The Boss Baby :an ode to Chuck Jones Animation

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 Watching The Boss Baby reminded me of the classic animated Warner Bros./Chuck Jones shorts and other more recent animated films. It was the animation style and the rapid pace that brought me back to my childhood of watching Bugs Bunny outwit Elmer Fudd.
 The Boss Baby tells the story of what happens when a suit wearing, briefcase carrying toddler arrives in the home of 7-year-old Tim, wrecking havoc and ending his days as the only child. What transpires is an often fast-paced film that works when it's in the house. When it breaks out into other territories is when the film starts to drag.
 Alec Baldwin, love him or hate him, does the voice of The Boss Baby and does a fine job. It's his energy and the rapid pace animation style that makes this one watchable. It's when it gets into world building (no spoilers here) that the film becomes a bit exhaustive and boring. It's at it's best when it stays with the domestic walls of Tim's house (it's his parents, of course). There is also a nice score by Hans Zimmer & Steve Mazzaro that adds to the fun.
  I give The Boss Baby a watchable B-. 

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