--- title: Oscars 2018: Internet Reactions to Boss Baby Nomination description: There was one nominee in the Oscars' Best Animated Feature category that definitely caught the Internet's eye: The Boss Baby. canonical: https://time.com/5114307/oscars-2018-the-boss-baby-nomination/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-01-23T15:35:44.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:49:57.920Z og:title: The Boss Baby's Oscar Nomination Is Melting the Internet og:description: "The Boss Baby is now an Oscar-nominated film. What have you people done" og:url: https://time.com/5114307/oscars-2018-the-boss-baby-nomination/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5b3c90acf1e5cd28/6988c0e9fb4eacf0df891585/boss-baby.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: THE BOSS BABY og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: The Boss Baby's Oscar Nomination Is Melting the Internet twitter:description: "The Boss Baby is now an Oscar-nominated film. What have you people done" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5b3c90acf1e5cd28/6988c0e9fb4eacf0df891585/boss-baby.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # _The Boss Baby_ Oscar Nomination Is Melting the Internet  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Jan 23, 2018 3:35 PM UTC  Boss Baby Boss BabyDreamWorks  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Jan 23, 2018 3:35 PM UTC While many movie fans were focused on the [Oscar nominations](http://time.com/5112407/oscar-nominations-2018/) for categories like [Best Picture](http://time.com/4684973/oscars-wrong-best-picture-explanation/), Best Actress and [Best Director](http://time.com/5097459/steven-spielberg-natalie-portman-best-director-burn/) on Tuesday, there was one nominee in the Best Animated Feature category that definitely caught the Internet’s eye: _The Boss Baby_. Starring Alec Baldwin as the voice of a suit-wearing, briefcase-carrying baby, the DreamWorks comedy wasn’t considered a top contender for a nod at this year’s Academy Awards. However, it’s now in contention for the night’s biggest animated honor alongside _The Breadwinner_, _Coco_, _Ferdinand_ and _Loving Vincent_. Some of _Boss Baby_‘s detractors were upset it claimed a spot over animated darling _The Lego Batman Movie_. “OH, COOL, WE’RE JUST GOING TO NOMINATE FERDINAND AND THE BOSS BABY OVER THE LEGO BATMAN MOVIE AND GO ON ACTING LIKE WE’RE A VAGUELY RESPECTABLE SOCIETY???” Twitter user Griffin Newman [wrote](https://twitter.com/GriffLightning/status/955798353413107721) in all caps. While others couldn’t help but crack jokes about the unexpected honor. “I seriously doubt that any of you chuckleheads groaning about ‘The Boss Baby’ getting an Oscar nomination have actually seen it, because if you HAD you’d be much, much angrier,” [tweeted](https://twitter.com/TweetsByTheTony/status/955811432502845441) user The Tony. > [](https://twitter.com/GriffLightning/status/955798353413107721) > [](https://twitter.com/TweetsByTheTony/status/955811432502845441) See a selection of the reactions below. > [](https://twitter.com/robbiereviews/status/955797933923930112) > [](https://twitter.com/the%5Fnope%5Fshow/status/955800842547990528) > [](https://twitter.com/CalibTalksFilms/status/955803804053762048) > [](https://twitter.com/john%5Ftyler646/status/955812207857725440) > [](https://twitter.com/reymerts/status/955801872631136257) > [](https://twitter.com/andrewsampson%5F/status/955801694474047488) > [](https://twitter.com/MILEZDAS/status/955800984017448961) > [](https://twitter.com/the%5Fironsheik/status/955807436048420871) > [](https://twitter.com/ScottWamplerBMD/status/955798079730606085) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5114307/oscars-2018-the-boss-baby-nomination/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5114307/oscars-2018-the-boss-baby-nomination/"},"headline":"The Boss Baby Oscar Nomination Is Melting the Internet","datePublished":"2018-01-23T15:35:44.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:49:57.920Z","description":"\"The Boss Baby is now an Oscar-nominated film. 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