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Wonderful Movie

Such a frustrating disappointment

Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.

Very good movie overall, highly recommended. Most of the negative reviews don't have any merit and are all pollitically based. Give this movie a chance at least, and it might give you a different perspective.

The most baffling thing about this unforgivably stupid film is that when the lead character interrupts a critical business meeting to sing her adopted baby a lullaby over the phone, or turns her office into a playhouse by bringing the child to work and juggling her like a greased piglet we're supposed to find it charming. And when her boss reassigns her to a less stressful client account and she quits in a huff, we're supposed to think he's a loathsome corporate shark and she's a gutsy role model. I didn't feel that way. From the moment Diane Keaton's character inherits the baby she acts like an idiot while the people around her are sensible and tolerant. This makes it very hard to root for her when her life is turned upside down, and even harder to believe in her as a high powered businesswoman. This character, as written and played, couldn't find her feet with a flashlight. I'm a fan of Diane Keaton but this script does her no favours and her performance is an insult to working women, working mothers and to the concepts of common sense and perspective. And yes, I know it's meant to be a comedy but it does also have pretensions to making social statements and seems to be setting Keaton's character up as a role model, so the audience deserves a lot more. Awful, truly awful.

Captivating comedy with Diane at her most disarming. Her initial Tiger Lady is sharp as a tack without being inhuman and once the baby comes into her life she flutters and stammers just enough too imply a natural ruffling without losing her main character. I know many feel that Annie Hall is her best work but really this is the clearest example her star power with a good deal of her more exaggerated tics stripped away. While there are many charming secondary characters, the small town handyman, Sam Shepard as the vet, the yuppie day travelers etc. this is Diane's show all the way buoyed by her marvelous chemistry with the young baby, twin sisters actually, who plays her unexpected daughter.

I saw this movie years ago and enjoyed it for Diane Keaton's performance. Having revisited it in 2012, I realized that we have changed A LOT. The fast paced "Tiger Lady" that J.C. Wiatt portrays still exist, but imagine what her life would've been like if the internet was still possible. It's really hard not to root for her. J.C. is a windup toy that is wound too tight. A life on a ticking clock. So driven to succeed that she doesn't even realize when she obtains success. The fine line that Keaton skates is dated (unfortunately). A lot of this schtick wouldn't hold to today's audience, but in the context of the era, it's a great reminder of the yuppies that dominated the Reagan era.Cue in, cute baby. She does what the story needs her to do, which is to slow down Keaton's life. Force her to see what's important. And the message is WAY too predictable but...it's still a nice journey. Again, if you follow Keaton's work, this is a very nice film that allows her to juggle through her neurosis. And it has a LOT of fun moments. It made me miss the 80's.

A woman like J.C. Wiatt played by the Oscar Winner and film legend, Diane Keaton, plays a hard-working college graduate professional working up the ranks of partnership at a New York City firm. She has love by Harold Ramis who is equally consumed by his job in the business world. The two lovers are partners but not married. Then one day, J.C. gets her inheritance from a cousin which she thinks is a pin but is actually a baby named Elizabeth and she is the only living relative to care for the adorable baby. Keaton's Wiatt is already uptight with the thought of motherhood dropped on her doorstep. She takes Elizabeth in and says goodbye to her boyfriend. She becomes the unlikeliest of mothers. The supporting cast features the wonderful American actor and the man who helped rebuild the Globe Theater in London, Sam Wanamaker CBE as her boss who is the work addict himself and doesn't know how many grandchildren that he has but his wife does; James Spader plays the man who would take over Wiatt's job after three years of training under her belt; it must suck to be a woman so Wiatt quits New York City and buys 63 acre farm in Vermont. There with Elizabeth, they embark on a new life where she makes apple sauce and starts her own business like Martha Stewart. Does she find love and happiness in Vermont with all the troubles of running her estate? You'll just have to watch and find out. I believe Margaret Whitton is totally under-used in her role here as one of the corporate women.