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The Boss Baby

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Directed by Tom McGrath
Produced by Ramsey Ann Naito
Screenplay by Michael McCullers Based on the picture book by Marla Frazee
With: the voices of Alec Baldwin, Steve Buscemi, Miles Bakshi, Jimmy Kimmel, Lisa Kudrow, Tobey Maguire, Conrad Vernon, and Tom McGrath
Editing: James Ryan
Music: Hans Zimmer and Steve Mazzaro
Runtime: 97 min
Release Date: 23 March 2017
Aspect Ratio: 2.39 : 1
Color: Color
Twitter Capsule:
A premise that can perhaps sustain a 20 page picture book is stretched into a cynical, one-joke feature film with all the generic 3D design, relentless pacing, and crass humor that typifies the worst of contemporary animation.