The movie comes towards the tail end of that golden age of 3D animation which coincided with my kids growing -up; and which produced so many superb films that I think people got a bit blasé, and began to assume that this was "the norm", and could be expected to continue forever on autopilot.
It wasn't and didn't; because excellence always depends on human ability and creativity - which is always in a limited supply.
But this may explain why The Boss Baby didn't make more of an impact on release - because it is an excellent movie in almost every way - well scripted, structured, and edited; cleverly witty, very funny, inventive, and heart-warming.
There are some stunning sequences of animation, in various styles and with several themes, right from the very beginning; and these are kept very fresh and various.
Although I did, as usual, find the inevitable finale of a long chase/ race against the clock to be the least good part of the movie - it had plenty of entertaining or affecting moments; but even the best of this genre (such as Toy Story 2, Monsters Inc, The Rise of the Guardians) seem to overdo this aspect of the plot arc - at least, for my taste.
The Boss Baby even has a rather interesting and hard-hitting premise; which is that babies are not wanted by modern people in the way they used to be - and pets are often preferred (here, it is specifically cute puppies that are the main competition).
The over-arching moral message is valid and somewhat counter-cultural: based on the life ideal of a loving family; and that having this is better than a successful career.
In sum: people who like this sort of thing, will find TBB the sort of thing they like.
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