"The Boss Baby" is a refreshingly entertaining animated feature comedy.

It's short on concept, but long on style.Tim (voiced by Miles Christopher Bakshi, grandson of legendary animated feature film director Ralph Bakshi, of "Fritz the Cat," 1972, and "Heavy Traffic," 1973, fame) is the center of his family, loved by his doting parents, Mom (Lisa Kudrow) and Dad (Jimmy Kimmel).Tim's world is shaken with the arrival of a baby, "The Boss Baby" (voiced by Alec Baldwin) of the movie's title, wearing a suit and carrying a briefcase, no less.Boss Baby is on a secret mission for Baby Corporation to prevent the Puppy Company and its evil CEO Francis Francis (Steve Buscemi) from taking over the world with cute puppies rather than cute babies.Yeah, I know: A movie plot as thin as the napkin it was probably written on.The film is narrated by the Older Tim (voiced by Tobey Maguire).Tim's point-of-view fantasy sequences are eye-popping fun, rendered in black-light and day-glow colors and drawn in a straighter-edge style than the rest of the bright and light-infused feature.The animation is impressive throughout, from the big-eyed main characters to several chase scenes and a wonderful Rube Goldberg style contraption. The scenes in a heaven where the babies arrive is inventive and magical. Tim's bedroom, which turns into a jail when he's grounded, is clever. The characters' rubbery faces reflect a range of emotions very effectively.The movie was seen in 2D for this review. There are enough creative scenes to warrant considering seeing the film in 3D.A recurring theme uses The Beatles' song "Blackbird," credited to John Lennon and Paul McCartney but generally acknowledged to have been written by McCartney. Here, rather than being a paean to the Civil Rights movement, as McCartney has said it was, "Blackbird" becomes a personal song of family bonding and belonging.The Irving Berlin song "Cheek to Cheek," sung by Fred Astaire from his 1935 movie "Top Hat," is also given a new spin, with the, ahem, twist here being on baby cheeks, or backsides, rather than dancing face to face.That and some other double entendres aside, family plays a big role in "The Boss Baby." At first Tim is antagonistic toward Boss Baby. Their learning to cooperate and love each other becomes the film's through-line, a positive and uplifting sentiment for all.Alec Baldwin is great as the voice of Boss Baby. His snarky inflection is always just below the surface, which is very funny. Baldwin's pursy lips even seem to have been re-created on the baby's face.There are several humorous baby supporting characters, three of which resemble the Teletubbies. One of the most hilarious supporting characters is that of a Gandalf-like wizard alarm clock.The dialogue in "The Boss Baby," quite funny. "You can't be fired from your own family" is just one memorable line.Director Tom McGrath (director, "Madagascar," 2005 and 2008, 2012 sequels; "Megamind," 2010) doesn't let the incongruities of the screenplay by Michael McCullers (screenplay, "Austin Powers," 1999 and its 2002 sequel; "Baby Mama," 2008; "Mr. Peabody and Sherman," 2014), which is based on the 2010 children's book by author-illustrator Marla Frazee, get in the way of the fun.And fun "The Boss Baby" is, a movie that should entertain the entire family."The Boss Baby,"MPAA rated PG (Parental Guidance Suggested. Some Material May Not Be Suitable For Children.) for some mild rude humor; Genre: Animation, Comedy, Family; Run time; 1 hr., 37 min.; Produced by DreamWorks Animation; Distributed by 20th Century Fox.Credit Readers Anonymous:Stay to the very end of "The Boss Baby" for an extra scene with the wizard clock that is somewhat, er, alarming in an insulting way.Box Office,April 14: As expected, "The Fate of the Furious," starring Freedom High School graduate Dwayne Johnson, as well as Vin Diesel, zoomed to No. 1, opening with $100.1 million, firing "The Boss Baby" from its two-week seat at No. 1, dropping to No. 2 with $15.5 million for the Easter Sunday weekend, and $116.3 million, three weeks, as "Beauty and the Beast" continued close behind at No. 3, with $13.6 million, $454.6 million, five weeks;4. "Smurfs: The Lost Village," $6.5 million, $24.7 million, two weeks; 5. "Going In Style," $6.3 million, $23.3 million, two weeks; 6. "Gifted," $3 million, $4.3 million, two weeks; 7. "Get Out," $2.9 million, $167.5 million, seven weeks; 8. "Power Rangers," $2.8 million, $80.5 million, four weeks; 9. "The Case for Christ," $2.7 million, $8.4 million, two weeks; 10. "Kong: Skull Island," $2.6 million, $161.1 million, six weeks.Unreel,April 21:"Unforgettable,"R: Denise Di Novi directs Rosario Dawson, Katherine Heigl, Geoff Stults and Whitney Cummings in the thriller about a woman who attempts to ruin her ex-husband's new marriage."Born in China,"G: Chuan Lu directs the DisneyNature documentary about a panda bear and cub, a golden monkey and his baby sister, and a mother snow leopard and her two cubs."The Promise,"PG-13: Terry George directs Christian Bale, Oscar Isaac, Shohreh Aghdashloo and Angela Sarafyan in the romantic drama set during the last days of the Ottoman Empire."Free Fire,"R: Ben Wheatley directs Sharlto Copley, Brie Larson, Armie Hammer and Cillian Murphy in the action film about two gangs shooting it out in Boston in 1978."Leap!,"Eric Summer and Éric Warin direct the voice talents of Elle Fanning, Carly Rae Jepsen, Maddie Ziegler and Terrence Scammell in the animated musical about an orphan girl who becomes a ballet student in Paris.Three Popcorn Boxes out of Five Popcorn Boxes