Show Baby Boom A Hit By Suzanne This film just relea released d last week marks narks Diane Keaton's return o o romantic comedy after a decade of mostly serious roles She is cast as J. J C. C Wiatt a Fortune management conI consultant con- con I 1 who enjoys life she thinks because she enjoys her work and she is not just moving up she's being considered as a partner in the firm that pays her a 6 figure a year salary J. J C C. C thinks she wants marriage and a family one day just not very soon Her live-in live partner Harold Ramis amis wants marriage sometime after retirement and children sometime after death At the moment hes he's ideal for J. J C. C But things change quickly for J. J JC C. C when she inherits a baby girl from relatives she hardly knew existed Her partner moves out as the tot moves in and genetically in charge JC finds out not only is she not in charge she's seldom even in control As J. J C C. struggles to balance ambition love lust money and motherhood her career spirals downward and she ends up buying a large farm in Hadleyville Vermont where sh she meets a fine straight man amiably played by Sam Shepard Through all this Keaton is harried off-balance off but sympathetic sympathetic sympathetic maintaining a fine balance of be being rig realistic and funny This movie says you cant can't have everything everybody has to compromise and the heart of the piece is that without love without investing and giving to another human being you have a much less full and satisfying life |