Directed by: Roger Michell
Starring: Rachel McAdams, Harrison Ford, Diane Keaton, Jeff Goldblum, Patrick Wilson, Ty Burrell, Matt Malloy, John Pankow
Becky Fuller (McAdams) is an Energizer bunny of a morning show producer hired by a network to save its drowning morning show "Daybreak". Daybreak is anchored by the ever-smiling Colleen Peck (Keaton), who laughs so that she may not cry, and Paul McVee (Burrell), a lecherous HR nightmare waiting to happen. Becky fires Paul, revamps the show, and hires the very reluctant news legend Mike Pomeroy (Ford) to co-anchor. Mike has two years left on his contract and isn't doing much of anything except occasional "hard news" stories, so he's obligated to join Daybreak and acts like it's a career killer every step of the way.
Mike laments the loss of television journalism for the fluff that is Daybreak, and he lets the world know it. Becky tries to plead and reason with Mike, whom she admires, but soon even she has enough of his attitude. We know how their professional relationship trajectory will go: They will have a frosty start, followed by detente, and then Mike thaws and accepts Becky. They don't have a romantic involvement. Adam Bennett (Wilson), Mike's former producer, is on hand to be Becky's boyfriend, but this reeks of an unneeded subplot.
Daybreak starts to rise in the ratings and Becky is soon being wooed for a major network show gig, but does she want to leave behind the group she now regards as family? The answer will surprise you only if you've never seen a movie before. McAdams is full of energy, while Ford matches that energy with the temperamental opposite approach, with Keaton in the middle sometimes refereeing. Morning Glory is innocuous stuff which never extends into greatness. We like the people here, we're sort of happy when they're happy, and then we move on with our lives. It's that type of movie.
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