What's the Story? Morning Glory

(What’s the Story?) Morning Glory                         

Rachel McAdams, Harrison Ford, Diane Keaton, Patrick Wilson, Jeff Goldblum

Rachel McAdams carries this movie throughout. She plays Becky, a seemingly flaky girl who wants to be a TV producer but seems to be in over her head. After begging for a job as Executive Producer on a failing morning show she holds her first morning staff meeting prior to air time. Everyone connected with the show is there and they shower a barrage of questions and suggestions at her. She surprises by answering everyone and at the end of the meeting fires an egotistical co-anchor  thereby winning the admiration of everyone.

To replace the one she fired she hires Harrison Ford, a former evening news anchor who himself had been fired because of falling ratings. He is difficult to work with and proves her most difficult challenge

Morning Glory is worth seeing but is marred by gratuitous sex. Her affair with another producer doesn’t seem to go anywhere as their relationship is very shallow.

Rating: **