When known from The Boss Baby Templeton brothers – Tim and Ted – became adults, they drifted apart. Tim is now married and a father. Ted has become president of a hedge fund, which means he doesn’t have time to care for family relationships. Unexpectedly, however, their fates will intertwine again and the brothers will have to deal with a completely new problem. The sequel to the beloved DreamWorks animation premieres on Blu-ray ™ and DVD on April 13th.
Tim and his wife, Carol (breadwinner) live in the suburbs with their super-intelligent 7-year-old daughter Tabitha and adorable little Tina. Tabitha idolizes her uncle Ted and wants to become like him. He studies at an elite school and achieves high scores, which for Tim, however, is more of a worry than pride. Still living on the memory of his own childhood, he worries that his daughter is losing the best time of her life through learning. Unexpectedly, however, the youngest heroine – Tina reveals that she is – yeah! – a secret agent of BabyCorp on a mission to uncover the dark secrets of Tabitha’s school and its mysterious founder, Dr. Erwin Armstrong. It is thanks to her that the Templeton brothers will reunite and be able to rediscover what really matters in life.
The film is directed by Tom McGrath, also known from the Madagascar series . Children’s fantasy has become the key topic of the story he tells. As he says himself:
Building this world of fantasy gave me the most satisfaction while working on a film. There are a lot of fantastic moments here that we wanted to push even further in this second film than before. We wanted the viewer to be completely immersed in the world of creation. We used all the possibilities that an animated film gives us that we would not have otherwise. So we wanted not only to show this child’s fantasy on the screen, which is so fascinating, but to go a step further and invite into this world of unfettered imaginations of every viewer, regardless of age.
Despite the fact that The Boss Baby: Family Business is a slapstick comedy full of gags and unimaginable situations, it is not a movie in which we as viewers could not see ourselves. As noted by James Marsden, who gave the voice to Tim in the original language version, the character played by him is a perfect reflection of the concerns faced by any father raising children:
Having three children, I experience something similar myself. It is natural that we want to guard their childhood, prevent them from growing up too quickly – she notes. I believe that today, in the age of social media, children grow up too fast. That’s why we’d love to keep them away from the internet. Run away to nature together, build huts and look at the stars together. Of course, Tim is still largely a child himself. It is he who comes to his daughter doing homework and interrupts her saying: “school is boring, play with me.” Likewise, in fact, while watching children grow up is amazingly beautiful, it is certainly also something very difficult that every parent must face.
A film in which children become adults and adults become children tells a story from which everyone will get something for themselves. The comedy of the absurd carries a universal message, and humor abolishes the age limit. The Boss Baby: Family Business draws you into a colorful world that cannot be limited by logic, let alone the laws of physics.
Special features on the BLU-RAY ™ and DVD editions:
- Precious Templeton Short : The Tale of the Pony
- Never Grow Up: The Big Kids Who Made the movie The Family rules
- Art classes of Boss Baby: how to draw
- Together We Stand – music video
- and a lot more!