Released this week on DVD
Morning Glory has a good cast, Harrison Ford, Diane Keaton, Rachel McAdams and Patrick Wilson are the mainstays. Too bad it doesn't have a better script. McAdams plays a producer of a morning talk news show. The show Daybreak has the worst ratings and is weeks away from being canceled. Mike Pomeroy, played by Ford, is a old fashioned news reporter, and is only interested in the news. Becky Fuller, McAdams, is working day and night to increase the ratings. Pomeroy is difficult to work with, the co-anchors are warring and Becky's private life is almost non existent. Will the news show be saved? Will Pomeroy accept reporting on the human interest stories? Will Becky save her relationship with her boyfriend? There are some laughs, some interesting characters but it does fall flat. The strength of the movie is with Harrison Ford. He is a curmudgeon who sticks to his principle of responsible reporting, investigating and researching, getting the facts and getting the facts verified. Ford makes several references to want we think of as news today is really just entertainment. I couldn't agree more.
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