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Morning Glory

Morning Glory

Drama · Comedy · Romance · 2010

A young and devoted morning television producer is hired as an executive producer on a long-running morning show at a once-prominent but currently failing station in New York City. Eager to keep the show on air, she recruits a former news journalist and anchor who disapproves of co-hosting a show that does not deal with real news stories.

Movie details

Morning Glory

“What's the story?”

2010 Drama · Comedy · Romance 1h 47m

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TMDB

6.4 / 10

Community rating

A young and devoted morning television producer is hired as an executive producer on a long-running morning show at a once-prominent but currently failing station in New York City. Eager to keep the show on air, she recruits a former news journalist and anchor who disapproves of co-hosting a show that does not deal with real news stories.

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What this film says about your taste.

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The archetype split

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Roger Michell

Written by

Aline Brosh McKenna

Rachel McAdams

Rachel McAdams

Becky Fuller

Harrison Ford

Harrison Ford

Mike Pomeroy

Diane Keaton

Diane Keaton

Colleen Peck

Patrick Wilson

Patrick Wilson

Adam Bennett

Jeff Goldblum

Jeff Goldblum

Jerry Barnes

John Pankow

John Pankow

Lenny Bergman

Matt Malloy

Matt Malloy

Ernie Appleby

Court is in session

Put Morning Glory on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Sentimental Softie

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Cool Ironist

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.