Baby Boom (1987)
Genre: Comedy
Duration: 110 minuten
Country:
United States
Directed by: Charles Shyer
Stars: Diane Keaton, Sam Shepard and Harold Ramis
IMDb score:
6,4 (22.011)
Releasedate: 7 October 1987
Baby Boom plot
"An unexpected comedy"
Successful in business, JC Wiatt (Diane Keaton) and her boyfriend don't even think about starting a family. Then she gets a baby as an inheritance and can only get out of it by finding suitable adoptive parents. However, she regrets it and decides to take care of the child herself. When her boyfriend abandons her because of this, she discovers that motherhood means more than she thought. The baby stands in the way of her success.
Actors and actresses
J.C. Wiatt
Dr. Jeff Cooper
Steven Buchner
Elizabeth Wiatt
Fritz Curtis
Ken Arrenberg
Hughes Larrabee
Narrator (voice)
Charlotte Elkman
Cloak Room Attendant
Reviews & comments
mrklm
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Shrewd businesswoman JC Wiatt [Diane Keaton] lives to work and has focused her entire life on that. But when she is told that she is 'inheriting' a baby, her life turns upside down. Attempts to have Elizabeth adopted or to entrust her to a nanny come to nothing and when her promised promotion fails, she immediately quits her job and moves to rustic Vermont where, after a lot of time and some setbacks, she manages to find her feet.
This film is tailor-made for Keaton and under the direction of Charles Syer - who co-wrote the screenplay with Nancy Myers - she never falls into the neurotic acting style that has sometimes hindered her career. It is very refreshing that there is not a single poop or pee joke to be seen, not even in the funny sequence in which JC attempts to change a diaper. There is certainly a lot to laugh about, for example when JC takes Elizabeth to The Center For Brighter Babies and when she wants Elizabeth to eat linguini with a knife and fork. Britt Leach is also hilarious as the plumber who regularly has to visit JC for repairs and whose vocabulary doesn't seem to go much further than "yup" and "nope". Sam Shepard is charismatic as the "doctor" who treats JC after she faints. Of all the baby comedies, this is the best in my opinion.
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