"Broadcast News" is one of several newsroom movies made over the years, the story involves a talented reporter and writer (Albert Brooks) who the network brass clearly doesn't have on the fast-track because of his abrasive personality and lack of good looks, a rising star producer (Holly Hunter) who is great at her job but lacks social skills in the extreme, and a pretty face with no confidence in his reporting skills (William Hurt) is rising meteorically on the basis of his presentation and simple luck.
The news reporting elements of this movie are fantastic. They are engaging and fun to watch, and give the appearance of realism. The problem for me was that most of the movie was about a melodramatic love triangle between the three leads. It just didn't seem to work for me, each was a flawed person in an unlikeable way. I can see what they were going for but it just didn't come off as a compelling love triangle to me.
The news reporting elements of this movie are fantastic. They are engaging and fun to watch, and give the appearance of realism. The problem for me was that most of the movie was about a melodramatic love triangle between the three leads. It just didn't seem to work for me, each was a flawed person in an unlikeable way. I can see what they were going for but it just didn't come off as a compelling love triangle to me.