Baby Boom (1987)
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81% of critics liked it
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56% of users liked it
(28,031 ratings)
Management consultant Diane Keaton has no time in her life for anything except her high-profile job. All this changes when she inherits a 14-month-old infant from a pair of recently deceased-and very distant-relatives. Intending to put the child up for adoption, she discovers that she has grown fond… More Management consultant Diane Keaton has no time in her life for anything except her high-profile job. All this changes when she inherits a 14-month-old infant from a pair of recently deceased-and very distant-relatives. Intending to put the child up for adoption, she discovers that she has grown fond of the kid and has begun to thrive on the responsibilities of motherhood. All of this, of course, jeopardizes Keaton's love life and professional standing, but all turns out well when the baby inadvertently leads to a whole new moneymaking agenda for our heroine. Capraesque in concept, Baby Boom avoids phony sentiment and obvious humor, emerging as one of the singular comic delights of the late 1980s. On great bit has Keaton "celebrating" a major business coup by surreptiously performing an under-the-table jig (a bit of business that dates back to the 1924 Reginald Denny comedy Skinner's Dress Suit). Baby Boom was spun off into a TV sitcom in 1989, with Kate Jackson filling Diane Keaton's designer shoes. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Charles Shyer
- Genres
- Drama, Comedy
- In Theaters
- Oct 7, 1987 Wide
- Studio
- MGM Home Entertainment
Critic Reviews
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Jason McKiernan, Filmcritic.com
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
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Scott Weinberg, DVDTalk.com
With the ever-charming Keaton in the lead, the flick turns out to be as harmlessly entertaining as it is outlandishly unrealistic.
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Clint Morris, Moviehole
Delightfully funny and honest
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Ken Hanke, Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
So-so comedy with Keaton still straining to keep up with her post-Woody Allen career.
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Jake Euker, F5 (Wichita, KS)
A wonderful performance from Diane Keaton pulls the movie through.
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Cast
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Diane Keaton
as J.C. Wiatt Management Consultant
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Harold Ramis
as Stven Buchner Investment Benker
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Sam Wanamaker
as Fritz Curtis
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James Spader
as Ken Arrenberg
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Pat Hingle
as Hughes Larrabee
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Sam Shepard
as Dr. Jeff Copper Veterinarian
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Britt Leach
as Vern Boone
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Kristy Kennedy
as Elizabeth Wiatt
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Michelle Kennedy
as Elizabeth Wiatt
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Linda Ellerbee
as Narrator
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Kim Sebastian
as Robin
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Mary Gross
as Charlene The Receptionist
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Patricia Estrin
as Secretary
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Elizabeth Ann Bennett
as Mrs. Atwood
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Peter Elbing
as Maitre d'
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Shera Danese
as Cloak Room Attendant
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Jennifer Balgobin
as Nanny
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Robin Bartlett
as Yuppie Wife
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Billy Beck
as Roofer
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Katherine Borowitz
as Yuppie Wife
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Dori Brenner
as Park Mom
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Nicholas Cascone
as Delivery Boy
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Angel David
as Stockboy
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Ben Diskin
as Ben
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Marianne Doherty
as Food Chain Secretary
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Jane Elliot
as Park Mom
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Constance Forslund
as Receptionist
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William Frankfather
as Merle White
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Annie Golden
as Nanny
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Jack Hall
as Restaurant Guest
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Victoria Jackson
as Eve The Nanny
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Annie Meyers-Shyer
as Little Girl in Vermont
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Annie O'Donnell
as Wilma White
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Mary Peters
as Postmaster
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George Petrie
as Everett Sloane
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John Philbin
as Oldtimer
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Hansford Rowe
as Sam Tutts
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Annie Shyer
as Young Girl at Dance
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Beverly Todd
as Ann Bowen
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Paxton Whitehead
as "Center" Instructor
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Lisa Fuller
as Stacy
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John C. Cooke
as Dwayne
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Carol Gillies
as Helga
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Chris Noth
as Yuppie Husband
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Dorothy Hall
as Restaurant Guest
