History YMMV / TheBossBaby

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: One can't help but imagine how better the film would have been if it solely focused on Tim's vivid imagination getting in the way of his own life situations rather than the boss baby himself.

* AndYouThoughtItWouldFail: Most people wrote ''The Boss Baby'' off as a joke, and some predicted that it would be crushed by Creator/{{Disney}}'s live-action version of ''[[Film/BeautyAndTheBeast2017 Beauty and the Beast]]''. To the surprise of almost everyone, the film barely edged out ''Beast'' to win the top spot of the domestic box office, and has grossed an impressive $358 million worldwide so far.

* AudienceAlienatingPremise: Averted[[spoiler:during the climax, when [[TheDragon Eugene]], is fighting the babies. He may come off looking like a wimp, but would anyone be comfortable with a grown man his size punching babies? Yeah, it is clear why he was made into such a wimp.]]

* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: Eugene is the older brother of Francis Francis, the film's BigBad. [[spoiler: However, at the end, when Francis Francis has turned into a baby, Eugene picks him up and starts feeding him. He declares he will rise him right this time. It seems that he went along with Francis's plan as a way to look out for him.]]

* AudienceAlienatingPremise: Averted[[spoiler:during the climax, when [[TheDragon Eugene]][[spoiler:, is fighting the babies. He may come off looking like a wimp, but would anyone be comfortable with a grown man his size punching babies? Yeah, it is clear why he was made into such a wimp.]]

* AudienceAlienatingPremise: Averted[[spoiler:during the climax, when [[TheDragon/ Eugene]][[spoiler:, is fighting the babies. He may come off looking like a wimp, but would anyone be comfortable with a grown man his size punching babies? Yeah, it is clear why he was made into such a wimp.]]

* AudienceAlienatingPremise: Averted[[spoiler:during the climax, when [[TheDragon/Eugene]][[spoiler:, is fighting the babies. He may come off looking like a wimp, but would anyone be comfortable with a grown man his size punching babies? Yeah, it is clear why he was made into such a wimp.]]

* Audiencealienatingpremise: Averted[[spoiler:during the climax, when [[TheDragon/Eugene]], is fighting the babies. He may come off looking like a wimp, but would anyone be comfortable with a grown man his size punching babies? Yeah, it is clear why he was made into such a wimp.]]

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: One can't help but imagine how better the film would be if it solely focused on Tim's vivid imagination getting in the way of his own life situations rather than the boss baby himself.

* VisualEffectsOfAwesome: The animation itself is very expensive, similar to the likes of the original Looney Tunes. Especially with Tim's Imagination spots, which exploded with colour and are gorgeous to look at.

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: One can't help but imagine how better the film would be if it solely focused on Tim's colourful imagination getting in the way of his own life situations rather than the boss baby himself.

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: One can't help but imagine how better the film would be if it solely focus on Tim's colourful imagination getting in the way of his own life situations rather than the boss baby himself.

* VisualEffectsOfAwesome: The animation itself is very expensive, similar to the likes of the original Looney Tunes. This goes especially with Tim's Imagination spots, which exploded with colour and are gorgeous to look at.

* {{Moe}}: Despite having [[VocalDissonance Alec Baldwin's voice]], Boss Baby is still an adorable kid. There's also a group of three babies, each dressed up in full-body animal outfits complete with furry ears. See [[http://media0.giphy.com/media/l0Hee6sB3fXbAdhRK/giphy.gif here]]. And let's not forget the baby girl wearing a tutu.

* {{Moe}}: Despite having [[VocalDissonance Alec Baldwin's voice]], Boss Baby is still an adorable kid. There's also a group of three babies, each dressed up in full-body animal outfits complete with furry ears. See [[http://media0.giphy.com/media/l0Hee6sB3fXbAdhRK/giphy.gif here]].

* {{Moe}}: Despite having Alec Baldwin's voice, Boss Baby is still an adorable kid. There's also a group of three babies, each dressed up in full-body animal outfits complete with furry ears. See [[http://media0.giphy.com/media/l0Hee6sB3fXbAdhRK/giphy.gif here]].
* WinBackTheCrowd: Some people considered the concept to be rather ridiculous when the [[TaintedByThePreview trailers first came out]] (though it wasn't enough to be considered an AudienceAlienatingPremise). When the film was finally released, it ended up doing better than expected.

* {{Moe}}: Despite having Alec Baldwin's voice, Boss Baby is still an adorable kid

* CriticalDissonance: The film scored very poorly with early critics, but eventually ended up with nearly a split down the middle, with 49% fresh at Rotten Tomatoes by the Saturday evening after its release. Audiences gave it an A- [=CinemaScore=], while those under 18 gave it an overall A+. The film also toppled ''Film/{{Beauty and The Beast|2017'', which had ruled the box office for two weekends.

* WinBackTheCrowd: Some people considered the concept to be rather ridiculous when the [[TaintedByThePreview trailers first came out]] (though it wasn't enough to be considered an AudienceAlienatingPremise). When the film was finally released, it ended up doing better than expected.

* WinBackTheCrowd: Some people considered the concept to be rather ridiculous when the [[TaintedByThePreview trailers first came out]] (though it wasn't enough to be considered an AudienceAlienationPremise). When the film was finally released, it ended up doing better than expected.