Glorious Rachel

Rachel McAdams, Jeff Goldblum and Harrison Ford, Morning Glory's biggest selling point is its stellar lineup.

The plot was fairly anemic and predictable. Naive Jenna accepts a job as an executive producer at a failing morning show. To prevent the show from being cancelled, Jenna has to improve her ratings, make the show interesting, and of course appease her cranky new anchor, respected jouralist Mike Pomeroy who thinks morning fluff is beneath him.

Watch it for the acting.

There's something about McAdams. She brings to life whatever role she picks. Maybe it's the expressive eyes, maybe its fragility in her voice, but she can be a clumsy, desperate, and obsessive workaholic and you'd still want to fall in love with her.

The scenes where she has to juggle her personal and professional are the strongest. You feel the urgency and the sadness of being forced to be something she'd rather not be, but she has to push on. Jobs and the burden of history lay on her shoulders. that even if she wanted to, she could not afford to be selfish.

It is a gripping portrayal of stress, and the demands of a high pressure job where every second counts.

The story is so-so, the acting superb.