Morning Glory

movie review rating guide for parents and families

MPAA Rating
PG-13

for some sexual content including dialogue, language and brief drug references

Genre
Comedy

Director
Roger Michell

Starring
Harrison Ford, Rachel McAdams, Diane Keaton, Patrick Wilson, Jeff Goldblum

Studio
Paramount

Release Date/In Theaters
11/12/2010

Movie Summary

A romantic comedy begins when Becky Fuller (Rachel Adams) is fired from the local news station. While her career prospects are bleak, she lands a job at the lowest rated morning news program, "Daybreak". In an effort to bring the program back to life, she hires the legendary TV anchor, Mike Pomeroy (Harrison Ford). Pomeroy refuses to cooperate with his co-anchor (Diane Keaton) creating chaos at the station. In the mist of chaos, Becky's romance and career are in jeopardy.

Movie Review for Parents - Morning Glory

by Ginger

            Morning Glory tells the story of a television producer who must revive a failing morning show, despite problems with the celebrity anchors. The producer’s job is difficult and she must struggle to pull the group together. The young producer is driven and enthusiastic. On a positive note, the main character is a determined woman who is charismatic and takes on the challenge. In the end, she is successful despite her struggles with the cast members.

            Morning Glory was rated PG-13 for some sexual content and drug references. Sexual content was based in the dialogue and is brief. The MPAA forgot to include drinking on the job and a brief clothed (but suggestive) sexual act behind a couch. They also forgot the dirty dancing scene, and live frog kissing by one of the anchors. The anchors in the movie are rude and obnoxious to one another. It shows adult behavior at its worst. The characters in the movie might not represent the best role models. In the movie, they are high profile, therefore should be expected to be better examples, but that is not what this movie portrays.

            This is another one of those movies that did not technically cross the line into an R rating, but it definitely contained enough suggestion of sexual acts to make it inappropriate for those under the age of 13. This is not a safe movie for children under 10 due to the poor role models that are portrayed by the main characters. I would rate Morning Glory closer to an R than a straight PG-13. Parents should definitely use caution with this movie that shows adults behaving poorly.

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