McAdams ruined this.

I think it was the character you guys were having issues with. She was socially inept but was also a workaholic. This would make her character when trying to have a relationship with her very challenging. But what I liked about it is that Patrick Wilson's character understood she was a workaholic and was willing to work with it. The relationship in the movie is what someone else said it was. It was a way for Rachel to find out more and more about Ford's character. She was a workaholic so everything had to do with work even a relationship. She didn't know how to put work on hold and Patrick's character actually helped her with that by taking her phone away from her. As much as it was weird for Rachel's character in the long run she actually appreciated it.

I also believe the reason she tried so hard had a lot to do with her mother's little speech after she got fired. I thought "What a bitch." It wasn't that her parents didn't want her to do that job, it was that they didn't believe she could do it. I believe that is what drove Rachel's character to give it her all.

Also she was a woman of her word and that can frustrate a lot of people actually. People say they want a fully honest person that keeps every promise but I believe in reality they don't. It becomes boring in a sense. There is no spontaneity. People like that too.

She gained respect from her workers when she fired the pervert or whatever he was because it was something I guess no one else had actually had the balls to do and he wasn't helping Daybreak any. She was under an enormous amount of pressure and didn't want to be unemployed again, especially with this economy. So she gave it her all and fixed things that needed fixing and did whatever she had to do to make it happen. If it meant firing people, she did it. If it meant putting people in their place, she did it. If it meant changing things up a bit she did it.

Overall, I loved her performance and thought she did shine here. I also preferred Wilson's, Keaton's and Ford's performance as well. Ford's grumpiness and sense of obligated respect was hilarious when you look at his socks. That was funny. I was thinking, you expect me to take you so seriously and bow down to you but then you wear those socks with that suit. Uh no. You need to be put in your place and Rachel put him in his place. Favorite scene where I thought Rachel really shined was when it was her first day on the job and everyone was throwing everything at her and it looked like she was fumbled and didn't catch what everyone said and then you realize she did and the delivery was awesome.