Broadcast News

Name: Broadcast News
Released: 1987-12-16
Cast: William Hurt, Albert Brooks, Holly Hunter

Broadcast News

R
2h 13m
1987

98%

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A satiric look at the Washington news bureau of a major TV network and the romantic triangle between a young female producer, a male news anchor, and a good-hearted male reporter.

Director:

James L. Brooks

Producer:

James L. Brooks

Writer:

James L. Brooks

Cast:

William Hurt, Albert Brooks, Holly Hunter

Rotten Tomatoes® Score

TOMATOMETER®

98%

Critics Consensus: Blockbuster dramatist James L. Brooks delivers with Broadcast News, fully entertaining with deft, deep characterization.

Reviews

Tilt Magazine

Stephen Silver

Since its hero is a crusading journalist lacking in social graces, and a major scene is set at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, this is probably every media elite person’s favorite movie of the 1980s (35th anniversary)

Nothing about the film is overwrought or over-the-top; it’s an impressively well-balanced, pleasing work, even if the conclusion is a touch too easy.

...interested in all the complication and resignation that comes with being an actual adult.

Perceptive on several levels -- particularly in its study of romantic entanglements, its take on the role of the media, and its commentary on style versus substance -- this finds Holly Hunter delivering the best female performance of the 1980s.

I struggle to think of a safer, more charming film.

December 1, 2020

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