The Boss Baby (2017)

97 min · Animation

ScoutScore

MILD

Worth a quick check before you press play.

The Boss Baby scores 17 on the ScoutScore, which is Mild. Worth a quick check before you press play. FilmScout maps 12 flagged scenes.

A ScoutScore is a living number. We re-check movies against the source and raise or lower it when we find something the first pass missed, so a score you see today can differ from one you saw last month.

What FilmScout flagged

Heads up

Content map

How this movie's flagged content divides up. These are shares of what was flagged here, not a level: a movie with very little flagged content can still be 80% one kind.

Scary and dark with violence and action.

Scary and dark	45%
Violence and action	38%
Language and substances	0%
Mature themes	17%
All flagged content	100%

Direction is the kind of content. Reach is the ScoutScore, which is how much there is: green at the centre, yellow, orange, then red at the edge.

Scenes FilmScout flagged

HEADS UP Boss Baby's secret phone call
HEADS UP The 'love is limited' bead speech
HEADS UP Secret baby boardroom meeting
HEADS UP Deity exclamation
HEADS UP Chase and tape destruction
HEADS UP Francis Francis revealed as villain
HEADS UP Francis's revenge plan revealed
HEADS UP Children kidnapped by villain's nanny
HEADS UP Fake vomit escape plan
HEADS UP Bike chase through the neighborhood

Where each one lands in the runtime, and alerts that arrive before it does, are in the app.

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Talk about it after

“Tim feels like the new baby is taking up all his parents' love and there won't be enough left for him. What are some ways love in a family can actually grow instead of shrink?”

Common questions

Is The Boss Baby okay for kids?

The Boss Baby scores 17 on FilmScout's ScoutScore, which places it in the Mild tier. Worth a quick check before you press play. FilmScout has mapped 12 flagged scenes in it, covering theme, action, dark imagery. The right answer depends on your child, which is why FilmScout shows you the scenes instead of giving a verdict.

What is the ScoutScore for The Boss Baby?

17, which is the Mild tier. The ScoutScore is driven by the intensity of a movie's heaviest moments rather than how many it has.

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