baby Boom vs Three men and a baby
The two movies I have selected to review are Baby Boom starring Diane Keaton, and Three Men and a Baby starring Tom Selleck, Steve Guttenberg and Ted Danson. They both came out in 1987 and although they are similar in topic, they were received very differently by critics and audiences. The basic plot of both films is as follows: Career or party-minded person "inherits" or is left by a former lover a baby girl. At first they don't want her and don't know what to do with her, but soon they fall in love with her and adjust/adapt their lifestyles to fit their new daughter. This generalization may be the basic plot of the films, but when the details come out, they take very opposing paths. The first major difference is the sex of the main character(s). In Baby Boom, Diane Keaton stars as management consultant JC Wyatt who lives in New York City with her 'partner' and works constantly. She does not go out, unless it is with a client and she rarely has sex. In one of the first scenes of the movie he asks her if she wants to make love, they show the clock and when they are done only two minutes have passed. When she inherits this child from distant cousins, she does not know what to do because she does not fit, and never has, the
Three Men and a Baby drifts away from reality at the very beginning. How could a cartoonist and a part time actor afford the rent their apartment must demand? At the end, when the mother wants the child back, they don't ask why she abandoned her. The only part that is remotely realistic is the love they show for this precious baby girl. They don't struggle between their career and fatherhood; they do struggle with diapers. It is a comedically written script, not fashioned for us to extract a lesson. In the end though we do learn this - if you have money and looks, according to Hollywood you can do anything. Howe, Desson. "Three Men and a Baby." Style section. December 4, 1987. The Washington Post Online. July 25, 2000. www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/movies/videos/threemenandababypghowe_a0b13f.htm Erickson, Hal. "Baby Boom." Blockbuster Movies online. July 13, 2000. www.blockbuster.com/mv/detail.jhtml?PRODID=66829&CATID=500
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