Warning: contains spoilers from the previous installment**

Years have passed since the events of the first installment of The Boss Baby. Tim Templeton is now an adult. He has a wife named Carol and two daughters: Tabitha, who is 7, and Tina, who is an infant. His brother, Ted, works as a CEO of a company, and is hardly ever around.

Tim has a great relationship with his family. But when he puts Tabitha to bed, she feels too old for the lullaby he’s about to sing to her. Tim worries that he and she are growing apart.

But when he goes into Tina’s room, he discovers that she can talk. That is because she comes from Baby Corp, a place where babies function like adults. Tina has also been assigned a special mission. And Ted needs to be a part of it, as well. However, Tim won’t call him because he’s worried that he will not show up.

The next day, though, Ted does come to the Templetons’ house. He learns that Tina is from Baby Corp. Tina takes both Tim and Ted there to find out what’s going on. A wicked man named Dr. Ewin Armstrong is the principal at Tina’s new school. He has a plan to hypnotize parents.

Once back at home, Tina gives Ted and Tim a special formula that will turn them back into small children for 48 hours. After Ted and Tim take it, though, they fight as they reverse age.

Meanwhile, Tabitha and Carol are out buying a Christmas tree. When they come home, Ted and Tim have to hide. They claim that they’re packing and going on a trip to improve their relationship.

The next morning, the bus for Ted and Tim to take to Tina’s school comes at 8:00 sharp. Unfortunately, Tim has overslept. So, he and Ted miss it.

Luckily, a horse named Precious gives the two a ride. But on the way, they end up in a giant teacup and create chaos on the road. If that’s not bad enough, the cops try to pull them over. Not only that, but Carol is driving Tabitha and Tina in the same location. Ted and Tim continue to hide from them.

Once at school, Ted and Tim are given uniforms and go through entrances that they are assigned. Ted goes to the daycare center while Tim goes to Tabitha’s class. He claims to be a new kid called Marcos.

Dr. Armstrong comes onto the screen. He tests the kids to see where their intelligence ranks. Tabitha ranks pretty high.

Meanwhile, Ted is struggling to get along with the babies. At some point, he needs to get out. However, there is no door or way to leave. So, Ted tries to have the other infants help him up to the window.

Tim also realizes that he needs to see Armstrong. So, he tries to misbehave as a way to go to him. But that puts him in timeout instead. And the timeout section is a closed off space where one lies down on a chair surrounded by water and a fake tropical background.

Eventually, both Tim and Ted are able to leave their areas. When Ted meets Armstrong, he discovers that he’s actually a baby in an adult costume. He reveals his plan with the parents. That is to establish a day called B-day and eliminate all adults. That way, they can no longer push kids around.

After school, Carol sees Tim, thinking that he’s Tabitha’s classmate, Marcos. She takes him back to their place.

Once home, Tim and Ted’s parents come over. At dinner, the parents recognize Tim, but not enough to figure out that it really is him.

Tabitha is supposed to perform in a school pageant and wants her dad to be there. She tries to sing but struggles due to her anxiety. But Tim, as Marcos, helps her. The two sing an entire song together. Tabitha thanks him.

However, when the night of the pageant happens and Tabitha performs, she sees that her father is not there. She leaves the stage in tears.

Unfortunately, Armstrong launches a new app that hypnotizes all the parents in the audience. He even traps Ted and Tim.

Can the day still be saved?

This movie had a lot of funny moments. I laughed when Ted and Tim fought while aging backwards and when they rode the giant teacup on the road.

The characters were also likable. I especially admired Tabitha’s bond with Tim, even when he was disguised as her “classmate,” Marcos after transforming back into a child.

Tim’s relationship with his family was very nice. It was also great to see his parents as grandparents. They definitely aged a lot.

Another twist was how Wizzy, Tim’s talking wizard toy, returned. Although he is a minor character in both installments, he plays important roles.

The tension levels were quite high, as well—especially during the last several minutes. More twists and turns occurred, as well.

Which brings me to my next thought: I would recommend seeing the first installment from 2017 before watching this one. There is some content that spoils the ending of the previous movie.

Although there were a lot of strengths in this film, I will admit that a good amount of the middle was boring and hard to follow. I’ll even confess that I almost gave up at the midpoint, despite laughing a lot before.

Overall, I thought The Boss Baby: Family Business was decent. If the middle were easier to follow and more engaging, I would have enjoyed the whole film.

It’s important for any kind of story to keep the audience engaged all the way through. A lot of people actually surrender the tales for good if they get bored for even the slightest amount of time.

Anyway, I give this film 3.5 out of 5 stars.