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Baby Boom

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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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BBC
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03/26/09
Variety
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Delightfully funny and honest

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03/23/05
Clint Morris
Clint Morris
Moviehole

Nice performances by Keaton and Sam Shepherd almost give this anemic comedy the energy it lacks.

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09/03/02
Dan Lybarger
Dan Lybarger
Lawrence Journal-World
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01/01/00
Desson Thomson
Desson Thomson
Washington Post

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06/12/05
Emanuel Levy
Emanuel Levy
EmanuelLevy.Com

No review available.

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04/08/05
Fr. Chris Carpenter
Fr. Chris Carpenter
Catholic Sun

Comedy starring Diane Keaton about a Yuppie who tries to have it all in life.

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07/15/03
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
Spirituality and Practice

A wonderful performance from Diane Keaton pulls the movie through.

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03/10/04
Jake Euker
Jake Euker
F5 (Wichita, KS)
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05/20/03
Janet Maslin
Janet Maslin
New York Times
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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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04/14/09
Jason McKiernan
Jason McKiernan
Filmcritic.com

So-so comedy with Keaton still straining to keep up with her post-Woody Allen career.

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05/23/04
Ken Hanke
Ken Hanke
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

Mildly cute chick flick with a great performance by Sam Shepherd.

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07/25/02
Nell Minow
Nell Minow
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07/30/02
Philip Martin
Philip Martin
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Rita Kempley
Rita Kempley
Washington Post

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11/12/02
Robert Roten
Robert Roten
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10/23/04
Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
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04/11/01
Scott Renshaw
Scott Renshaw
Apollo Guide

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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04/24/06
Scott Weinberg
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