After all, who among us - even an only child - hasn’t felt the pang of abandonment, if not sibling rivalry, at some point?
This transforms “The Boss Baby” from a single-joke movie to a story with a deeper, more universal resonance. (The film takes place in an indeterminate time period - perhaps the early 1990s - in which there are computers, but no cellphones.)īoss Baby demands complete attention from his parents, leaving Tim feeling neglected. But this perfect life is upset by the arrival of a new baby brother (Alec Baldwin), who appears not in the usual fashion, but has been sent to Earth via a heavenly sorting procedure that divides newborns into loving family types and “management” babies, raised in cubicle farms and emerging into the world wearing three-piece suits and carrying briefcases.įrom Tim’s (admittedly unreliable) perspective, his unnamed middle-manager sibling uses play dates to conduct meetings, fielding business calls on a Fisher Price toy telephone. He has a wild imagination, dreaming up elaborate imaginary rescue scenarios involving pirates and rocket ships. Seven-year-old Tim (voice of Miles Christopher Bakshi) is an only child, basking in the undivided attention of his parents.
Although its advertising campaign seems to promise little more than an animated comedy about a bratty baby in a business suit, “The Boss Baby” (adapted from the 2010 book by author and illustrator Marla Frazee) is a sweet adventure tale about sibling rivalry that ultimately becomes a moving tribute to family and brotherhood. Who needs a movie about a tyrannical infant - or an infantile tyrant - anyway? You might be surprised to learn that you do.
Digital Replica Edition Home Page Close Menuīy Pat Padua, Special to The Washington Post
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