Baby Boom
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DVD Cover Information Actor: Diane Keaton, Harold Ramis, Kristina Kennedy, Michelle Kennedy, Sam Shepard Brand: Sony DVD: Region Code 1 Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo; Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo; French (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo; Spanish (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, Letterboxed, NTSC, Widescreen Picture Format: 1.85:1 Running Time: 110 minutes DVD Release Date: 2001-02-06 Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested) Studio: MGM (Video & DVD) |
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Movie Reviews of Baby Boom
Movie Review: Mashed Apples
Summary: 2 Stars
Cutesy, underwhelming Diane Keaton vehicle is more or less saved by the wise inclusion of the stately Sam Shepard (as the Veterinarian/love interest), though note the near total disconnect displayed between Keaton and the baby ("Elizabeth") throughout. Though the actress does a fair enough job of feigning interest and affection vocally and with her facial expressions, the rest of her seems more than happy to keep the little tike consistently a good arms length away. (Contrast this to how Tom Selleck and company just swept up "their" new found baby girl in the much sweeter, if equally implausible "3 Men and a ..."). To make matters worse, there`s just something wholly nonsensical about the ease with which the Keaton character manages to turn things around in the end. For one thing, she had hit rock bottom and was all but broke, so where did she get the cash needed just to start things back up? (After all, as anyone who has ever run a business knows, successful entrepreneurship always comes with a price.)
That said, there`s something to be said for the movie`s still relevant main message: when it comes to romantic love, family, and making one`s own way in the world, women truly can be up against it.
The Bill Conti composed soundtrack - well featured here as much screen time passes with Keaton alone in various situations and locations with the babe - is pure upscale `80s (chimey, synthesized electric pianos with a liberal dose of tenor sax), as is the overall look.
With respect to the (rest of the) cast, both Ramis (Groundhog Day) and Spader (looking curiously air brushed as ever) go more or less missing in action, with little loss really. (And what`s up with the whole Ramis in bed wearing a complexion mask goofiness?)
Oddball, right-wing comedian Victoria Jackson (who once famously referred to President Barack Obama as, among other things, "the anti-Christ") comes and goes as a topless, though not full out bare breasted, baby sitter. (For those who have yet to see the movie, I kid you not.)
Pat Hingle as the Big Time Corporate CEO is, to me, nevertheless folksy, charming.
Two Stars for the general idea/basic premise, Shepard, and the lovely, Autumnal views of the Vermont countryside. (Though, I suppose, Three Stars might be more like it - assuming you`re simply a fan of anything/everything Keaton, no matter how flawed or otherwise lacking.)