Mostly Martha (2002)

Martha is a chef. And that's it. Her entire life is lived in a kitchen or in her apartment waiting to go to the kitchen. Then, just like in "Baby Boom," an accident lands this lone, uptight woman with a child.

But the set-up (driven woman gets a kid) is the only thing this film has in common with "Baby Boom." This isn't a comedy -- though it is a charmer. It's also a heartbreaker and a romance. I wasn't always enamored with the direction the story took, but I was always willing to go along with it. Just a nice affirmation that sometimes life can work out...and that often making someone else's world a bit better can have the delightful result of making your own better as well.

B+