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Morning Glory -- Review #JPMN

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Channel: Movie Night · 2012 · Film & Animation

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Morning Glory (2010) -- Heartwarmingly amusing, but hardly original", 6/10.

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~~ Review Script ~~
Rachel McAdams practically carries this movie, starring as Becky Fuller - an energetic producer for a local morning news program - who finally gets the chance of a career, when she is offered a job running "Daybreak", a fledging national program similar to "Today" or "Good Morning America" that needs a huge ratings boost to keep from getting canceled. Diane Keaton and Harrison Ford star as the veteran co-anchors for this program... who seem to constantly be annoying each other off-camera. Jeff Goldblum is featured as Becky's unscrupulous boss who cares only about ratings, showing little faith in young Becky's abilities to turn the show around. Sadly though, Goldblum seems mostly wasted here... his normally zippy, and ambitious persona dampened by boring, expositional writing. Luckily, the opposite is true of Ford - who absolutely shines as Mike Pomeroy, a respected, and dignified Tom Brokaw-esque anchor of decades past... now forced to host the cheesy morning program because of a clause in his contract. Nearly every laugh in the film comes from Pomeroy's stubbornness and grumpy demeanor - hilariously refusing to report on any story that isn't hard news. Ford is obviously best known for his iconic roles in action adventure films, but I've also been a huge fan of his work in funnier roles like Six Days Seven Nights, The Frisco Kid, and Hollywood Homicide - all movies which, like Morning Glory, unfortunately didn't perform very well at the box office. Opposite Ford's scene-stealing charisma is Diane Keaton, who similar to Goldblum receives little to do in this story, and is mostly present to given someone for Ford to make fun of. At it's heart though, this film is Becky's story of self-discovery and determination... leaving her small town behind to attempt a fast-paced career in New York television... with her adversarial relationship with Pomeroy serving as the emotional backbone of the story. Relying on an almost excessive usage of musical montage, we are also witness to the show-within-a show, as Daybreak goes from a nearly canceled program in 4th place to a hilariously over-the-top show that uses stunts and gimmicks to compete for ratings. Feeling mostly like a fun, light-hearted romantic comedy, sans most of the cheesy romance... "Morning Glory" does plenty here to keep you invested in these characters for 107... but the film is hesitant to really do anything original, staying well within the confines of it's genre. While I attended Emerson College - I served as the director of "Good Morning Emerson" for a semester - a live morning news show that felt just like Daybreak... so I really got a huge kick out this film's sarcastically affectionate portrayal of the TV news industry, but I'm not certain the same holds true for everyone. In any event, "Morning Glory" is a "Heartwarmingly amusing, but hardly original". 
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