Baby Boom (1987)

Baby Boom (1987)
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Release Date: 1987

DVD Release Date: February 6th, 2001

PG |1 hr 51 min

Plot Summary

J.C. Wiatt (Diane Keaton) is a New York City businesswoman who is married to her job and has a relationship with Steven (Harold Ramis), a successful investment broker. J.C.'s life takes an unexpected turn when a relative suddenly dies and makes her the caretaker of a baby girl. Soon, the baby's arrival causes J.C. to lose first Steven, and then her job. She moves to Vermont and embarks on a series of life-changing events. But when offered the opportunity, will she return to her corporate ways?

Cast: Diane Keaton, Harold Ramis, Sam Shepard, Sam Wanamaker, James Spader, Pat Hingle, Britt Leach, Mary Gross

Director: Charles Shyer

Genres: Comedy

Production Co: United Artists, Metro Goldwyn Mayer

Keywords: 1980s, Love interest, Charming, Heartwarming, Sacrifice, New York City

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Ratings & Reviews

50
Dave KehrChicago Tribune
Shyer's direction of actors rises instantly to a level of cartoonish hysteria and descends only for occasional wet bursts of sentimentality. But as an exercise in ideological persuasion it works appallingly well, playing on deep-seated guilts and insecurities with a sureness of touch that may make it a hit with the audience it caricatures. show more
75
Roger EbertChicago Sun-Times
Baby Boom makes no effort to show us real life. It is a fantasy about mothers and babies and sweetness and love, with just enough wicked comedy to give it an edge. show more
63
Bill CosfordMiami Herald
Keaton is funny when she's tough, and funny when she's soft; the Baby Boom combination, for all the film's calculations and shameless cooing (the baby's dubbed, for pity's sake), is quite appealing. [7 Oct 1987, p.D8]