{"id":4372,"date":"2010-11-16T14:13:13","date_gmt":"2010-11-16T20:13:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.flovalleynews.com\/?p=4372"},"modified":"2010-11-16T14:13:13","modified_gmt":"2010-11-16T20:13:13","slug":"movie-review-morning-glory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flovalleynews.com\/?p=4372","title":{"rendered":"Movie review: ‘Morning Glory’"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Morning<\/p>\n

Diane Keeton<\/strong> is joined with Harrison Ford<\/strong> as a new morning news tv show under the direction of newcomer Rachel McAdams in the comedy Morning Glory.<\/em><\/p>\n

<\/strong><\/p>\n

By Maggie Scott<\/strong><\/p>\n

Facing increasingly formidable challenges to keep, let alone attract, viewers who are turning more and more to alternative forms of media delivery systems, network morning shows are looking more and more long-in-the-tooth struggling to stay relevant with their blend of entertainment and broadcast journalism.<\/p>\n

Popular hosts, coverage of celebrities and a format geared to short-attention-spans might explain their persistence; but, it\u2019s hard to take them much more seriously than as comforting background noise for people preparing for work.<\/p>\n

So, how do you make a film about morning shows something you can care about? Pack Morning Glory<\/em> with zippy wit, snappy pace and sizzling work by Rachel McAdams as Becky Fuller, a gung-ho young woman who has her saucer-size eyes set on the ultimate prize of a producing place on The Today Show.<\/p>\n

Until then, she had been making encouraging progress at a station in New Jersey; but instead of the promotion she thought she had locked up, she\u2019s let go in favor of an MBA who can take over running the place.\u00a0 For a while, Becky plays the job search game until she gets a call from Jerry Barnes (Jeff Goldblum).<\/p>\n

Impressed by Becky\u2019s former boss telling Barnes she was \u201cthe most promising producer he\u2019d ever fired,\u201d the IBS network honcho fails to discourage Becky with his offer of half the pay she formerly made and blunt lowdown about the last-place position of the network\u2019s morning show, Daybreak.<\/p>\n

Starry-eyed and caffeine-stoked, the new executive producer makes her way through 4 a.m.-New York streets to her first day on the job\u2014only to hear the hearty welcome of \u201cdon\u2019t unpack,\u201d from the lobby receptionist; and, \u201cYou will fail, like everyone else,\u201d from Colleen Peck (Diane Keaton), Daybreak\u2019s peppery co-anchor.<\/p>\n

Facing a blur of challenges, Becky initially scores some points straightening out the indecisive staff working on the show\u2019s \u201csegments\u201d and firing Colleen\u2019s smarmy on-camera partner.\u00a0 It\u2019s a start, but Becky can\u2019t relax until the ratings are out of the basement.<\/p>\n

And, the person to do the hauling?\u00a0 The \u201cthird worst person in the world,\u201d Mike Pomeroy (Harrison Ford): retired Peabody-, Pulitzer-, and Emmy-winning journalist.\u00a0 Forced back in front of the teleprompter by a loophole in his contract,<\/p>\n

Pomeroy takes every opportunity to show his disdain for the show and its format—from ditching rehearsals, to refusing to say words like \u201cfluffy\u201d on-air.\u00a0 He couldn\u2019t care less when the network threatens to stop what he considers to be the equivalent of serving junk food.<\/p>\n

How does Becky turn this around?\u00a0 By telling the crew they\u2019re going to \u201cbump it up; every story has to be great.\u201d\u00a0 Great\u2014as in Colleen kissing frogs, Ernie the weatherman skydiving and getting a tattoo on his butt and Pomeroy doing some guerrilla reporting on racketeering.\u00a0 The numbers improve, but Pomeroy\u2019s attitude doesn\u2019t.<\/p>\n

What will it take to make him a team player and realize he\u2019s making the same personal-life-destroying mistake he made on the way up the media ladder?\u00a0 Once there\u2019s an inkling that some of this is far-fetched and sappy, and fails to make a case for the value of morning shows, it\u2019s too late, you\u2019re hooked by the sprightly charm of McAdams, the loopy tartness of Keaton and the gruff bad boy of Ford.<\/p>\n

A Paramount release, rated PG-13 for language, adult content.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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