Baby Boom
An Unexpected Comedy.
Academy Award winner Diane Keaton "is smashing" (Pauline Kael) as a high-powered career woman who inherits a baby -- and discovers a side of herself she never knew she had...a maternal one! Co-starring Sam Shepard and James Spader, this "sophisticated, screwball comedy" (Rex Reed, "At the Movies") about the pitfalls and payoffs of instant parenthood will put a smile on your face again and again.
J.C. Wiatt (Keaton) thinks she has it all together. Beautiful and talented, she's on the road to certain success. So when an adorable baby girl comes into her life by way of a distant cousin's will, it's J.C. who breaks out in a rash! Juggling power lunches and powdered formula, she is soon forced off the fast track by a conniving colleague and a bigoted boss. But this lady won't stay down for long. She'll prove to the world that a woman can have it all -- and on her own terms too!
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Cute - anwallette
This movie follows the life of the first generation of working women - the ones who stepped out of the box of convention and went into a new field with guns ablazing!
JC discovers that her cousin has left his baby to her when he passes away. This is on the eve after finding out that she is going to be made partner. Elizabeth upsets her world in new and wonderful ways.
It causes JC to rethink everything that she has held as important.Refreshing - JlhEel
The first time I saw this movie it was on tv and I was about 10 years old. Watching it again it was refreshing to look back on a movie from the 80s and realize that there was a time when real looking people could lead a hollywood cast. Diane Keaton (as beautiful as ever yet completely natural) and her on screen romantic partner give this movie a believability in its Vermont setting and a relatibility by reminding us that hollywood hasn't always been plastic.
Plus, the baby is beyond adorable and both the urban and rural landscrapes are beautifully shot. When you add Keaton's classically comedic and shrill emotional break downs and mood swings, this simple 80s romantic comedy, becomes a movie to relax and unwind with. If that's what you're looking for, you can't do much better than this :)Baby Boom - p98l256
I jost lo-o-o-ve this movie. Diane Keaton is ather best. The all business career woman suddenly becomes a mother and her entire world is centered around this pint sized heart breaker. What a little doll!
I love the way Keaton makes it big even when all the odds are against her and at the end she has the gumpchun to stick it to the big guys in the investment world. Bravo!
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Cute - anwallette
This movie follows the life of the first generation of working women - the ones who stepped out of the box of convention and went into a new field with guns ablazing!
JC discovers that her cousin has left his baby to her when he passes away. This is ...Refreshing - JlhEel
The first time I saw this movie it was on tv and I was about 10 years old. Watching it again it was refreshing to look back on a movie from the 80s and realize that there was a time when real looking people could lead a hollywood cast. Diane Keaton (as beautiful ...Baby Boom - p98l256
I jost lo-o-o-ve this movie. Diane Keaton is ather best. The all business career woman suddenly becomes a mother and her entire world is centered around this pint sized heart breaker. What a little doll!
I love the way Keaton makes it big even when all ...