![]() ![]() The filmmakers’ insist on overdoing everything: the schmaltz, the slapstick, the feverish paceĪrriving in US theatres (and on the Peacock streaming service) from July 2, the sequel will target family viewers over the Independence Day holiday. ![]() Alec Baldwin and James Marsden bring some personality to the proceedings, even if Family Business mostly feels like a tool for keeping youngsters distracted for a couple hours. Shamelessly sentimental and weighed down by 1980s pop-culture references, DreamWorks’ animated film lacks the novelty of the first picture - which introduced the idea of Baby Corp, the efficient organisation where all newborns come from - while crafting a convoluted follow-up that reunites distant brothers Ted and Tim in adulthood. ![]() The villain in The Boss Baby: Family Business brainwashes unsuspecting parents by bombarding them with bright, swirling images - an apt metaphor for the experience of watching this rambunctious, narcotizing sequel to the 2017 original. ![]()
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