Rachel Adams plays workaholic TV producer Becky who scores a great job on an unpopular morning news shows. With failing ratings the show needs something if it's not to be cancelled, so Becky manages to employ serious newscaster Mike Pomeroy to the helm, only to discover he's not so willing to do stories on fluffy animals and is well known for being grumpy. Along with a burgeoning romance, Becky has to manage a demanding job, work with egotistical stars and please those upstairs.
Adams is wonderful as Becky and there are nice performances from Diane Keaton and Patrick Wilson. It is perhaps Harrison Ford who really stands out, playing Pomeroy with grumpy arsehole brilliance. The film is very bright and breezy, never becoming too serious and not pushing itself towards stupidity and it works well, because of it. At times it feels rather formulaic at times and yes it's perhaps obvious, but there's enough fun to be had to make this really enjoyable.
It works well as an insight into television, which may not be entirely true, but it is interesting and the romance factor isn't completely standard fare. There are also some very funny moments to be had with the film playing on the idea of bickering hosts, trying to get the last word at the end of the show or by highlighting the absurd nature of morning news programs that flit from story to story that really do change from fluffy cats to breast cancer. The biggest laughs come from the scenes of ever increasing extreme situations the weatherman is put in, from being on a roller-coaster to blacking out in a fighter jet, brilliantly funny, they really do show just how idiotic these shows can be.
Not perhaps the most original film, but it's well paced and lots of fun with nice performances and is perfect fodder and a far better effort than many other similar films.
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Adams is wonderful as Becky and there are nice performances from Diane Keaton and Patrick Wilson. It is perhaps Harrison Ford who really stands out, playing Pomeroy with grumpy arsehole brilliance. The film is very bright and breezy, never becoming too serious and not pushing itself towards stupidity and it works well, because of it. At times it feels rather formulaic at times and yes it's perhaps obvious, but there's enough fun to be had to make this really enjoyable.
It works well as an insight into television, which may not be entirely true, but it is interesting and the romance factor isn't completely standard fare. There are also some very funny moments to be had with the film playing on the idea of bickering hosts, trying to get the last word at the end of the show or by highlighting the absurd nature of morning news programs that flit from story to story that really do change from fluffy cats to breast cancer. The biggest laughs come from the scenes of ever increasing extreme situations the weatherman is put in, from being on a roller-coaster to blacking out in a fighter jet, brilliantly funny, they really do show just how idiotic these shows can be.
Not perhaps the most original film, but it's well paced and lots of fun with nice performances and is perfect fodder and a far better effort than many other similar films.
More of my reviews at my site iheartfilms.weebly.com