On paper, the premise of a romantic comedy about an idealistic young TV producer, who moves to the big city to work on a failing morning talk show, hosted by a Diane Sawyer type that is forced to work with a Tom Brokaw type who has recently been demoted, is a clever idea. For the most part, Morning Glory succeeds and delivers a satisfying and relatable movie that will make you laugh as well as warm your heart. Does that sound kind of corny? Well, the movie is kind of corny at times but in a good way, the way a good romantic comedy should be. But if romantic comedy isn't your thing, the movie works on another level. Some of the films best sequences come from the behind the scenes moments of the talk show and it reminded me a little bit of NBC's sitcom, "30 Rock." But the heart of the film is found in McAdam's character's journey to find a balance of happiness both in her professional and personal life, something we can all relate to.

The film begins by introducing us to Becky Fuller (Rachel McAdams), a workaholic TV producer, with no time for a personal life that runs the 4:30am newscast on a local station in New Jersey. When she is suddenly let go due to budget cuts, Becky's world falls apart. She eventually bounces back and convinces Jerry Barnes (Jeff Goldblum), the head of a fictional network, to hire her as the new executive producer on "Daybreak," their version of the "Today Show." The show is failing in the ratings and Becky is determined to turn things around. The hosts of the show are Colleen Peck (Diane Keaton), a former beauty queen turned TV personality and Paul McVee (Ty Burrell), a bumbling broadcaster with a foot fetish. Becky is at first overwhelmed by the chaos that she has been put in charge of but quickly makes some big decisions. First thing she does his fire Paul, much to the joy of everyone else on the show.

Now, Becky must find a new co-host who can fit into the budget and she comes up with a brilliant idea. The network's star Anchor, Mike Pomeroy (Harrison Ford), was recently forced into retirement to be replaced by a younger newscaster. But Mike has two years left on his contract and the network had been paying him just to run it out. Becky decides to hire the legendary and notoriously difficult Pomeroy as the new co-host of "Daybreak." After initially saying no, Mike agrees in order to earn the money left on his contract but he has no intentions of degrading himself by doing "fluff" journalism. In the meantime Becky meets Adam Bennett (Patrick Wilson), a former colleague of Mike's who now works on a "60 Minutes" type show called "Seven Days" and begins dating Becky. As she takes on the huge task of saving the show and dealing with Mike and Colleen, Becky also continues to date Adam and slowly realizes that there is more to life than work and that she must find away to balance them both. But when the ratings fail to improve in time, Paul threatens to shut down the show. Not willing to let everything she has worked so hard for get thrown away, Becky must now get Mike and Colleen to work together in order to save the show and everyone else's jobs.

I've been kind of on the fence about Rachael McAdams for sometime now but I have been coming around recently after her performances in "State Of Play" and "Sherlock Holmes," two movies that I both liked. This is a difficult role, the type that Julia Roberts or Sandra Bullock would have played ten or fifteen years ago. Only a handful of actresses could pull this off and I thought McAdams was very good in the part. She carried the film well and played her role with just the right balance of goofiness and sexiness. She is like a modern day Mary Tyler Moore and you are definitely rooting for Becky to win, despite some of her more annoying qualities, which do become endearing in the end. She has a heartbreaking scene at the beginning of the film where her mother basically tells her to give up her dreams. It's in that scene where you begin to sympathize with her character and you ultimately want to see her succeed. Patrick Wilson shows that he has the ability to play romantic comedy as well as the dramatic and action type roles that we are used to seeing from the actor. He and McAdams have a nice chemistry together and you believe him as a "newsman" in the film.

But it is the performances from Diane Keaton and Harrison Ford that really made this movie fun for me. They have a great on-screen dislike for each other and seem to be having fun in the roles. They come across like a perverted version of Diane Sawyer and Tom Brokaw and it is a very powerful and funny combination. While Keaton's part becomes relegated to the background by the middle of the film, her character has a full arc and it is quite satisfying. While Colleen is very unlikable at the beginning, you can't help but like her by the end. Now, Ford's character is a complete a-hole in this film, but of course, does begin to change towards the conclusion. Even though you know that his change of heart is coming, it still works and you really feel an organic connection between McAdams and Ford's characters. Ford is basically the straight man in the film but plays his part perfectly and I think his own off-screen persona helps add to the gravitas of the role. In the end, the movie may be contrived, predictable and a bit corny at times, but it is also fun, entertaining, humorous and touching as well. If you want to see a romantic comedy, with a decent story and strong performances check out "Morning Glory," it's worth waking up early for.