The movie is
nice and tender. Broadcast News explores everything that needs
to be done to get the news out for us, the viewers, to see. You’ll like the
challenges they face and how many people hide behind their work and their
drive.
What I liked
about the movie is how it plays so close to reality and doesn’t try to spin out
something that can only be done through cinematic magic. It shows the weird and
lonely struggle to get a break, while the crafty and morally inept get ahead.
In the movie, nice guys don’t get the girls in the end, and crafty guys don’t
get their hearts crushed. Nice guys lose the girls, and crafty guys go far, win
awards, and get even prettier girls. Meanwhile, the lady trying to get a grip
on her life will, by the end, still be trying to get a grip—but, like in this
movie, we see a glimmer of hope for her at the end of the tunnel.
The writing of this movie must have taken a lot of research to pull off. The acting will also have you on the ropes in appreciation because it’s clear that not everyone could have pulled off what we see on screen.
The plot starts
with the introduction of the three people the movie focuses on, but everything
seems to revolve around Jane (Holly Hunter). Jane is a very unhappy woman whose
entire life revolves around her work. She’s excellent at what she does and is always
ready to pull a diamond from a rock when things are tight and everyone says
it’s impossible. We see her sometimes take time out to cry about how sad her
life is and how much she wishes for more. What I liked here is that she acts
out these feelings without us ever really hearing her address them in words.
Her seemingly best friend—and probably only friend—is Aaron (Albert Brooks). She adores him as a friend, and he seems to be the one person who gives her life the anchor it needs. Aaron is a full-time reporter nerd. He knows everything he needs to know about a story before he tackles it and is ready to go as far as needed to get it right. Aaron dreams of one day becoming a news anchor, but he lacks the charisma to reach such heights. Then there’s Tom (William Hurt), the man who becomes an anchor later in the movie and the one person we discover is willing to do anything to get ahead.
Written,
produced, and directed by James L. Brooks, this movie was a critical and
commercial success, earning numerous Academy Award nominations and other movie
award nominations. It didn’t win an Academy Award, but it won other awards for
its work.
Broadcast News is smart and well-acted, but the pacing can be uneven, with some scenes dragging longer than needed. It does a great job exploring journalism ethics, but the romance takes up too much focus, pulling attention away from its sharper industry critique.
It’s quite a long film, but it’s fun to watch.
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