MORNING GLORY: a good reason to sleep in

Harrison Ford plays it completely wrong as a legendary tv journalist forced to host the worst morning show on network television in this so-so comedy from so-so director Roger Michell ('The Mother', 'Changing Lanes', 'Notting Hill').

Ford's Mike Pomeroy is a grizzled veteran of frontline reporting from numerous wars and has won every award going, so he's more than offended when hotshot young producer Becky Fuller (Rachel McAdams) uses an obscure clause in his contract to compel him to front 'Daybreak' alongside longtime co-host Colleen Peck (Diane Keaton).
Ford chooses to express Pomeroy's severe discontent by having him growl every line in a low gravelly voice, making him sound like no real life broadcaster, disgruntled or otherwise, who has ever graced the anchor desk of a morning show anywhere in the English speaking world.
Quite why Michell didn't assert himself to stop Ford on the first day of shooting is a mystery - perhaps he was overawed by Ford's back catalogue - but the result is a performance that sinks the film. Pomeroy is such an unconvincing character that no amount of running around, dropping stuff and general klutziness by McAdams as she battles to halt the show's plummeting ratings could persuade me to suspend my disbelief.In fact her character is barely more credible than Ford's, she just seems more believable by comparison.
MORNING GLORY is best enjoyed by film fans who are easily - very easily - entertained. For everyone else there's 'Good Morning America', 'The Today Show' and 'The Early Show.'