Ultimately, the biggest issue with this movie is that it is largely a continuation of the themes from the first one. And there are some interesting action scenes, even if the film could have done much more with them. Thankfully, the jokes here aren’t as repetitive or annoying as those in the first, with some genuinely witty one-liners aimed at the parents of the younger target audience. That said, the pacing of the movie is surprisingly good. It’s a premise that is absolutely ridiculous, but whereas the first film left viewers wondering what hallucinogens the writers were on, this one will mostly leave people wondering if actual children wrote it. Set years after the first film, this follows the Templeton brothers from the first movie as adults as another Boss Baby is welcomed into the family and they all find themselves on a mission to save childhood. Its sequel, The Boss Baby: Family Business, is much more conventional, and ultimately more enjoyable, although it is still clear that this is not among DreamWorks’s best properties. The 2017 film The Boss Baby was a hyperactive and often obnoxious animated movie that somehow negotiated its way into financial success and an Academy Award nomination despite a largely mixed reception.

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