Young producer Becky Fuller, an extremely charming Rachel McAdams, must save her morning news show from cancellation. Her main problem is Mike Pomeroy, a terrific Harrison Ford, a veteran journalist who hates the entertainment part of the program and, anyway, is a terrible human being with all his colleagues.
At his heart this is a very good and solid comedy. It got a fairly new setting with a concept that is really interesting. Considering the insider’s stories that, every now and then, we get from the wonderful world of TV I think that for a comedy this movie is even surprisingly realistic.
The problem is that this concept has been clumsily shoehorned into the usual, and boring, romantic comedy tropes. So we get a useless romantic interest, hints of problem at home and another socially inept protagonist. This dilutes the film’s best parts and moves it from very good to simply good.
What saves it from being in the end just average is an astonishing performance from Harrison Ford. His mean and spirited Mike Pumeroy is a sight to behold and I really hope that Ford chooses more roles like this ones. As an action hero his days are long gone, apart from the occasional Indy outing, but as a character actor I think he can really be invaluable.
Rachel McAdams continues her string of very good but still not great roles. She confirms herself as the best thing to come out of” Mean girls” and is really one good part away from superstardom.
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