Curapedi I cannot think of one single thing that I would change about this film. The acting is incomparable, the directing deft, and the writing poignantly brilliant.

Allison Davies The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

Kaelan Mccaffrey Like the great film, it's made with a great deal of visible affection both in front of and behind the camera.

Lucia Ayala It's simply great fun, a winsome film and an occasionally over-the-top luxury fantasy that never flags.

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.

djtherecruiter The most baffling thing about this unforgivably stupid film is that when the lead character interrupts a critical business meeting to sing her adopted baby a lullaby over the phone, or turns her office into a playhouse by bringing the child to work and juggling her like a greased piglet we're supposed to find it charming. And when her boss reassigns her to a less stressful client account and she quits in a huff, we're supposed to think he's a loathsome corporate shark and she's a gutsy role model. I didn't feel that way. From the moment Diane Keaton's character inherits the baby she acts like an idiot while the people around her are sensible and tolerant. This makes it very hard to root for her when her life is turned upside down, and even harder to believe in her as a high powered businesswoman. This character, as written and played, couldn't find her feet with a flashlight. I'm a fan of Diane Keaton but this script does her no favours and her performance is an insult to working women, working mothers and to the concepts of common sense and perspective. And yes, I know it's meant to be a comedy but it does also have pretensions to making social statements and seems to be setting Keaton's character up as a role model, so the audience deserves a lot more. Awful, truly awful.

David_Brown I love this film in particular Diane Keaton as JC Wiatt (in perhaps her best performance (obviously "The Godfather" was better, but NOT because of her)), to the theme "Everchanging Times" (which was done by Bill Conti of "Rocky" fame), to some really standout nasty performances (James Spader, Harold Ramis, and Sam Wannamaker). Spoilers ahead: It is about JC Wiatt, a career woman, who was a "tiger lady" living with a boyfriend named Steve Buchner (Ramis) in an obviously loveless relationship. Then she finds out that her sister and brother-in law died in an auto accident, and she finds she was given an inheritance which much to her surprise, was her niece Elizabeth. She tries to raise the baby, but Buchner tells her it is me or Elizabeth, and her boss Fritz Curtis, essentially says you much choose between the job or Elizabeth, and she is being threatened by a younger co-worker Ken Arrenberg (Spader). She finally decides to give up Elizabeth for adoption, but changes her mind, when she feels guilty because the couple who was adopting, just wanted her to use her to work on a farm. She then packs up Elizabeth and moves to a farm in Vermont, where everything goes wrong, from the heating to the plumbing, but she sticks it out, and eventually meets Dr. Jeff Cooper (Sam Shepard), who will eventually become her love interest. She then creates a baby food for Elizabeth called "Country Baby" that becomes such a hit, that her old company and a rich investor (Pat Hingle) want to buy her out. She is going to take the offer, but just like when she chose to keep Elizabeth, she realized this was a mistake. As she pointed out to Curtis that "I should not have to choose between a career and a family. no one should." And she took a look at Arrenberg, and said "The rat race will have to do with one less rat." The point behind the film is about JC sacrificing everything she has for someone who really needed her (Elizabeth), instead of putting herself first, and being rewarded with not only Elizabeth, but a better relationship, more money, and the opportunity to be her boss, and not be around those who have no respect for her. The final scene of the film where JC returns to Vermont and Elizabeth says "mama" to her, and the smile on JC's face as she holds her says it all. 10/10 stars

statuskuo 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.