ridiculous rating

Really Surprised!

Clever and entertaining enough to recommend even to members of the 1%

It's easily one of the freshest, sharpest and most enjoyable films of this year.

"Baby Boom" is a sweet, funny fantasy about a staple character of the '80s: the power-suited career woman, played beautifully by Diane Keaton. Her character, J.C. Wiatt, could have been played by Rosalind Russell in an earlier era. She's an Ivy League-educated, ambitious account executive at an NYC marketing firm, and lives with an attorney (Harold Ramis) who is also laser-focused on work and uninterested in marriage or family. When J.C. abruptly gains custody of the one-year-old baby of a dead cousin, her life is turned upside down. She has some hilarious mishaps as a new mom, including dealing with Manhattan helicopter parents and disposable diapers. The upheaval costs her the high-powered job and child-averse boyfriend, so she moves to rural Vermont to discover a much more satisfying life and career where she calls the shots. Her boss, Fritz (Sam Wanamaker), keeps telling her she "can't have it all," or both a career and a family life, but J.C. sets out to prove him wrong in this charming film that skewers the yuppie ethos. Sam Shepard as a laconic, sexy veterinarian is the dream man of many women who came of age in the '80s like me.

I first watched this movie when I was a kid and, from what I remember, it is a simple and funny little movie that tells the life of J.C. Wiatt (Diane Keaton), who inherits a girl toddler from a relative, who makes her life pretty challenging and chaotic. Everywhere she turns, the baby girl manages to drive the woman crazy, like tossing spaghetti at her face.Diane Keaton is pretty engaging in her role, balancing her hectic work life and the sudden inheritance of the child. The supporting characters are well acted and provided some good chemistry with Diane.There's nothing over-the-top or suspenseful about this movie - it's just good, clean fun with some pleasant and uplifting moments.Grade B

I loved this movie, Diane Keaton was great in this role and how cute is Elizabeth the baby..I also loved the relationship between Diane Keaton's character and Sam Sepherd's character..I am wondering though if anyone could help me locate a piece of artwork from the movie. Does anyone know the name of the artist who drew the picture of the flower above Diane Keatons bed in the beginning of this movie??.. It looks like a pencil sketch of a flower..I would love to have this picture, but I have been unable to find it anywhere..Does anyone know where I could find it, or the name of the artist?? Thank you for your assistance...Thanks, JG

Some movies are just fun to watch -- and this is one of those for me. Diane Keaton is one of the most engaging, likable actresses, in any role, and this one is perfect for her. The story doesn't hold a lot of suspense -- you know where it is going early-on, but that doesn't lessen the enjoyment. All of the supporting characters/actors, in both the sophisticated/big-city/New York setting, and in rural Vermont, are well-cast and likable as well. Keaton and co-star Sam Shepard are also engaging as a couple, with humorous contentions at first, and the romance soon following.The rapidity and degree of her success in her Vermont business venture are somewhat unbelievable (even despite her prestigious business background), but so what?Simply a thoroughly enjoyable, funny, pleasant and uplifting viewing.