatively entitled The Bossier Baby.[27]

References

  1. ^ "The Boss Baby". British Board of Film Classification. Retrieved March 9, 2017.
  2. ^ "The Boss Baby – PowerGrind". The Wrap. Retrieved April 1, 2017.
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  5. ^ a b c McClintock, Pamela (September 18, 2015). "Hugh Jackman's 'Greatest Showman on Earth' Pushed a Year to Christmas 2017". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved September 19, 2015.
  6. ^ Amderton, Ethan (July 21, 2016). "DreamWorks Animation's 'The Boss Baby' Is Like an Animated 'Glengarry Glen Ross' for Kids (Comic-Con 2016)". /Film. Retrieved October 28, 2016.
  7. ^ a b c d Kit, Borys (June 13, 2016). "Jimmy Kimmel, Lisa Kudrow, Patton Oswalt Join Voicecast of 'Boss Baby' (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved June 16, 2016.
  8. ^ Hopewell, John; Mayorga, Emilio (June 16, 2016). "Annecy: Tom McGrath Unveils Alec Baldwin-Starrer 'Boss Baby'". Variety. Retrieved June 18, 2016.
  9. ^ Alexander, Bryan (October 17, 2016). "Sneak peek: Alec Baldwin is 'The Boss Baby'". USA Today. Retrieved October 17, 2016.
  10. ^ "Dates Set for Madagascar 4, The Croods 2, Puss in Boots 2, Captain Underpants, and Hitman". comingsoon.net. June 12, 2014. Retrieved October 15, 2014.
  11. ^ "'Kung Fu Panda 3' Moves Out of 2015 to Avoid 'Star Wars'". The Hollywood Reporter. December 11, 2014. Retrieved December 11, 2014.
  12. ^ "DreamWorks Animation Cutting 500 Jobs; Dawn Taubin and Mark Zoradi Exiting". Variety. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
  13. ^ Robinson, Will (June 13, 2016). "Boss Baby: Jimmy Kimmel, Lisa Kudrow, Steve Buscemi added to voice cast". ew.com. Retrieved January 13, 2017.
  14. ^ "Release Schedule - New Dates & Changes". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on June 20, 2016. Retrieved June 20, 2016. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  15. ^ Wloszczyna, Susan (March 28, 2017). "Review - The Boss Baby". RogerEbert.com. Retrieved April 2, 2017.
  16. ^ "The Boss Baby". Miami Film Festival. Retrieved March 18, 2017.
  17. ^ Hazelton, John (March 12, 2017). "'The Boss Baby': Review". Screen Daily. Retrieved March 18, 2017.
  18. ^ "'Boss Baby,' 'Ghost in the Shell' to Battle 'Beauty and the Beast' This Weekend". TheWrap. March 29, 2017.
  19. ^ "'Boss Baby' Cleans 'Beauty And The Beast's Clock With $51M+ Opening; 'Ghost' Shell-Shocked At $20M+". Deadline.com. Retrieved April 2, 2017.
  20. ^ "'Boss Baby' Crawls Ahead Of 'Beauty' With $26M+; 'Smurfs' Lost In 3rd With $14M". Deadline.com. Retrieved April 9, 2017.
  21. ^ "The Boss Baby (2017)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved April 5, 2017.
  22. ^ "The Boss Baby reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved April 13, 2017.
  23. ^ "CinemaScore". cinemascore.com. Retrieved March 30, 2017.
  24. ^ Pulaski, Steve. "The Boss Baby Review". Influx Magazine. Influx Magazine.
  25. ^ "'The Boss Baby' is Very Strange yet Oddly Enjoyable". The Reel Deal. April 2, 2017. Retrieved April 4, 2017.
  26. ^ "Review: 'The Boss Baby' Puts Alec Baldwin in Diapers, Sort Of". The New York Times. March 30, 2017. Retrieved April 4, 2017.
  27. ^ http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/boss-baby-sequel-ending-scene-explained-by-screenwriter-990724
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