As a former journalism teacher, I think I have a fairly firm grasp of the difference between news and entertainment. And it angered me when television news departments were moved to entertainment and forced to vie for ratings. Ever wonder why your evening (or morning) news is so fluffy? “Morning Glory,” directed by Roger Michell, posits that a successful morning news show must exploit everything silly. Okay, given that premise, Rachel McAdams at her perky best is effective as Becky Fuller, the new producer of the lowest-ranked network morning show, Daybreak. When she decides to bring on serious newsman Mike Pomeroy (Harrison Ford) to co-host the show with Colleen Peck (Diane Keaton), there’s a conflict. Egocentric Pomeroy wants nothing to do with Daybreak and he makes his feelings very clear.
Michell missed an opportunity to make this a superior comedy when he chose to focus on Becky rather than the conflict between Mike and Colleen. Keaton is a most gifted comic actress and I expected her Colleen to have something to do with convincing Mike to loosen up and enjoy the morning show. Instead, he grumps and glowers and becomes a truly unpleasant character, waiting for Becky to ignite some humanity in him. And because Michell’s story is about Becky, we get glimpses of a bland, predictable romantic comedy while the movie we really want to see is missing. “Morning Glory” isn’t terrible. It has a lot of star power and even some laughs. But it isn’t the movie I was hoping to see. 11/12/10
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I was so looking forward to this movie and soooooooo disappointed! I thought that this should have been one of the best films of the year and it turned out to be one ofthe worst. I think the director should go back to making cartoons or movies for TV. He is certainly not qualified to make another major movie. SKIP IT!!
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