Baby boom Critique
Baby Boom Critique
“Baby Boom”, is a heartfelt and comical movie in one. J.C. Wiatt played by (Diane Keaton), is a woman of a fast paced lifestyle dedicated to her profession working 75-80 hours a week. J.C has no time to spare for her personal or romantic life, or relaxation time for that matter with her schedule. (The film shows J. C. and her live-in mate, played by Harold Ramis, grudgingly allocating four minutes for sex one evening before going right back to their reading ("Movie Review - Baby Boom - Film: 'Baby Boom' - NYTimes.com", n.d.). This movie goes from a career driven women who scared everyone, to a mother in the country who now shows fear. J.C. Wiatt is a workaholic whose sole focus in life is her job, until she is faced with a very hard decision, work or motherhood.
Attachment theory is clearly shown in this film between J.C, and Elizabeth the baby she inherited from her cousins who died in England. Attachment (John Bowlby, 1969), is the strong affectionate tie we have with special people in our lives that leads us to feel pleasure when we interact with them and to be comforted by their nearness in times of stress (Berk, pg. 149). Ethological theory of attachment, which recognizes the infant’s emotional tie to the caregiver as an evolved response that promotes survival, is the most widely accepted view by John Bowlby (Berk, pg. 150).
Elizabeth expresses attachment theory when she is separated from J.C on several occasions, such as when Harold Ramis comes home and Elizabeth is fearful (stranger to her). Also, when J.C leaves her at the coat check-in and offers the attendant a large tip to keep her quiet for one hour, Elizabeth did not settle and cried until J.C was in sight again and held her. J.C shows clear and obvious ties to attachment theory as well.
J.C never expected to take on the parenting role, she had plans on becoming partner in her company she was employed at and devoting more of her time that she barely had
“Baby Boom”, is a heartfelt and comical movie in one. J.C. Wiatt played by (Diane Keaton), is a woman of a fast paced lifestyle dedicated to her profession working 75-80 hours a week. J.C has no time to spare for her personal or romantic life, or relaxation time for that matter with her schedule. (The film shows J. C. and her live-in mate, played by Harold Ramis, grudgingly allocating four minutes for sex one evening before going right back to their reading ("Movie Review - Baby Boom - Film: 'Baby Boom' - NYTimes.com", n.d.). This movie goes from a career driven women who scared everyone, to a mother in the country who now shows fear. J.C. Wiatt is a workaholic whose sole focus in life is her job, until she is faced with a very hard decision, work or motherhood.
Attachment theory is clearly shown in this film between J.C, and Elizabeth the baby she inherited from her cousins who died in England. Attachment (John Bowlby, 1969), is the strong affectionate tie we have with special people in our lives that leads us to feel pleasure when we interact with them and to be comforted by their nearness in times of stress (Berk, pg. 149). Ethological theory of attachment, which recognizes the infant’s emotional tie to the caregiver as an evolved response that promotes survival, is the most widely accepted view by John Bowlby (Berk, pg. 150).
Elizabeth expresses attachment theory when she is separated from J.C on several occasions, such as when Harold Ramis comes home and Elizabeth is fearful (stranger to her). Also, when J.C leaves her at the coat check-in and offers the attendant a large tip to keep her quiet for one hour, Elizabeth did not settle and cried until J.C was in sight again and held her. J.C shows clear and obvious ties to attachment theory as well.
J.C never expected to take on the parenting role, she had plans on becoming partner in her company she was employed at and devoting more of her time that she barely had
References: Movie Review - Baby Boom - Film: 'Baby Boom ' - NYTimes.com. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9B0DE2DA1531F934A35753C1A961948260 Music, Graham. Nurturing Natures: Attachment and Children 's Emotional, Sociocultural, and Brain Development. Hove, East Sussex: Psychology, 2011. Print. Berk, L. E. (2008). Exploring lifespan development. Boston, MA: Pearson Allyn and Bacon.