The Boss Baby: Family Business

The Boss Baby: Family Business                 3 stars

The wild baby adventures continue in the sequel to the 2017 movie The Boss Baby. In The Boss Baby: Family Business, brothers Tim and Ted who are now full grown adults are recruited by Tim’s baby daughter, Tina and Baby Corp. to return to their child selves (with an advanced baby formula) and once again save the world from an evil corporate plot. The conspiracy and the motive for the crime aren’t particularly important, but serve as the background for a colorful, action packed story involving the two going undercover at Tim’s daughter, Tabitha’s school to investigate the plot and stop it from succeeding. The plot is certainly confusing, but it serves mainly as a way to bring the two estranged brothers together and to give Tim a way to boost the confidence of his second grade daughter who is attending the ultramodern school for gifted children. The movie does have some social commentary on parents’ expectations put on their children to perform academically and the modern addiction to technology. The movie is at least equal to its predecessor in entertainment value and is suitable for children who probably will miss some of what is going on. I didn’t detect any bathroom humor, though there are plenty of baby drool jokes to see.