Morning Glory 2010

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Originally released as a motion picture in 2010.
Special features: commentary by director Roger Michell and writer Aline Brosh Mckenna; deleted scene.
Rachel McAdams, Harrison Ford, Diane Keaton, Patrick Wilson, Jeff Goldblum.
For Becky, running a TV show in New York City was the big break she dreamed of, until star co-anchors Mike and Colleen declare an all-out, on-air war. Making the show work with its cast of eccentric characters and outrageous story angles will take a major miracle, but Becky is ready to rise and outshine.
DVD; Dolby digital 5.1 surround; region 1; NTSC; widescreen.

COMMUNITY REVIEWS

terrible submitted by codyson159 on July 8, 2011, 11:52pm this is a boring movie!

Flatfluff submitted by markwells on July 11, 2011, 10:37am Warning: Too much cotton candy causes nausea. The best thing about this formulaic frolic is Morley Safer's cameo. I'd rather see a full length feature with the original cast of the Mary Tyler Moore show... really.

bad submitted by Ele Z. on July 29, 2011, 9:15am didnt like it.

Morning Glory submitted by emjane on July 14, 2012, 7:34pm Becky Fuller (Rachel McAdams), producer of a morning TV program in New Jersey, devotes herself entirely to her job. At the beginning of the film, Becky is on a first date that is clearly not going well. Though this date was intended to show how much Becky values her job above personal relationships—she babbles about it, can’t resist picking up phone calls from work, and doesn’t manage to keep a conversation going with her date—it ends up showing that Becky is absolutely crazy. So when she gets fired from that job and begins frantically looking for a new one, I somewhat expected her to end up in a mental hospital. (Okay, not exactly true since the previews heavily indicated that Harrison Ford and Diane Keaton were going to be news anchors in the movie, but it seemed as though Becky was destined for a breakdown). Instead, Becky gets a job producing a different morning show, where she has to deal with the drama-queen antics of anchors Mike Pomroy (Ford) and Colleen Peck (Keaton) while attempting to combat the show’s tanking ratings.

Though the idea has some limited potential, Morning Glory didn’t go anywhere with it. Becky doesn’t stop placing an incredibly high priority on work, and I can’t imagine she would have any more success with future first dates. Of course, Becky doesn’t have to worry about first dates because Adam (Patrick Wilson), a dreamy guy she meets on her first day, somehow gets over the crazy and falls in love with her. Truth be told, the character of Adam seemed shoe-horned into the movie—perhaps to try to counteract the strange sexual tension between Becky and Pomroy.

As much as I like Ford, he sure phoned it in for Morning Glory. When he was “angry” he used a voice akin to Christian Bale’s Batman, and his heartfelt moment towards the end of the movie lacked any believable emotion, (seriously, I thought he was being sarcastic). Nothing is worthy of comment about any of the others' “acting.”

Fun submitted by leenajong on August 11, 2017, 1:53pm I think it's light, nice and fun.

Morning Glory submitted by dree411 on July 30, 2018, 7:25pm I really enjoyed it

Fun submitted by c_zhang on July 5, 2019, 12:54am Kind of lame, but light and funny.

sweet submitted by yufamily on August 25, 2019, 7:32pm Rachel McAdams is fun to watch

Loved it. Light, funny, quirky, with a good pace. submitted by eileenw on December 26, 2021, 12:25pm While this isn't a RomCom, I think if you're the kind of person who's enjoyed the Nora Ephron oeuvre, there's a good chance you'll enjoy this movie. Set in the world of Morning Talk Shows, Rachel McAdams plays a producer whose career is derailing her personal life and whose career suddenly gets derailed leaving her with nothing but her unrelenting passion until she lands the chance to take on the role of producer at The Worst Morning Talk Show.

The scene of the first staff meeting is my favorite.