Morning Glory (2010)

I love this movie so much

Highly Overrated But Still Good

everything you have heard about this movie is true.

By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

Smart and fresh. From the begining you know how it's going to end, but it's good to see how it will get there. Nice slow cameras shots.

If you want to watch a feel-good film, this is it. I think people who have been underestimated in any part of their lives will be able to relate to the main character and would feel inspired by this film. It is funny, and the acting is great. Rachel McAdams was the perfect person for her role. Harrison Ford did such a great job. I've never seen him play a role like this, so it showed me that he really is a very good actor. Patrick Wilson is just eye-candy. The only problem I had was with Diane Keaton. I love her, but I did not think this was the right role for her. I can see that her character was supposed to be a mean person, but Diane wasn't really doing a good job in it. She ended up looking a little goofy. Nevertheless, there were a couple of scenes with her that were hilarious.

From 2010, Morning Glory is a nice film, if predictable and derivative. The big problem I had with it was that with another cast, it could have been a TV movie. The cast is excellent -- Rachel McAdams, Harrison Ford, Diane Keaton, and Patrick Wilson. McAdams plays the hard-working, loyal Becky, who has been working at one TV station a long time, when the rumor starts that she is the next producer of the show. When the call comes down from the head office, she finds out she's fired due to budget cuts.Frantic, she starts applying everywhere, and lands an interview at a dying TV show. She convinces the interviewer (Jeff Goldblum) that she is the woman for the job, and gets it.There are some tremendous challenges ahead. First she has to fire the sexist coanchor and find a new one. She decides that a famous news journalist the network has under contract, Mike Pomeroy (Harrison Ford) who is presently being paid $6 million to do nothing, is the man for the job. He absolutely refuses to go to work for a show that does soft news. Becky, however, has looked at his contract. It can be cancelled if he's offered a network job and refuses it. Reluctantly he comes on board and makes everyone's life miserable. He and his coanchor (Diane Keaton) loathe one another. Mike sits there, all right, but little else, and instead of ratings going up, they go down, and Becky's job is in danger, as are the jobs of everyone else. She is given one more chance to save it.Becky knows from her new boyfriend (Patrick Wilson) that Mike is the "third most horrible person in the world," but somehow, she has to convince him to get into the spirit of things.Charming film, though Diane Keaton was wasted in her role as coanchor. Rachel McAdams always reminds me of Jennifer Garner. She's likable and hyper here, as someone who acts insecure but really knows what she's doing.The curmudgeon Mike Pomeroy is played to perfection by Harrison Ford, who has a heart -- somewhere -- but long ago, it was buried by ego and anger as he's come to realize that the pursuit of a big career left him with nothing. His performance at the end of the film makes it what it is - warm, sweet, and fun. A delightful rental.

There's nothing wrong with Morning Glory. If you are looking for a mildly amusing comedy then this is a pretty safe bet. The problem for me was that I couldn't help but feel that everybody involved from cast to creative team could (and has) done so much better work elsewhere.Rachel McAdams is the big name driving this film and in an attempt to get us to root for her as her character tries to get along with those portrayed by Harrison Ford and Diane Keaton they make her endearing and lovable. However, in doing so at times she also comes across as being very annoying. And when the central character is annoying it doesn't exactly make you want to keep watching.There are nice observations about breakfast TV and the personalities behind that world (this is where we get nice performances from Ty Burrell and John Pankow)but that combined with a standard rom-com plot makes for a pretty odd film and one that I ultimately didn't enjoy much.