4/5 It is what it is, but it's good
  by DonMac (Lynn, MA United States)
This is another one of those movies for which I have a strange affection. When it pops up on cable, I usually have to watch at least some of it. It is perfect at summarizing the 80s, yuppie mentality and Diane Keaton is probably the cutest in this film since Annie Hall. It's funny. schmaltzy, romantic and pretty. All the cast is really good here and it's quite nicely filmed. There are certainly a lot worse ways to spend your time.

5/5 A Diane Keaton classic
  by Michael T Kennedy (Mission Viejo, CA USA)
I don't like a lot of Diane Keaton movies as she is often too hyper for me but this one is excellent. She plays the role of the hyperactive businesswoman who suddenly is confronted with the responsibility for a child. I have always wondered a bit at the somewhat contrived adoption story but I assume that having her own child would have drawn the tale out too much. Anyway, it's comedy and comedy allows contrived plot devices. She eventually is faced with the collapse of her career and the loss of her boyfriend (no great loss as Harold Ramis plays him). She decides to move to Vermont. I have lived in New Hampshire and got a kick from her troubles coping with country life. The best part was when her well ran dry and the plumber tells her she's out of water. She tells him there is a hose right over there and they should fill the well up with it. Hilarious. Eventually, she meets Sam Shepard and, after the usual misunderstandings, they get together. The story of her baby food empire is apparently based on a true story and brings her back to business success without compromising her mothering. It is an enjoyable movie and I have watched it many times. The scenery in Vermont is worth the price of the DVD.

5/5 Still one of the best movies
  by Teresa G. Mccloud (Houston, Texas)
Great movie, watched it several times long ago, but had to finally own it. Just a feel good movie. I love this one.

5/5 Real value
  by Eugenio Bueno Campos
It's a nice movie about real value. Sometimes we sacrifice a real life in order to obtain fake things. Fortunately Diane Keaton found in this story the things that deserve our commitment and and hard work.

Very Truly Yours

Eugenio Bueno

4/5 Great best of both worlds comedy.
  by Mary Ann (Natchez, MS United States)
I love Baby Boom! Diane Keaton at her best as the powerhouse female executive, about to break through the glass ceiling, brought down to earth by a baby. Thinking that she has no maternal instincts whatsoever, and vowing that she has no aspirations toward motherhood, she is forced to re-evaluate her priorities when she "inherits" six month old Elizabeth. J.C. encounters the usual pitfalls of suddenly becoming a parent - think Three Men and a Baby trying to put on that first diaper. Of course, she warms to Elizabeth and her new role, and even moves out of the city seeking the serenity of the country life. Rural Vermont proves to be more of a challenge for J.C. than she expected and she inadvertently starts a business that could lead her back to the top of her game. But does she really want that life again? Would it be worth going back to, and would she have to give up the new life she has come to love?
This is a comedy for the whole family to enjoy.
Mary Ann
Natchez, MS