The Boss Baby aims for laughs, succeeds for all who are 5 and up

Our 7 year old has been talking about The Boss Baby for almost one year prior to its release. In June 2016 he came into the office and asked if we could see The Boss Baby. How he got the inside tip on this film we don’t know. When he finally got to see it with the family it was a close call as to who enjoyed it more, the adults or the kids.

The plot of The Boss Baby is simple. An 8 year old boy gets a baby brother who is wearing a suit. Why is he wearing the suit? How can he talk? What’s the point of all this madness? Mild spoilers are below so if you want to have complete surprises when you see the film stop here….

It only takes 15 minutes to understand why the baby can talk, why he’s talking and the details about his purpose there. Puppies are stealing a large share of the finite supply of love and affection and the baby was sent there to figure out what the puppies are up to.

The plot is simple but the resulting movie is incredibly entertaining and was tough to say who enjoyed it more out of our family. Just today my wife said that she wanted to see The Boss Baby again. As a point of reference, this is the same person who said that she did not like animated films just three years ago. One reason that The Boss Baby works so well for so such a diverse audience is the dialogue in the film delivered by Alec Baldwin, The Boss Baby.

Think of an overused business cliché. Now imagine those lines said with more comedic tones, channeled by Baldwin’s iconic character in Glengarry Glenn Ross as a baby in a suit. For adults most of the humor will come from that, and it works on a level that had every member of our family laughing at the same time for different reasons.

Our 7 year old wants to see the film again with some of his friends. My wife quotes some of the lines from the film to her co-workers in the office. The Boss Baby is great entertainment for ages 5 and up. Adults, even those that don’t have children will still enjoy the tropes that they use in business as they are lampooned by a suit wearing baby.

Another thing that’s refreshing about The Boss Baby is that it simply aims to entertain. Sure there are a couple of tender moments that reflect the sibling’s relationship, but for the most part the film aims to make you laugh, which it does. There are no trick ‘gonna make you cry’ attempts at the tear ducts, this is just wacky, laugh filled fun that families and business people with the right attitude will double over due to the giggles.