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Movie Reviews of Broadcast News
Movie Review: intelligently written and wonderfully acted
Summary: 5 Stars
This is a triumph of insight. The actors have meaty parts - all written in heartbreakingly real facets - and they bring the characters to life in a multitude of ways.
This is not a "light" comedy - although it is funny.
This is a real look at the business of news, and some of the people who might populate it in real life. It is a treasure...thoughtful, provoking, and satisfying.
enjoy this on a night when you want to sit back, think, and enjoy.
Movie Review: Broadcast News - The Golden Age of Television
Summary: 5 Stars
Simply brilliant. Every character is unique, we just love their imperfections, because we see ourselves in them, how difficult, nevertheless how easy and funny, even ridiculous sometimes life can be. This hillarious comedy-drama about newsmaking in a more innocent, simple world makes us laugh and cry at the same time. A true classic masterpiece from James L. Brooks. You have to see it.Movie Review: Very Funny!!
Summary: 5 Stars
Being in the news business myself, I found this movie to be very funny. Some of the characters were actually characatures of some of the ego-driven, compulsive people I have met in the business. Brooks, Hunter and Hurt are the big three here and they work wonderfully together!!Movie Review: A Classic Film
Summary: 5 Stars
They don't make films like this today. It's a scathing, smart, funny, and thought-provoking look at TV news. But more importantly, it's a great film about complicated people and their relationships.Movie Review: A SHARP WITTY COMEDY THAT REFLECTS THE REALITY OF ROMANCE A LITTLE TOO HONESTLY
Summary: 4 Stars
Apart from sporting the most powerful newsroom dynamics since His Girl Friday or Up Close & Personal, this film portrays the delicate balance between intelligence and amorous attraction, and in doing so, manages to slink in a gentle poke at the news industry at the same time.
The theme is smart -- an examination of the atavistic obsession with physical appearance and its ultimate triumph over intellect as a valued human attribute. But it doesn't wear geek glasses. Instead, it comes wrapped in an effortless, witty script. The dialogue is crisp and moments abound. The humor is grown-up and in liberal dollops. The performances by the three leads are very credible and make you feel for each of their characters. William Hurt a smooth talking player, Brooks the geek who knows it all but gets all loopy in front of the camera, Hunter their common denominator. Jack Nicholson and John Cusack turn in surprise cameos that don't hurt the overall experience at all.
One could speculate that this movie didn't walk away with any Academy statuettes despite being nominated in several categories because the very interesting build-up did not culminate into a neat little ending that would satisfy everyone. A small Hollywood-inclined part of me feels that it could have ended a little differently too. This discontent stems perhaps from a hopeful optimism to see things work out between people whom we have seen trying to be with each other, but it does reflect the starkness of romance in the real world.
These truths may not be everyone's cup of bitter machiato, but overall, the bustle of the warm bumbling interactions between regular people trying to make it in a cut-throat industry and finding some meaning in their lives in the process, is definitely worth a ride. I get glued to this film even after having seen this several times, and that is saying something.