Diagonaldi Very well executed

Thehibikiew Not even bad in a good way

Jenna Walter The film may be flawed, but its message is not.

Guillelmina The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

onehandhailingataxicab First of all, Diane Keaton is always worth watching, she can make even a lousy movie somewhat watchable. And she does her best with role as a workaholic yuppie who inherits an infant, but sadly, the movie starts to lag and the story becomes predictable. Baby Boom actually begins with some strong comic scenes, I especially liked her funny passionless relationship with Harold Ramis, but halfway through the laughs are gone, and the second half of the movie is almost entirely melodrama. Drama is fine, but melodrama is my term for slow and unsatisfying. The movie has a sweet message about making professional sacrifices for the sake of a family, but then again, not every woman needs a child to be happy. As others have pointed out, there are definitely some mixed messages here for career women.

vincentlynch-moonoi I didn't begin to enjoy Diane Keaton until she (and I) got older. I guess that's because I always associated here with Woody Allen movies...which I can't stand. So, this is actually the first movie starring a "younger" Diane Keaton that I have seen. And, she's really good here, as she has been in pretty much everything that I've seen her in (although that doesn't mean that I'm going to watch old Woody Allen movies!).And this film is very good...not great...but very good. It's about a career woman who has no time for marriage and no time for children...until a child is suddenly foisted upon her. She tries to give the baby up for adoption, but hasn't got the heart to follow through with it (especially when the adopting couple is a religious-not husband and wife from hicksville). So, she tries to balance motherhood and career, but that doesn't work and she ultimately quits her high pressure job and moves to snowy (very snowy) Vermont...to a disaster of a house...and boredom. Because she now owns an apple orchard, she begins making natural apple baby food, which catches on and grows her a huge business enterprise. Just as she has what she needs to move back to NYC, she realizes she has fallen in love with the local vet. Dilemma over. It's a cool script, with an occasional stereotypical situation, but it works.I wasn't so thrilled with the supporting cast, starting with Sam Shepard -- the vet. Please Sam, get your front teeth fixed; it's distracting. Well, pretty much too late now, but with a net worth of around $8 million, you could have taken care of that.Harold Ramis...well, don't get the attraction. He was satisfactory. Sam Wanamaker and Pat Hingle were fine as business types -- two dependable character actors. James Spader is along in a type-role he played often in his younger years -- a sort of snarky power grabber; he played it well and didn't over play it.But really, the movie rests on Diane Keaton, and she held it on her shoulders well. It's cute, but not sickeningly cute. A good balance with a point.

janegohde 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

Radiant_Rose I had read about this film long before I ever saw it. Susan Faludi slated it in her book "Backlash" for being anti-feminist. Perhaps naively, I pretty much took her word for it.I eventually got around to seeing it because James Spader has a small role in it (during the "devious blonde yuppy" phase of his career - he really seems to have it in for yuppies). I was amazed by how completely I disagreed with Faludi.JC (Diane Keaton) is a very determined, resourceful woman. I am not sure how likely it is that she would be able to expand her business without sacrificing her quality time with her adopted daughter and new boyfriend, but I think she'll give it a good try. In my opinion, it is the career-obsessed men who are missing out.This film is saying that women can successfully combine a career and a private life. It may be corny and unrealistic (especially the method by which JC "acquires" baby Elizabeth), but Ms Keaton's character triumphs over adversity.In my opinion, that makes it a feminist film.