Le bébé boss

This sweet tale of sibling rivalry doesn’t need all the requisite chase scenes and ticking clocks of by-the-numbers animation.

Judging by how beautiful the film is, you can see just how lacking the story is. If cookies are for closers, The Boss Baby doesn't even get the set of Fisher Price steak knives.

Animated movie about Alec Baldwin-voiced baby in a business suit is a 97-minute pacifier – and not much else.

Avec la quantité de clins d'oeil qui leur est destinée, les parents sont ravis et quittent la salle de cinéma avec un sourire fendu jusqu'aux oreilles. Les enfants - après tout, ils sont le public cible! - s'amusent comme des petits fous pendant les 85 minutes de la projection et en ressortent des étoiles plein les yeux!

Visually, there’s a retro look and feel to the animation that plays affectionate homage to Looney Tunes legends Chuck Jones, Tex Avery and Friz Freleng (...).

Alec Baldwin is cutthroat perfection as the voice of a tyrannical executive infant, but this animated lark is stuck halfway between goofy low concept and Pixarish pretension.

La réalisation vivante et colorée de Tom McGrath profite de l'expertise technique des animateurs des studios Dreamworks.

The Boss Baby is a mediocre attempt to make Alec Baldwin’s baby something young ones will want to take home - plush toy or what have you. 

That novel notion pops up early in the film and produces some of the funnier and more emotionally relatable moments.