Keaton is fabulous in roles like this, where she plays the nervous, infectiously-spastic independent woman who has needs, particularly when they are written with equal parts gushy sweetness and savage wit by Nancy Meyers
Baby Boom (1987)
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Reviews Counted:16
Fresh:13
Rotten:3
Average Rating:6.4/10
Runtime: 1 hr 52 mins
Genre: Comedies
Synopsis: A shrewd and successful businesswoman has her world turned upside down when she inherits a demanding and unwanted little bundle of joy from a cousin who has died. Initially she resists this... A shrewd and successful businesswoman has her world turned upside down when she inherits a demanding and unwanted little bundle of joy from a cousin who has died. Initially she resists this intrusion into her selfish lifestyle, but it isn't long before her maternal instincts rise to the surface and she drops out of the Manhattan rat race. Starting over in rustic Vermont, she learns to become a better person and a decent mother. But she still pursues the yuppie dream of having it all and eventually reenters the business world by creating and marketing her own baby food with guess-who's picture on the bottle. The only thing missing from her life now is a good man, but that can't last for long--not with Sam Shepard hanging around. [More]
Starring: Diane Keaton, Harold Ramis, Sam Wanamaker, Sam Shepard
Starring: Diane Keaton, Harold Ramis, Sam Wanamaker, Sam Shepard, James Spader
Director: Charles Shyer
Director: Charles Shyer
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Reviews for Baby Boom
With the ever-charming Keaton in the lead, the flick turns out to be as harmlessly entertaining as it is outlandishly unrealistic.
So-so comedy with Keaton still straining to keep up with her post-Woody Allen career.
Comedy starring Diane Keaton about a Yuppie who tries to have it all in life.
Nice performances by Keaton and Sam Shepherd almost give this anemic comedy the energy it lacks.
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