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Everything in this movie, written by Aline Brosh McKenna and directed by Roger Michell, seems way off.
This production is a mess for many reasons, most of them having to do with its frantic efforts to be funny.
Morning Glory is a tart, terrific comedy that gives Harrison Ford his best and funniest role in years.
Has moments of sparkle, but the screenplay disappoints and the luminous Rachel McAdams overdoes it.
McAdams is typically effervescent here, but she can't rescue this weak comedy.
Morning Glory isn't terrible. It has a lot of craft, a lot of star power, and a fair number of laughs. What irks me is that the filmmakers settle for so little.
Watching McAdams juggle all the pieces provides much of the laughs, but both Keaton and Ford get some positively hilarious traction as Colleen and Mike clash on the air and compete for the spotlight.
Behind the frivolity of this rom-com also lurks a serious theme about the importance of proper old-school journalism.
It's entirely appropriate that Morning Glory ultimately turns into a celebration of quaffable, formulaic fluff.
full review at Movies for the Masses
You don't watch stuff like Morning Glory for intelligent commentary on modern life and everyone involved is aware of it ... while there's been good, sometimes funny drama about the collision of news and entertainment never has it been so pointless.
Ford is a snarling cartoon version of his grim political thriller self played for laughs. And McAdams is no Mary Tyler Moore but she's just this side of being that appealing.
...an earnest effort gone awry, a lost opportunity that passes a forgettable 107 minutes in ho-hum fashion. (Blu-ray Edition)
At worst, it may put you to sleep.
Sit-com style zany comedy that won't exactly change your life, but has the odd good joke and proves Rachel McAdams well capable of carrying a film, even opposite Harrison Ford and Diana Keaton.
[A] deeply dislikable comedy of embarrassment...
A bizarre celebration of dumbing down that fails to work as satire, comedy or romance. The characters are one-note and a good cast is wasted.
Basically a self-serving justification for the prominence of fluffy entertainment over sharply written and intelligently crafted stories.
Presumably, we are meant to find this cute, rather than intensely depressing.
A film that ambles along agreeably and features fine performances from co-stars Diane Keaton and Rachel McAdams.
Harrison Ford gives an under-par performance in this disappointing TV-studio-set romantic comedy.
Morning Glory stays firmly on the launchpad, doing increasingly desperate run-ups, but collapsing in a gawky heap whenever it tries to take off.
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