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Two television network reporters - one smart but insecure, the other less knowledgeable but more telegenic - compete for the friendship, respect and romantic interest of a hard-driven, neurotic female producer. (R, 132 min.)
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Since the 1970s, the name James L. Brooks has been synonymous with intelligent television comedy—his shows are insightful about work and love and always plugged in to the zeitgeist. He is also a master storyteller of the big screen, and none of his films was more quintessentially Brooks than Broadcast News. This caustic look inside the Washington news media stars Holly Hunter, in her breakout role, as a feisty television producer torn between an ambitious yet dim anchorman (William Hurt) and her closest confidant, a cynical veteran reporter (Albert Brooks). Brooks’s witty, gently prophetic film is a captivating transmission from an era in which ideas on relationships and the media were rapidly changing. [Criterion]
Starring: William Hurt, Albert Brooks, Holly Hunter
Director: James L. Brooks
Genre: Comedy, Drama
"In this judicious, irresistible romantic comedy, all the performers are tops. [14 Dec 1987]"
— Richard Corliss, Time
"In a film tracing the endless battles between style and substance, Brooks delivers both in abundance."
— Staff, Empire
"Broadcast News is the crispest, classiest entertainment; it has what Hollywood has been missing. [16 Dec 1987]"
— Dave Kehr, Chicago Tribune
"Enormously entertaining, Broadcast News is an inside look at the personal and professional lives of three TV journlists."
— Staff, Variety
"Broadcast News grows in your memory. It recalls an era when movies were made by, for and with three-dimensional characters you cared about."
— Michael Blowen, Boston Globe
"Director Brooks masterfully interconnects this human triangle with the breakneck world of broadcasting -- the professional frenzy behind the news. He shifts the mood from romantic to farcical, the comedy from broad to subtle."
— Desson Howe, Washington Post
"The dialogue in "Broadcast News" is so quick and clever I wanted to see the movie again the minute it ended because I knew I couldn't have possibly caught it all. I caught most of it though, and certainly enough to know that this is one terrific movie."
— Julie Salamon, Wall Street Journal
"Broadcast News is so diabolically clever that you rather expect it to be heartless, in the way that so much surface cleverness can be. No such thing. Heartless is the wrong word for this movie: It's insightful and understanding and marvelous fun, while giving up none of its thoughtfulness. [16 Dec 1987]"
— Sheila Benson, Los Angeles Times
