Immediately, his parents become completely infatuated with the baby’s cuteness and his demands, which draws attention away from Tim and causing the 7-year old to grow jealous as well as growing suspicious of his suit-wearing, briefcase-carrying sibling. However, Tim’s reality is suddenly shattered and gets turned upside down with the arrival of a new baby brother. Yes, Tim receives the caring love from both from them, including a touching bedtime routine of three stories, five hugs, and one special song. As an only child, he receives the full and undivided attention of his two loving parents Ted (Jimmy Kimmel) and Janice (Lisa Kudrow). Timothy Templeton (Miles Bakshi) is a 7-year old kid with a wild imagination and living the dream. Does DreamWorks 34 th animated tale shine bright or is it a flat and generic dud cartoon endeavor? But for how long? A question like that is about to answer as director Tom McGrath presents the DreamWorks newest film of the 2017 year with the movie The Boss Baby. However, Kung Fu Panda 3 and Trolls were met with praise from critics (and fans) as well as box office success, so studio seems to be on the right course. Sure, Disney has been around way longer, but Disney’s has also seemed to found its groove back of late, finding its signature “mojo”, while DreamWorks seems to be more a “hit or miss” or rather more misses than hits.

As many know, DreamWorks is sort of a cautionary tale of a once powerhouse animation studio that has become “the old dinosaur” in animation. The Wild Life) was DreamWorks Animation two releases that sort of bookended the year, with Kung Fu Panda 3 released in January and Trolls in November.

In amongst those films (and some other bad ones…. From Disney’s mega hits Zootopia and Moana, to Pixar’s touching sequel Finding Dory, to Illumination Entertainment’s colorful flicks in The Secret Life of Pets and Sing, to Laika Entertainment critically acclaimed film Kubo and the Two strings, 2016 was a big year for cartoon feature films. 2016 saw a lot of animated films being released.

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