MORNING GLORY
3 out of 5 stars

rachel mcadams is sooooo adorable in this! she’s young, eager to please, and enthusiastic in this movie about early morning show production. :)

becky fuller (mcadams) is a young and energetic TV producer working for a NJ TV channel, but then she’s laid off due to budgetary problems for the station. so, she searches for a job, and finds a rare executive producer position at a early morning TV show called daybreak. only problem with this dream job is that it comes with a few strings attached... in the form of beauty queen turned TV host colleen (a hilarious diane keaton) and a cantankerous and pretentious co-host mike pomeroy, who thinks morning television is beneath him. (harrison ford doing his best walter kronkite impression) mike causes problems on the show because he refuses to report on anything besides the traditional news, and becky tries hard to break his shell. mike is a handful, but becky has bigger problems at hand... if daybreak doesn’t get high enough ratings, the network with cancel the show. and...since becky can’t afford to lose another job, what else is a girl to do? SENSATIONALISM!!! like...YOUTUBE WORTHY SENSATIONALISM! :P

harrison ford and diane keaton are hilarious as co-hosts that hate each other, and becky’s relationship with patrick wilson’s character is really cute... (it’s a rom com, so she falls in love w/ the all-too-perfect guy) it’s also a good movie that shows a workaholic individual loosen up after all works out in her favor. YAY for happy endings! YAY for stuff that works out in the end! sometimes, you just need that in a world where reality can be a really cruel bitch... ;)