Baby Boom (1987)

Name: Baby Boom
Director: Charles Shyer
Released: 1987

J.C. Wiatt is a talented and ambitious New York City career woman who is married to her job and working towards partner at her firm. She has a live-in relationship with Steven, a successful investment broker who, along with J.C., agreed children aren't part of the plan. J.C.'s life takes an unexpected turn when a distant relative dies and the will appoints her the caretaker of their baby girl, Elizabeth. The baby's sudden arrival causes Steven to leave, breaking off their relationship. Juggling power lunches and powdered formula, she is soon forced off the fast track by a conniving colleague and a bigoted boss. But she won't stay down for long. She'll prove to the world that a woman can have it all and on her own terms too!

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What Women Want (2000)

Directed by Nancy Meyers

She also directed the amusing update of Disney’s The Parent Trap and co-wrote Private Benjamin, Father of the Bride, and Baby Boom.

Mark Lubischer, Betty Jo Tucker • Reel Talk Reviews

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As a writer, Meyers is the perpetrator of "Baby Boom," "Father of the Bride" and "I Love Trouble."

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It’s about as high concept as today’s comedies get, and guided by Meyers’ fine-tuned hand, it really works (she wrote Protocol and Baby Boom, and wrote/directed the satisfying update of The Parent Trap ).

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As a writer, Nancy Meyers has specialized in taking dusty, dog-eared concepts and refashioning them into bright, contemporary comedies ("Private Benjamin," "Baby Boom, "Father of the Bride").

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M3GAN (2022)

Directed by Gerard Johnstone

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Although the automatic correlation to make with M3GAN is that it’s a mere pale imitation of the Child’s Play movies (particularly the 2019 one), at the core of the story is “the Baby Boom narrative.”

Genna Rivieccio • Culled Culture • Jan 8, 2023

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The Intern (2015)

Directed by Nancy Meyers

The subtly raised issues update some of the themes raised by Meyers (who started out as a writer) in her script for 1987 Diane Keaton hit Baby Boom .

John Hazelton, Lee Marshall, Jeremy Kay, Nikki Baughan • Screen Daily • Sep 22, 2015

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A longtime exception to the man's-world rule is filmmaker Nancy Meyers, who wrote and produced such woman-centered films as "Private Benjamin" (1980, with Goldie Hawn) and "Baby Boom" (1987, with Diane Keaton) before affirming her auteur status by becoming a director in 1998 with the remake of "The Parent Trap," starring a pre-delinquency Lindsay Lohan.

The Commercial Appeal Staff • The Commercial Appeal • Jan 1, 1

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The 1987 film "Baby Boom," co-written by Meyers with then-husband Charles Shyer, was explicitly concerned with the notion of "having it all," whether a woman could have a family and a career.

Mark Olsen, www.latimes.com, mark-olsen • Los Angeles Times • Sep 25, 2015

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This film bears a resemblance to Baby Boom, a 1987 film co-written by Meyers and her former partner, Charles Shyer.

Stephen Farber • The Hollywood Reporter • Sep 21, 2015

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With a lot of the movies she’s written (Private Benjamin, Baby Boom) or writes and directs, she’s thinking about the cost of having a career.

Wesley Morris • Grantland • Sep 25, 2015

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Few filmmakers can do contemporary comedy -- whatever the era -- like Meyers, whose credits include "Baby Boom" and "Something's Gotta Give."

Newsday • Feb 1, 2026

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The Holiday (2006)

Directed by Nancy Meyers

Themes

As co-writer of "Father of the Bride," "Baby Boom," "Irreconcilable Differences," and "Private Benjamin," and later as writer-director of "The Parent Trap" and "What Women Want" and director of "Something's Gotta Give," Meyers has carved out a niche for herself.

Peter Rainer, The Christian Science Monitor • The Christian Science Monitor • Dec 8, 2006

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"Private Benjamin," "Baby Boom," "Father of the Bride," "What Women Want," "Something's Gotta Give" -- they're the commercial equivalent of a pseudo-feminist spa day.

Wesley Morris, Globe Staff • The Boston Globe

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The Parent Trap (1998)

Directed by Nancy Meyers

Writers David Swift, Nancy Meyers and Charles Shyer (the latter two who teamed for "Baby Boom" and "Father of the Bride" I and II) wisely don't fiddle much with the story (based, as was the first film, on the book "Das Doppelte Lottchen" by Erich Kastner), which finds a pair of identical twin sisters separated at birth accidentally meeting at summer camp.

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Meyers and Shyer have specialized in light domestic comedies ("Baby Boom,'' "Father Of The Bride''), and they make this into a good one--a family picture that's not too soppy for adults.

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