Baby Boom

The best of the ‘baby’ movies of the late ’80s, with Diane Keaton as New York advertising executive JC Wiatt, a career-minded yuppie who’s far too busy to be bothered with raising a child – until she inherits a twelve-month-old girl named Elizabeth from her cousin! JC’s regimented life is turned completely upside down, as she finds herself surrounded by nappies, baby food and an increasingly distant husband (Harold R, When a professional woman with a high-profile job “inherits” a 14-month-old baby girl from recently deceased relatives, she intends to put her up for adoption, but she discovers that she likes the kid and motherhood. So life begins to go through some massive changes., Amiable comedy in which a supercharged New York business executive finds her life turned upside down when she becomes the reluctant guardian of a relative’s baby. Her hectic schedule has no time for nappies and baby food, and she soon loses both her job and her boyfriend. But after relocating to a farmhouse and discovering the easy pace of country life, she finds that she is more suited to motherhood than she thinks., A successful Manhattan yuppie becomes the custodian for a one-year old. Though she plans to give the child up for adoption, she grows to love motherhood, leading to an unexpected career change., Diane Keaton is a high-flying exec with the apartment and boyfriend to match. But she finds herself left a baby in a distant relative’s will and, rather than give the infant up, takes her in. Soon, Ramis has left and she’s lost her job. She starts a new life in Vermont, where local vet Sam Shepherd soon takes a marked interest in her in Charles Shyer’s gentle comedy, which is lifted by Keaton’s superb performance. The film was so successful that a TV series starring Charlie’s Angel Kate Jackson followed., A supercharged business executive finds her life changing dramatically when she inherits a year-old baby from a cousin. Too busy at work to raise a child, she is traumatised by nappies, baby food and an increasingly distant husband. Eventually forced to resign, she takes off to a country farmhouse, where she discovers her real feelings. An amiable comedy which fires a well-aimed broadside at the 80s yuppie lifestyle., J.C. receives news that she has inherited a baby girl from a relative. After failing to get the baby adopted by another couple, the child becomes very attached to J.C., who reluctantly keeps the youngster. Eventually the child’s mischief leads to a series of comical events that cost J.C. her job and her boyfriend, but lead her to invent an applesauce recipe for children that makes her a very wealthy woman., The life of super-yuppie J.C. is thrown into turmoil when she inherits a baby from a distant relative.