Morning Glory
Starring: Rachel McAdams, Harrison Ford, Diane Keaton
Director: Roger Mitchell
Released: late 2010
Morning Glory is the story of TV producer Becky Fuller (McAdams) as she struggles to raise the profile of the last-place morning show "Daybreak". Forced to fire one of the hosts and lacking the budget to hire a new one, Becky decides to use a loophole in esteemed news anchor Mike Pomeroy's (Ford) contract to secure him for the show. Bubbly Colleen Peck (Keaton) struggles to share the spotlight with her new co-host because he refuses to report on anything that he deems un-newsworthy: entertainment, fashion, cooking, gossip, and light-hearted news stories. Meanwhile, Becky is trying to balance having a successful career, a successful morning show, and a successful relationship with her new man, Adam (Patrick Wilson).
At it's heart Morning Glory is a middle-of-the-road romantic comedy at best but I was pleasantly surprised by how much I enjoyed this story. It's set in the somewhat novel world of a TV station and morning TV makes for great comedy with all the silly things the Daybreak personalities do to raise the show's ratings. Rachel McAdams is utterly charming as Becky, showing just the right amount of the frazzled, overworked, driven career woman that I think we can all relate to her. Diane Keaton plays the former Miss Arizona turned morning show host with gusto and gets some great lines that truly made me laugh. And, of course, Harrison Ford is completely believable as the man who thinks everyone and everything that works at Daybreak is beneath him and his journalistic talents. In fact it was the recent news that he's joined the cast of Anchorman 2 (read our post) that inspired this throwback review. I truly hope that Ford gets to reprise his surly broadcaster in Anchorman 2 because I think it'll be a great balance to the comedy. Back to Morning Glory...
You won't find any major plot twists or surprises in this movie. What you see is pretty much what you get and I'm sure you already know how it turns out. Romantic comedies don't often stray from the formula and this is no exception. However if you're looking for a fun, light-hearted, comedy with some great stars then you can't go wrong with Morning Glory.
Available on Netflix (Canada).
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