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The Boss Baby
2017
· Movie
· 97 min
D
MEANRANK
59/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #586
- IMDb #460
- Google retired #312
- Rotten Tomatoes #420
- Metacritic #389
- Letterboxd #612
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- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #413
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #440
- Metacritic Critics #321
- Metacritic Audience #414
- Criticker #350
- Douban #152
- Kinopoisk #481
- AlloCiné #409
- Trakt #426
Every rating
27–86
out of 100
Split
Lowest is Criticker on 27, highest is Google on 86.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →A young boy's perfect life with his parents is disrupted by the arrival of his new baby brother, who arrives wearing a suit and carrying a briefcase. He soon discovers the infant is actually a highly skilled agent on a secret mission from Baby Corp. The two brothers must reluctantly put aside their rivalry and work together to stop a plot that threatens the balance of love between babies and pets.
Details
- Director
- Tom McGrath
- Writer
- Michael McCullers
- Studio
- DreamWorks Animation
- Released
- 23 March 2017
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 97 min
- Rated
- PG
- Budget
- $125.0M
- Box office
- $528.0M
- Awards
- 1 win, 17 nominations
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Cast
Full cast (23) →
Awards & nominations
See all 18 →1 win from 18 nominations across 12 ceremonies
| Academy Awards 2018 | Best Animated Feature | Tom McGrath and Ramsey Ann Naito | Nominee |
| Golden Globe Awards 2018 | Best Animated Feature Film | The Boss Baby | Nominee |
| Producers Guild of America Awards 2018 | Best Animated Motion Picture | Ramsey Ann Naito | Nominee |
| Annie Awards 2018 | Outstanding Achievement for Character Animation in a Feature Production | Rani Naamani | Nominee |
| Annie Awards 2018 | Outstanding Achievement for Character Design in a Feature Production | Joe Moshier | Nominee |
| Annie Awards 2018 | Outstanding Achievement for Directing in an Animated Feature Production | Tom McGrath | Nominee |
| Annie Awards 2018 | Outstanding Achievement for Storyboarding in an Animated Feature Production | Glenn Harmon | Nominee |
| Annie Awards 2018 | Best Animated Feature | The Boss Baby | Nominee |
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Academy Awards
1 nomination
| Best Animated Feature | Tom McGrath and Ramsey Ann Naito | Nominee |
Golden Globe Awards
1 nomination
| Best Animated Feature Film | The Boss Baby | Nominee |
Producers Guild of America Awards
1 nomination
| Best Animated Motion Picture | Ramsey Ann Naito | Nominee |
Movieguide Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Movies for Families | The Boss Baby | Winner |
Annie Awards
6 nominations
| Best Animated Feature | The Boss Baby | Nominee |
| Outstanding Achievement for Character Animation in a Feature Production | Rani Naamani | Nominee |
| Outstanding Achievement for Character Animation in a Feature Production | Bryce McGovern | Nominee |
| Outstanding Achievement for Character Design in a Feature Production | Joe Moshier | Nominee |
| Outstanding Achievement for Directing in an Animated Feature Production | Tom McGrath | Nominee |
| Outstanding Achievement for Storyboarding in an Animated Feature Production | Glenn Harmon | Nominee |
Visual Effects Society Awards
2 nominations
| Outstanding Animated Character in an Animated Feature | Alec Baldwin, Carlos Puertolas, Rani Naamani, and Joe Moshier for "Boss Baby" | Nominee |
| Outstanding Effects Simulations in an Animated Feature | Mitul Patel, Gaurav Mathus, and Venkatesh Kongathi | Nominee |
Florida Film Critics Circle Awards
1 nomination
| Best Animated Film | The Boss Baby | Nominee |
Golden Trailer Awards
1 nomination
| Best Original Score TV Spot (for a Feature Film) | "Boss Boss Baby" (The Refinery) | Nominee |
Hollywood Music in Media Awards
1 nomination
| Best Original Score in an Animated Film | Hans Zimmer and Steve Mazzaro | Nominee |
San Diego Film Critics Society Awards
1 nomination
| Best Animated Film | The Boss Baby | Nominee |
Satellite Awards
1 nomination
| Best Animated or Mixed Media Feature | The Boss Baby | Nominee |
Saturn Awards
1 nomination
| Best Animated Film | The Boss Baby | Nominee |