Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 110 min
- Age rating
- PG
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
The story
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!
- small town
- baby
- yuppie
- veterinarian
- career woman
- business woman
- business consultant
- adoptive mother
- fish out of water
- orphan
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill

Diane Keaton
J.C. Wiatt

Sam Shepard
Dr. Jeff Cooper

Harold Ramis
Steven Buchner
Kristina Kennedy
Elizabeth Wiatt
- Michelle Kennedy — Elizabeth Wiatt
- Sam Wanamaker — Fritz Curtis
- James Spader — Ken Arrenberg
- Pat Hingle — Hughes Larrabee
- Britt Leach — Vern Boone
- Mary Gross — Charlotte Elkman
- Kim Sebastian — Robin
- Elizabeth Bennett — Mrs. Atwood
- Beverly Todd — Ann Bowen
- William Frankfather — Merle White
- Annie O'Donnell — Wilma White
- Directed
- Charles Shyer
- Written
- Nancy Meyers, Charles Shyer
Production
- Rating
- 6.4 / 10 · 418 ratings
- Studio
- United Artists, The Meyers/Shyer Company, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
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