Jeff Goldblum - TVNewser http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser And Now the News...About TV News Copyright 2013 Wed, 22 May 2013 02:00:06 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 ‘Morning Glory’: Not as Sunny as Critics Had Hoped “Morning Glory,” the new movie about our industry, is leaving critics underwhelmed. The film is about a young producer played by Rachel McAdams who lands a job at a struggling network morning show called “DayBreak.” The show is anchored by an ex-beauty queen played by Diane Keaton and an ex-retired hard news man played by Harrison Ford. McAdams is hired by the network’s head of news played by Jeff Goldblum. The film’s screenwriter, Aline Brosh McKenna, wrote “The Devil Wears Prada” and the general consensus is that while McAdams is charming, the movie’s tone and direction is confused.

  • The Associated Press’ Christy Lemire wasn’t impressed with the film, calling it a “vapid hodgepodge.”  It “feels like … well, a sunny, network morning show.” She does write that the movie “does get newsroom culture somewhat right, though, something so many other movies tend to get wrong.”
  • The New York Times‘ Manohla Dargis suggests that the movie is “a passably amusing continued…

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]]> Molly Stark Dean http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/morning-glory-not-as-sunny-as-critics-had-hoped_b39290#disqus_thread http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/morning-glory-not-as-sunny-as-critics-had-hoped_b39290 http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/?p=39290 Thu, 11 Nov 2010 11:39:03 +0000