Baby Boom

1987

Action / Comedy / Drama / Romance

13
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Certified Fresh 67% · 46 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 62% · 25K ratings
IMDb Rating 6.3/10 10 20150 20.2K

small town baby yuppie veterinarian relationship problems career woman

Plot summary

J.C. Wiatt is a talented and ambitious New York City career woman who is married to her job and working towards partner at her firm. She has a live-in relationship with Steven, a successful investment broker who, along with J.C., agreed children aren't part of the plan. J.C.'s life takes an unexpected turn when a distant relative dies and the will appoints her the caretaker of their baby girl, Elizabeth. The baby's sudden arrival causes Steven to leave, breaking off their relationship. Juggling power lunches and powdered formula, she is soon forced off the fast track by a conniving colleague and a bigoted boss. But she won't stay down for long. She'll prove to the world that a woman can have it all and on her own terms too!

Director

Charles Shyer Photo
Charles Shyer

Top cast

James Spader Photo
James Spader as Ken Arrenberg
Annie Golden Photo
Annie Golden as Nanny
Diane Keaton Photo
Diane Keaton as J.C. Wiatt
Beverly Todd Photo
Beverly Todd as Ann Bowen
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1012.81 MB
1280*688
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles
23.976 fps
1 hr 50 min
Seeds 3
1.84 GB
1904*1024
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles
23.976 fps
1 hr 50 min
Seeds 10

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by Colbridge 7 / 10

Perfect star vehicle for Diane Keaton

It's easy to be cynical about Baby Boom for all it's cuteness, cliches and high concept comedy about a 'yuppie' businesswoman juggling her career with looking after a baby after unexpectedly inheriting one from a distant relative. The soundtrack, power dressing, high energy and 'greed is good' attitude is all very 1980's and it's the perfect star vehicle for Diane Keaton.She has of course demonstrated her sense of comic timing, on-screen presence and dramatic ability many times before whilst working with Woody Allen but it's nice to see Keaton come into her own here and carry the movie. With a good supporting cast and husband & wife team of Charles Shyer and Nancy Myers at the helm, who scored many hits with similar romantic comedies since, this is a sweet, lighthearted diversion in a similar vein to Three Men and a Baby released the same year.The film is almost in two halves, the first half is set in the high rolling corporate world of New York, where Keaton's character is at the top of her game and making waves as a woman set to become a partner of a large corporation, whose lifestyle and career aspirations are thrown into turmoil when the baby comes into her life. The second half is where she retreats to the country after effectively being fired from her job in the City and sets up a cottage industry selling baby food that is so successful it brings her back to the corporate world on her own terms.It is of course an unlikely scenario and more of an urban fairy tale but it is so likeable and good natured that you can overlook the cliches and spoonfuls of schmaltz it delivers and enjoy being swept along by Keaton's funny and charming performance.
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Reviewed by statuskuo 7 / 10

A Sweet Natured Topical Flick From The 80's Screwball vault

I saw this movie years ago and enjoyed it for Diane Keaton's performance. Having revisited it in 2012, I realized that we have changed A LOT. The fast paced "Tiger Lady" that J.C. Wiatt portrays still exist, but imagine what her life would've been like if the internet was still possible. It's really hard not to root for her. J.C. is a windup toy that is wound too tight. A life on a ticking clock. So driven to succeed that she doesn't even realize when she obtains success. The fine line that Keaton skates is dated (unfortunately). A lot of this schtick wouldn't hold to today's audience, but in the context of the era, it's a great reminder of the yuppies that dominated the Reagan era.

Cue in, cute baby. She does what the story needs her to do, which is to slow down Keaton's life. Force her to see what's important. And the message is WAY too predictable but...it's still a nice journey. Again, if you follow Keaton's work, this is a very nice film that allows her to juggle through her neurosis. And it has a LOT of fun moments. It made me miss the 80's.

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