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Baby Boom
Another vivacious performance by Diane Keaton makes an unremarkable, often overly cute, and very predictable 1987 comedy called Baby Boom worth a look.
Keaton plays JC Hiatt, a high-powered lady executive who thinks she has everything she wants and is thrown a loop when she inherits a baby girl from a distant relative after her death, changing the entire trejectory of JC's life plan.
Charles Shyer and Nancy Meyer, the creative forces behind Private Benjamin and the Steve Martin Father of the Bride movies have brought some gloss to the somewhat well-worn topic of "Can Women have it all?", and , as expected, not really providing us an answer, but the story does wade through some very predictable waters to bring us to what is a pretty foregone conclusion.
We get a lot of the scenes we expect, especially JC's early adventures into the world of motherhood. I was pleased that we were spared the scene of mom experiencing a stinky diaper for the first time, we've seen that in a million movies, though her first adventures into the world of diapers were kind amusing. I was a little disappointed that JC's boyfriend (Harold Ramis) couldn't deal with being a father and just walked out on her, but I guess that had to leave room for JC's unexpected romance with a handsome veterinarian (Sam Shepherd). The film also contains more than one silly moment where it seems like the baby understands exactly what JC is saying to her.
The movie doesn't offer a lot of surprises and moves like a tortoise, but Keatoon is such an engaging screen presence that we do care about JC and want to see what's going to happen to her. Keaton creates chemistry with both Ramis and Shepherd and James Spader, Pat Hingle, Sam Wanamaker, and Victoria Jackson score in supporting roles. Linda Ellerbee provides the opening narration. Nothing special here, but Keaton is charming enough to hold tviewer attention. Years later, it became a short-lived NBC televison series with Kate Jackson playing JC.
Another vivacious performance by Diane Keaton makes an unremarkable, often overly cute, and very predictable 1987 comedy called Baby Boom worth a look.
Keaton plays JC Hiatt, a high-powered lady executive who thinks she has everything she wants and is thrown a loop when she inherits a baby girl from a distant relative after her death, changing the entire trejectory of JC's life plan.
Charles Shyer and Nancy Meyer, the creative forces behind Private Benjamin and the Steve Martin Father of the Bride movies have brought some gloss to the somewhat well-worn topic of "Can Women have it all?", and , as expected, not really providing us an answer, but the story does wade through some very predictable waters to bring us to what is a pretty foregone conclusion.
We get a lot of the scenes we expect, especially JC's early adventures into the world of motherhood. I was pleased that we were spared the scene of mom experiencing a stinky diaper for the first time, we've seen that in a million movies, though her first adventures into the world of diapers were kind amusing. I was a little disappointed that JC's boyfriend (Harold Ramis) couldn't deal with being a father and just walked out on her, but I guess that had to leave room for JC's unexpected romance with a handsome veterinarian (Sam Shepherd). The film also contains more than one silly moment where it seems like the baby understands exactly what JC is saying to her.
The movie doesn't offer a lot of surprises and moves like a tortoise, but Keatoon is such an engaging screen presence that we do care about JC and want to see what's going to happen to her. Keaton creates chemistry with both Ramis and Shepherd and James Spader, Pat Hingle, Sam Wanamaker, and Victoria Jackson score in supporting roles. Linda Ellerbee provides the opening narration. Nothing special here, but Keaton is charming enough to hold tviewer attention. Years later, it became a short-lived NBC televison series with Kate Jackson playing JC.