The Boss Baby (2017)

97 min · Animation

USPGUKUAUPG

26 MILD

ScoutScore

Worth a quick check before you press play.

The Boss Baby scores 26 on the ScoutScore, which is Mild. Worth a quick check before you press play. FilmScout maps 14 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 the scenes we flagged in this movie divide up by kind. These are shares of what was flagged, not a level, and not a promise about anything we did not flag: a movie with very little flagged content can still be 80% one kind.

Flagged for scary and dark with violence and action.

Scary and dark	44%
Violence and action	31%
Themes	25%
Sexual content	none flagged
Substances	none flagged
Language	none flagged
All flagged content	100%

Direction is the kind of content flagged. Reach is the ScoutScore, which is how much there is: green at the centre, yellow, orange, then red at the dotted line, which is 100. The scale has no ceiling, so a shape can cross it.

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 Hansel and Gretel bedtime story
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

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

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Age ratings by country

AU	PG
GB	U
US	PG

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?”

This guide tells you before. The app tells you during.

Every scene above is timed. The FilmScout app listens to the movie and taps you 30 seconds before each one, so you can skip it, mute it, or talk it through. Free to start on iPhone.

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Common questions

Is The Boss Baby okay for kids?

The Boss Baby scores 26 on FilmScout's ScoutScore, which places it in the Mild tier. Worth a quick check before you press play. FilmScout has mapped 14 flagged scenes in it, covering action, theme, 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?

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

What is The Boss Baby rated?

The Boss Baby is rated PG in the United States. Ratings differ by country: AU PG, GB U, US PG. A letter rating stamps a whole movie at once, so FilmScout scores it scene by scene instead.

See every scene in the FilmScout app.
Each flagged moment with its place in the runtime, plus live alerts that follow along while you watch.

ScoutScores are FilmScout's own scene by scene analysis and change as the catalog is rescored. FilmScout is independent and is not affiliated with, licensed by, or endorsed by any studio or ratings board.

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