This is a really cute, feel good, light hearted tale that makes for pleasant viewing. Diane Keaton is absolutely priceless here as the corporate executive whose life changes forever when she inherits a baby. Sam Shepherd is appealing as always, portraying her love interest.
The tale revolves around a workaholic, yuppie corporate New York City executive, JC Wiatt, who learns that she has received an inheritance from a distant relative. Anticipating money, she is flabbergasted that this inheritance turns out to be a baby, little Elizabeth, and JC is her only known relative. This unexpected motherhood turns both JC's personal and business life upside-down. Her live in lover, Steven, is an investment banker and wants no part of child rearing. Also, she must endeavour to juggle child care with her high powered executive job. After losing a big assignment, she eventually abandons the corporate big city world and heads to Vermont for a country life. There she begins a home business by marketing applesauce and develops a new romantic involvement with the local town vet, Dr. Jeff Cooper.
Diane Keaton pulls off some pretty funny scenes here, even if it's just the old stereotypical awkward incompetence at learning to diaper. She plays these scenes brilliantly; I believe it's her best role. The movie also portrays the cutthroat business world and the empty gap in JC's life when it consists only of career plus the relatively detached relationship with the banker. It also portrays her bonding & attachment to this little tyke, cleverly revealed when she tries to give up the baby for adoption, and explores exactly what sacrifices this woman is prepared to make in order to care for the child. True, as some reviewers claim, it's all the working women stereotypes, but it's a touching & fun movie, nevertheless.
The tale revolves around a workaholic, yuppie corporate New York City executive, JC Wiatt, who learns that she has received an inheritance from a distant relative. Anticipating money, she is flabbergasted that this inheritance turns out to be a baby, little Elizabeth, and JC is her only known relative. This unexpected motherhood turns both JC's personal and business life upside-down. Her live in lover, Steven, is an investment banker and wants no part of child rearing. Also, she must endeavour to juggle child care with her high powered executive job. After losing a big assignment, she eventually abandons the corporate big city world and heads to Vermont for a country life. There she begins a home business by marketing applesauce and develops a new romantic involvement with the local town vet, Dr. Jeff Cooper.
Diane Keaton pulls off some pretty funny scenes here, even if it's just the old stereotypical awkward incompetence at learning to diaper. She plays these scenes brilliantly; I believe it's her best role. The movie also portrays the cutthroat business world and the empty gap in JC's life when it consists only of career plus the relatively detached relationship with the banker. It also portrays her bonding & attachment to this little tyke, cleverly revealed when she tries to give up the baby for adoption, and explores exactly what sacrifices this woman is prepared to make in order to care for the child. True, as some reviewers claim, it's all the working women stereotypes, but it's a touching & fun movie, nevertheless.