It's been over a month since I did a film review, so it's time to whip one out for this month. So read on if your interested in finding out what I thought about Rachel McAdams' latest flick, Morning Glory.
MORNING GLORY
Starring Rachel MCADAMS, Diane KEATON & Harrison FORD.
Directed by Roger MITCHELL
This movie almost slipped under the radar for me and had it not been for the beautiful Rachel McAdams, I probably wouldn't of given it a look at all. After fantastic performances in films such as The Time Travellers Wife and State of Play, McAdams pulls it of the bag again as the plucky Becky Fuller, a young, ambitious TV news producer who wants nothing more than to be running the most successful breakfast news show in America.
After being released by her local network, Becky captures a dream role at a New York network. But the job isn't as easy as she first imagined and her skills as a producer are really tested under the watchful eye of her new superiors and colleagues who just believe that she is a naive little girl in a big man's world. And no one is more under that impression than pretentious, egotistical but legendary news anchor, Mike Pomeroy played by Harrison Ford.
Quite happy to live out the rest of his contract doing as little as possible, Mike is forcibly employed by a desperate Becky as the struggling breakfast show, Daybreak, faces the chop all together. But Mike's off and on screen bickering with co-anchor, Colleen Peck played by the wonderful Diane Keaton, cause Becky further problems. But when the ratings start to rise, Becky learns that controversy is the key to success and pushes her team to it's limits with daring stunts, embarrassing features and everything else other than actual news...sound familiar? *cough* ITV's Daybreak *cough*
Matt Mallory, John Pankow and Jeff Goldblum supported the main cast fantastically, particularly Pankow whose chemistry with McAdams shone through. But McAdams' onscreen partner, Patrick Wilson, failed to impress as love interest Adam. However in all honesty, he isn't really given a look in - I'm not sure if the writers decided to write him in last minute to help appeal to it's female audience better, it was almost as if they were forcing unnaturally into a Rom-Com genre when the rest of the film really wasn't! It's almost a shame and does slightly weaken the overall movie.
And as the film develops, a funny relationship is forged between hardworking Becky and cranky Mike as she tries to force her man to come around to her way of thinking. However it's only when he risks losing the only person in his life that actually cares, Mike is forced to make a rash move to keep Becky at IBS's Daybreak.
All in all, Morning Glory is an amusing flick for anyone who wants some light hearted fun. And it's audience was a weird one, quite a few more men turned out to the pictures than most "fun" flicks and when I managed to get the chance to see it, I was a bit confused that I appeared to be the only man accompanied by a female partner...the rest, seemed to be watching it alone!? What did they think Morning Glory was...a porno? Thankfully, they appeared to keep their hands away from their crutch!
Definitely worth a watch though, despite my nitpicking, I did enjoy the film and I feel it was a positive start to a New Year in Hollywood! :)
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