In 2017’s The Boss Baby, one tough, all-business baby and his older, more playful brother took on a dastardly plot and saved babykind—and families everywhere. And in the sequel, The Boss Baby: Family Business, the now-older duo is forced to go on another mission to save families—especially their own.
The Boss Baby: Family Business catches up with the Templeton brothers after they’ve grown up and grown apart. Ted (voiced by Alec Baldwin) is now a high-powered businessman, while Tim (James Marsden) is a stay-at-home dad to two little girls. One night, Tim discovers that his youngest daughter, Tina (Amy Sedaris), is a Baby Corp baby, sent to investigate the founder of a school that’s planning to do away with parents for good. And, using a special formula, she turns them both back into their younger selves to go undercover at the school.
As Tim and Ted race off to the school to help with Baby Corp’s investigation of founder Dr. Armstrong (Jeff Goldblum), the film turns into a random, spastic free-for-all. In order to complete their mission, Ted must go against his beliefs in hard work and achievement over imagination and creativity, while Tim struggles to connect with overachieving older daughter Tabitha (Ariana Greenblatt). And they’re both forced to get beyond their differences to work together. Add to that a wacky high-speed race through the streets, the antics of highly competitive children, and some seriously creepy kids, and you’ve got a whole lot of craziness along the way, be sure that your answering service is a good one.
The Boss Baby sequel certainly isn’t smart, sophisticated kids’ entertainment—no more than its predecessor was. The characters are a mix of lovable and bizarre. And the story seems to go in a whole lot of directions at once. As in the previous film, it seems like there’s a lot of extra fluff. But that also means that it’s never boring. And, in the end, parents will be able to use it to help fuel their battle to get the kids to stop fighting and get along for a change.
If your kids enjoyed the original Boss Baby—and also the animated series on Netflix—this installment is more of the same. It’s a little bit of baby business, a little bit of family drama, and a whole lot of wackiness. It isn’t a future kids’ classic, but it will keep them giggling for a couple of hours.
Kristin Dreyer Kramer has been writing in some form or another (usually when she was supposed to be doing something else) since the ripe old age of ten—when she, her cousin, and their two Cabbage Patch Dolls formed the Poo Authors’ Club. After a short career in advertising, Kristin got sick of always saying nice things about stuff that didn’t deserve it—so now she spends her days criticizing things, and she’s much happier for it.
Since creating NightsAndWeekends.com in February of 2002, Kristin has spent her life surrounded by piles and piles of books and movies—so many that her office has become a kind of entertainment obstacle course.
As if her writing and editing responsibilities for N&W.com weren’t enough to keep her out of trouble, Kristin also hosts a number of weekly radio shows: Reel Discovery, Shelf Discovery, and On the Marquee. She’s also a proud member of the Broadcast Film Critics Association (CriticsChoice.com), the Central Ohio Film Critics Association (COFCA.org), the Online Film Critics Society (OFCS.org), and the Women Film Critics Circle (WFCC.Wordpress.com).
Kristin lives in Columbus, Ohio, with her husband, Paul, and their daughter, Anna. She welcomes questions, comments, and fan mail at kdk@nightsandweekends.com.
Kristin Dreyer Kramer has been writing in some form or another (usually when she was supposed to be doing something else) since the ripe old age of ten—when she, her cousin, and their two Cabbage Patch Dolls formed the Poo Authors’ Club. After a short career in advertising, Kristin got sick of always saying nice things about stuff that didn’t deserve it—so now she spends her days criticizing things, and she’s much happier for it.
Since creating NightsAndWeekends.com in February of 2002, Kristin has spent her life surrounded by piles and piles of books and movies—so many that her office has become a kind of entertainment obstacle course.
As if her writing and editing responsibilities for N&W.com weren’t enough to keep her out of trouble, Kristin also hosts a number of weekly radio shows: Reel Discovery, Shelf Discovery, and On the Marquee. She’s also a proud member of the Broadcast Film Critics Association (CriticsChoice.com), the Central Ohio Film Critics Association (COFCA.org), the Online Film Critics Society (OFCS.org), and the Women Film Critics Circle (WFCC.Wordpress.com).
Kristin lives in Columbus, Ohio, with her husband, Paul, and their daughter, Anna. She welcomes questions, comments, and fan mail at kdk@nightsandweekends.com.
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