Morning Glory

Morning Glory

Sometimes I just want to relax and have a laugh. I don’t want terror, killing and heavy drama. This film suited my needs perfectly. I loved every minute.

Rachel McAdams is so perky and adorable in this delightful film. We can all be proud that she is Canadian. She plays the part of Becky Fuller, a TV producer of a morning program in New Jersey. She is constantly on her phone and in action trying to be a good producer.

Her break comes when she is hired to be an executive producer for a New York morning program called Daybreak. The show is not doing well. The ratings are at the bottom. The organization is in disarray. She is quickly told that many others have failed and she shouldn’t get too settled. Becky accepts the challenge and goes about trying to get better results for the program. The first thing she does is to fire the egotistical co-anchor. His pictures were all over his dressing room. He was so filled with himself and didn’t participate well in communicating with the staff.

She hires Mike Pomeroy (played by Harrison Ford). He is the meanest, nastiest, unpleasant soul. He was a former news journalist and is bitter and frustrated. He detests the morning programs and sees them as ’fluff’ and he doesn’t want any part of it.

To make matters worse he co-anchors with a cheerful Colleen ( Diane Keaton) Colleen is willing to interview anyone and do anything to make the program successful. Colleen and Mike working together is a bundle of laughs. They jab and make barbs at one another the minute the camera is turned off. He refuses to do anything that is not newsworthy.

Becky is told that the program will be cancelled if she cannot get better ratings. She works her heart out and tries cooking segments and news items. She brings in exotic animals.

A darling young producer (of a different program) has his eye on her. We see them trying to build a relationship. It keeps running into obstacles because Becky cannot leave her phone alone or stop thinking of ideas for the show.

It was a lot of fun to see the antics. I was also interesting in the glimpse it gave me of the behind the scenes of a morning show. At 1:30 a.m. Becky’s alarm went off. She cheerfully headed to the studio for makeup and meetings. Many of the workers are yawning and closing their eyes. She is always perky and full of cheerful energy.

We see the meetings where the staff decides on topics and issues to be presented at the program.

Becky is so good she is offered a producer’s job on the Today Show.

This is a typical Hollywood film. The endings always work out in a positive manner. You can figure it out for yourself or go to the film and have an enjoyable few hours.