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Tony Toscano reviews “Morning Glory”

“Morning Glory” began as a wonderfully inspired comedy with a tip of the hat to cinematic predecessors like “The Front Page,” and “Broadcast News.” The new comedy also had quite a pedigree of good solid actors including Harrison Ford, Diane Keaton and Rachel McAdams. But somewhere during the 2nd half of the film the plot, directing and comedy began to sputter and fade.

I’m not saying the film didn’t have its share of laughs, it did. But those laughs seemed to be spaced further and further apart as the movie plodded along.

“Morning Glory’s” best feature is the widely underused Jeff Goldblum, as the overworked executive news producer who hires Rachel McAdams, a young zealous producer to help a dying morning show make a come back. Goldblum can take even the most mundane dialogue and make it work.

Both Harrison Ford and Diane Keaton turn in good performances but in a mostly one-dimensional and formulaic way. Ford is clearly the old curmudgeon newsman, who has found his way of doing ‘hard news” is long past.

Keaton is the aging matron who is established herself as the queen of the morning, but finding that she has settled into a rut and needs to get out of her comfort zones.

Finally Rachel McAdams actually turns in a very pleasing turn as the young, vibrant catalyst finally finding her place and pace in life.

I guess what bugs me is although this will certainly please audiences, Morning Glory should have been much better than an episode of ‘The Mary Tyler Moore Show.”

It gets a C and is rated PG-13

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