Absolutely the worst movie.

It's entirely possible that sending the audience out feeling lousy was intentional

A film with more than the usual spoiler issues. Talking about it in any detail feels akin to handing you a gift-wrapped present and saying, "I hope you like it -- It's a thriller about a diabolical secret experiment."

By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

Broadcast News is a film that gives an insight into the daily goings on within a Washington based news company. The film focuses mainly on three individuals; 2 x male television reporters Tom Grunick and Aaron Altman (William Hurt and Albert Brooks respectively) and executive producer Jane Craig (Holly Hunter). With both men employed at the television company, an awkward love triangle develops when Jane falls for Tom and Aaron falls for Jane...Sky Movies proudly boasts Broadcast News as being an Oscar Winning comedy and to be fair given the premise I didn't expect this to be in-your-face comedy and was looking for something that would prove to be suitably humourous. However, in my book there is a very fine line between subtle humour and almost non-existent humour and herein lies the problem with Broadcast News...Maybe that's part of the problem in that I was sold on in being a comedy and in fairness whilst it does have amusing moments here and there it doesn't have enough funny moments to work as a comedy. OK so what does that leave us with? Well we do get an insight into the daily goings on of a news channel (mildly interesting, but not really strong enough to carry the majority of the film). Therefore if you take this aspect out of the film then you are merely left with a love triangle between the 3 leads - this takes up the bulk of the focus and sadly is the least interesting aspect of the entire film.The only thing that partly redeems this film is Holly Hunter whose superb central performance really 'anchors' the film (obvious pun). She's the heart and soul of the film and really lights up the screen whenever she's in front of the camera. Her co-stars are all OK I suppose, but no-one else really makes the same impact as Hunter and they all fail to really make any kind of impression on the picture.In Broadcast News though things end up going from bad to worse with a tagged on silly ending which added nothing and felt completely unnecessary. Still it seems that mine is a minority opinion (the critics seemed to love it), but for a film whose main focus seemed to be on a rather boring love triangle centring on 3 mostly uninteresting individuals then the end result is sadly a film that I found to be a fairly uninvolving experience.

The acting, screen-writing and inter-personal dynamics are very good in this movie. The plot is cohesive and mostly coherent and no scenes were wasted on trivial "fluff". The only thing I wish had happened was for William Hurt's character to be more developed. This was an over-sight in the film's script, in my opinion.Tom Grunnick is too-nice-of-a-guy to be the malevolent, shallow, sensationalist manipulator of the public that both Albert Brooks' character and Holly Hunter's (eventually) make him him to be. It seems like the director wanted to have his news and read it, too:A mellow, likable, moderately-intelligent, but good-looking sports caster is thrust into the role of anchorman, probably on his looks and connections, and is then accused by some of his closest workmates of shallowness and sensationalism, but we are given only one instance of Grunnick embodying and displaying this propensity.What we needed was to meet Tom Grunnick. We are never given much indication of what is important to him and what he considers good news casting/reporting. This is a problem with many movies, where character development is minimal or absent. At the very least, Jane should have asked him (in the car) "What made you choose the subject of date-rape as your first original piece? Why is that important to you?"Why didn't she ask to collaborate on this piece, given her alleged social altruism?We see, here, that Holly Hunter's character needs development, too. We know she is ambitious and her timing and inter-personal skills are good, but what are her ideals that Albert Brooks' character alludes to toward the end of the movie? Jane Craig is much more moral and substantial than Tom Grunnick? If so, we need to see and explore this. Director and screen-writer James Brooks should have spent more time illustrating and emphasizing this dynamic.Albert Brooks' character may have been the best part of the movie. His even-tempered caring for Jane, covering a simmering passion and sometimes anger, were acted in an excellent manner. With the theme of date-rape in the movie, we half-expect Aaron Altman to take advantage of Jane at some point, but he never does. I found his humor and self-discipline very well displayed.All three; Brooks, Hunter and Hurt do great acting in this movie and the dynamics are excellent. A little more character development would have gone a long way.

The movie, Broadcast News was not as good as I expected. I enjoyed some parts of it but others were boring. Overall it me entertained and watching the whole time. The actors and actresses were pretty good and had many funny lines here and there. The plot of the movie was funny and informational. There is not much I would change about that. The film contained great journalistic value too. One concern I have was the ending. I definitely thought the ending should have been a lot better. It just left us all hanging. My whole class was very upset about it. We watched the whole film, which was 2 hours or so, for a not so good ending!!! I want to know what happens with the rest of their lives.

Broadcast News was a highly informational movie which introduced me to the stress, worry, and pressure of working at a News Station. No one's spot for anything is ever 100% secure. Jane taught me that through hard work and perseverance, anything is possible. She worked hard her entire life to get to where she ended up at the end of the movie. Aaron taught me that sometimes even the things we want the most don't end up mattering in the end, because everything will turn out alright. And finally, Tom taught me that sometimes we all need a little help from other people. Although I personally wouldn't fake tears to get there, Tom ended up exactly where he wanted. Broadcast News is an 8/10 movie for me.