Seriously guys? This movie is terrible.

The problem with your major complaint is that the heroine's romance is not with the guy, but with her job. It's in the same sub-genre as The Devil Wears Prada. Did you consider that a romantic comedy? The guy role in Morning Glory is like the supportive girlfriend role in other movies where the guy plays the work-obsessed, success-driven character that McAdams plays in Morning Glory.

I mean, do you see the guy in any of the posters? No, you see the two pains in the ass that she works with. How can anyone think this is a traditional romantic comedy when there's no age-appropriate guy in the poster? What romantic comedy poster have you ever seen that doesn't have the guy in it?

"The family thing was not sufficiently portrayed in the movie, I had no idea they were supposed to all be so damn close until she said that line. "

Well, you did have to notice how Becky and her assistant got along so well together; how supportive and encouraging he was even though he was an older guy and she, a young woman, was his boss. How the weatherman was willing to do all sorts of hair-raising stunts to save the show. And how close she and Mike had become. Mike's capitulation (making the frittata) was his way of saying, "I love you." There's no way he could've been her love interest in a physical sense, but he was in every other way.


"The only way for the TV show to stay on the air is to pull a bunch of stunts completely unrelated to what's actually going on in the world. It's certainly realistic but in the movie it's portrayed as a good thing, rather than a damn tragedy. Which it is."

I don't think it was portrayed as a good thing--more of a that's the way it is thing. People want stunts, and if you want to get the ratings and if you want to stay on the air you have to be willing to lighten up and sneak the serious stuff in whenever you can.

I do agree with you about one thing, though. There was no chemistry between Keaton and Ford. Her role should have been played by a younger actress. Michelle Pfeiffer. Someone you could believe was once Miss Arizona. It would have added another dimension to their bickering--sexual tension-- which would have made their relationship more interesting.

You clearly saw the movie I did. Patrick Wilson's character served no purpose. The only thing I liked was Diane Keaton's character. I would rather have just watched her character for two hours. And I completely agree with you about the end. The only that would have maybe worked if the movie had a silly behind the scenes at a network morning show movie that was not trying to be dramatic and "realistic". I really wanted to like this movie. The trailer made it look like it was going to be quite funny. But it felt like it didn't know what it wanted to be. I am as mystified as you. I guess maybe everyone else was shown a different movie.

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Wow, your grammar is atrocious.

I'm happiest...in the saddle.

michaelflatley, your post isn't easy to read, but it's worth the effort. Bravo!

I'm certainly not a "heartless biatch". I just don't think it makes sense for an ambitious, intelligent person to turn down a job that would have been not only better in pay but has been her dream her whole life to work for a failing show. I think it's a weak story that could have been done better if the movie had been better.

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Sometimes the feeling of hard-won satisfaction at a job can be worth more than the glitz and glory and money that comes from another. And sometimes, in the pursuit of a dream, in the pursuit of the thing that you have thought would fulfill you if only you could obtain it, you get a wake-up call and learn what you have is worth holding onto and that trading up doesn't always mean you're trading up for something better.

The Today Show was her dream forever but in the pursuit of that goal, she discovered that the work she was doing for Daybreak was more challenging and gratifying because the effort and the results meant more. She was making her mark. She was turning around a show that everyone had written off....even its own staff....and made the staff and the network believe in them again. Pretty damn powerful stuff.

Sometimes the money isn't worth what you'd be giving up at your current job or in your life outside of work. Money definitely cannot buy happiness and happiness, wherever and whenever you find it, is not something to be ignored or thrown away.

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I guess I'll respond to your spoilers because I liked this movie.

* She does respond to their awkward "first" date in the "charade scene" (which I found extremely funny).
She was intimidated by his university reputation as a "rower" and that he could blow off tall blond chicks with big "melons"??? That scene is long before her rambling exit scene. Apparently, you had an issue with her career/love life conflict.

* Harrison's "Mike Pomeroy" is anything but boring. He's definitely a man with issues and is at war with
those issues (news vs. fluff, failure, family, alcohol to name a few) Becky Fuller sees his potential and he
"changes" because she pushes him to change, He gains a grudging respect for her and in the end, is
willing to make a "fluffy" egg dish to win her back to IBS (a hilarious network acronym). Diane Keaton
was great in a limited role. I'm not sure how more developed you wanted her character to be? She is a
wonderful actress and she was "spot on" as a beauty queen diva who provides some great scenes with
Harrison and Rachel.

* Remember this is a Morning Show. As sad as reality may be, Rachel's Becky was right. Her job was to
keep the show from being cancelled. She succeeded. Since the 80s (maybe even the 70s) that's been road we have traveled.

*As Forrest Gump once said, "Stupid is what stupid does..." When Becky was first fired from her New Jersey morning show she was looking for someone to take a chance on her. Jeff Goldblum's boss character reluctantly hires her. From the time she fired the male co-host MOST of the production staff was in her corner. As previously mentioned, she eventually got the co-hosts do things HER way (Heck, Diane's character even volunteered to be a team player). Even her boss (upstairs gesture) got his gal pal to read the dictionary and was visibly shaken by BF's impending departure. It's 'stupid" if her motivation was money and position ( there's only one way to go when you're #1!!!) but for some people loyalty and
personal relationships have some bearing. In the end we must realize, it's ONLY A MOVIE!!!

I liked the movie so much that I've already seen it twice. Did I say I was a HUGE McAdams fan???
I hope this helped with some of your 'problems" with the movie.