Granted, satire should use a broad brush, but the characters in this movie are simply not to be believed. Herein lies one of the main problems with Baby Boom: it is filled with pejorative stereotypes. tells Stephen (Harold Ramis), her yuppie love, she can't give up Elizabeth to a future of "frosted lipstick and Dairy Queen uniforms." Eventually, though, J.C.'s maternal instincts begin to emerge when she decides not to give Elizabeth up for adoption-not a difficult decision, considering the frighteningly sober Minnesota hicks who want to adopt her. is not at all suited for motherhood (if she were, there'd be no picture), and there are some mildly amusing slapstick scenes in which she tries to feed the baby spaghetti and meat sauce and to change the baby's diaper. Baby Elizabeth literally drops into J.C.'s lap without the messy inconveniences of pregnancy or the question of abortion she inherits the child from a long-lost relative. Wiatt (Diane Keaton), a totally career-minded yuppie executive, finds herself saddled with an unwanted baby, hence the title (Get it? Yuppies, babies. Unfortunately, Baby Boom is neither illuminating nor terribly funny.īaby Boom has a made-for-TV premise: J.C. Now Hollywood has thrown in its two cents with Baby Boom, ostensibly a social satire that turns serious every once in a while in order to shed some light on this question. family has been hashed and rehashed enough to deforest the entire Pacific Northwest. Written by Charles Shyer and Nancy Meyers
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