"Morning Glory" juggles lead actors well

There's something about waking up at 1:30 a.m. to start your day and go to work that scares a lot of people, but not Becky Fuller (Rachel McAdams), the determined TV producer in the new film "Morning Glory." By drinking coffee at 2:00 a.m., she makes her life fit around the center of her universe – her job.

Anline Brosh McKenna, screenplay writer of "The Devil Wears Prada," presents another film about a young woman trying to make it in the journalism world, only this time it's centered on broadcast journalism. In this film, Becky, a young, passionate producer, hits a roadblock when she is let go from a local morning show in New Jersey. However, this doesn't get the feisty producer down; she goes on a full pursuit of another job.

After an intense search, and what seems like a million resumes later, she ends up moving to New York for her first executive producer position at a horribly organized network morning show called "Daybreak." To establish herself as an executive producer, she fires the show's male anchor and convinces legendary evening news anchor Mike Pomeroy (Harrison Ford) to become male anchor of the show.

On top of having to deal with Pomeroy's curmudgeon personality and Diane Keaton's character Colleen Peck's over-the-top morning show personality, other members of the staff, the show's ratings being down and possibly being cancelled, Becky has a love interest with Adam Bennett (Patrick Wilson), another producer in the building.

Even though this film had a lot going on, I think it worked. It keeps you interested and you can't help but root for Rachel McAdams' character giving it all she has to keep the show from being cancelled. I wish that her love interest with Bennett had been explored more, but that would have extended the film to a ridiculous length.

I think the movie had a good balance of comedy and drama. In addition to the hilarious physical comedy of Matt Mallory's portrayal of the Ernie Appleby, the kooky weatherman on "Daybreak," Ford and McAdams worked well together. And there wasn't so much drama that you would lose your head if it didn't work out. You wouldn't feel completely devastated if everything didn't fall into place.

The main complaint I have is the voice that Ford gave his character. He had a good depiction of grumpy, hardnewsy Pomeroy, but his voice of the cynical, gruff man was slightly annoying, almost annoying as Christian Bale's Batman voice.

McAdams did a great job in her lead role. I like how the film centered on her and her personal and work relationship, and that it wasn't completely about making Ford's character happy, or making it work with her "Beau." It was about determination, leadership, teamwork and making time for the ones whom you love.

Overall, I enjoyed the movie. It realistically conveyed the sense that we all have so many things going on in our lives, especially those who are in the journalism industry. It showed the potentially unhealthy amount of time that those in the news industry devote to their work.

3 out of 5 stars