Baby Boom

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Baby Boom

This movie is great, a real classic. I was skeptical the first time I sat down to watch it. Hey my mother liked it, I definetly should hate it right. Well I liked it so much we taped it the next time it was on TV and whenever it is played on cable now, I usually sit down and watch it this charming movie all over again.

After about 25 or more years of only reading about this film, I finally watched this on Netflix disc with my mom just now. We both really enjoyed this tale about a businesswoman played by Diane Keaton suddenly having a baby forced into her life after a cousin she hardly knew and that cousin's spouse dies and she inherits that child. Harold Ramis is amusing as the initial bedmate. I also liked seeing former SNLer Mary Gross as her secretary and current member of the show at the time, Victoria Jackson, as the initial nanny. My favorite scene concerns Ms. Keaton's first encounter with Sam Shepard when she finds out he's a vet whom she just revealed her not having sex for a long time! I'll stop there and just say this was a little funny and a little romantic. Nicely written by Nancy Meyers and Charles Shyer who also directed. So that's a recommendation of Baby Boom.

One of the main reasons I rented this movie is because I absolutely love Diane Keaton's work. Well I was very happy with her performance in this movie. I thought the plot was terrific. Charles Shyer and Nancy Meyers really do an excellent job with the writing and directing. Keaton brings life to the movie, not to mention humor and light drama. The supporting cast, including Sam Shepard, Sam Wanamaker, James Spader, and Pat Hinkle are all outstanding. Yet their performances, in my opinion, are inferior to Keaton's. When she would enter the scene, she would bring the life into it. I also loved the way too cute girls who played Elizabeth. Even though they were about two or younger at the time, they were precious! I give this movie a 10/10.

This film shows just how funny Diane Keaton can be when she wants to be. It is cute, sweet, and funny comedy. Not realistic by any means. I mean, just dropping the baby off at the airport without having any lawyers involved?? Keaton's facial expressions are killer. When the baby is ill and they are lying on the bed together. When she is leaving the adoption clinic without and then with Elizabeth. Then when she is falling for the town vet(Shepard). Any one who can convey emotions just through their eyes, without the aid of words, is a great actor. Don't ask my opinion on her directing! A wonderful charming movie that if you forget about the script flaws and concentrate on the performances, you will love it. It's no wonder she adopted her own baby girl years later.

Diane Keaton and Sam Shepard star in this 1987 comedy-drama. Keaton plays J.C. Wiatt, a New York business woman who longs to make it to the top of the corporate world. Her life changes, when she inherits baby girl, Elizabeth (Kristina and Michelle Kennedy) and things go unexpectedly for her. She decides to move to Vermont where she becomes successful on her own and finds romance with animal doctor, Jeff Cooper (Shepard). It's then that J.C. realizes that some things are more important and worth giving up for. This is a good 80's film with humorous and heartwarming moments, Keaton is great in it and I think it's one her best. I recommend this.

Sweet-natured comedy from the heart in which Diane Keaton delivers one of her best performances to date. I remember seeing this film back when it was released in 1987 and I loved it. I love it more today than I did then. It's funny, sweet, sassy and charming without being too mushy.

I don't like the term "chick flick" but have come to realize that they do exist. This has to be the best movie like this for men. While it speaks to where women were in the corporate workforce in 1987 versus today, it also displays well the fact that it is the baby that causes Keaton's character to grow up, develop and become a more whole person than just the business tiger she was. The addition of Sam Sheppard as the veterinarian love-interest for Keaton is very well done. Sheppard appeals to men as a masculine, intelligent person willing to call his own shots when and where he wants. His ability to become valuable to Keaton who would have before seen him as valueless is priceless. This is a good "snowy Sunday evening" movie to go well with a good, hearty stew and a good friend.