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MPAA Rating: PG Content Advisory: Adult Situations, Suitable for Children, Adult Language Movie Release: 1987 DVD Release: 02/06/2001 Format: DVD - Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV Audio Tracks: English, French Subtitles: French, Spanish SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 50 mins Studio: MGM Members Wishing: 11 Genres: Comedy, Romantic Comedy, Comedy of Manners, Domestic Comedy

Management consultant Diane Keaton has no time in her life for anything except her high-profile job. All this changes when she inherits a 14-month-old infant from a pair of recently deceased-and very distant-relatives. Intending to put the child up for adoption, she discovers that she has grown fond of the kid and has begun to thrive on the responsibilities of motherhood. All of this, of course, jeopardizes Keaton's love life and professional standing, but all turns out well when the baby inadvertently leads to a whole new moneymaking agenda for our heroine. Capraesque in concept, Baby Boom avoids phony sentiment and obvious humor, emerging as one of the singular comic delights of the late 1980s. On great bit has Keaton "celebrating" a major business coup by surreptiously performing an under-the-table jig (a bit of business that dates back to the 1924 Reginald Denny comedy Skinner's Dress Suit). Baby Boom was spun off into a TV sitcom in 1989, with Kate Jackson filling Diane Keaton's designer shoes. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Diane Keaton - J.C. Wiatt, Management Consultant
Harold Ramis - Stven Buchner, Investment Benker
Sam Wanamaker - Fritz Curtis
James Spader - Ken Arrenberg
Pat Hingle - Hughes Larrabee
Sam Shepard - Dr. Jeff Copper, Veterinarian

Charles Shyer's comedy-drama about a yuppie woman who becomes a mom, Baby Boom comes to DVD with a widescreen transfer that preserves the original theatrical aspect ratio of 1.85:1. English and French soundtracks are rendered in Dolby Digital Surround. Spanish and French subtitles are accessible, and the English soundtrack is closed-captioned. Supplemental materials include the original theatrical trailer. This is a decent release from MGM/UA that does an acceptable job of presenting the film. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide