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Play trailer 2:06 Poster for Broadcast News R Released Dec 16, 1987 2h 12m Romance Comedy Play Trailer Watchlist
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Intelligent satire of American television news. A highly strung news producer finds herself strangely attracted to a vapid anchorman even through she loathes everything he personifies. To make matters worse, her best friend, a talented but not particularly telegenic news reporter, is secretly in love with her.
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Blockbuster dramatist James L. Brooks delivers with Broadcast News, fully entertaining with deft, deep characterization.

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Sean French Sight & Sound Albert Brooks and Holly Hunter perform with such vitality, such comic neuroticism, that they at least blur the edges of their stereotypes. Jan 28, 2020 Full Review Duane Byrge The Hollywood Reporter As the talented but professionally thwarted news writer, Brooks is sensational, both vain and vulnerable. Dec 18, 2018 Full Review Jen Chaney New York Magazine/Vulture Jane Craig is a feminist heroine in a way that few female romantic-comedy protagonists since have been, even the ones we consider strong and independent. Dec 19, 2017 Full Review Rachel Wagner Hallmarkies Podcast the characters are so authentic. Such a great script Apr 7, 2025 Full Review David Nusair Reel Film Reviews Filmmaker Brooks, working from his own screenplay, does an absolutely fantastic job of immediately luring the viewer into the mostly-spellbinding proceedings... Rated: 4/4 Dec 9, 2023 Full Review Stephen Silver Tilt Magazine 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) Rated: 4.5/5 Dec 27, 2022 Full Review Read all reviews

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Ed . Was Holly Hunter a hypocrite? Or are women guilty of the same shallowness for which they excoriate men? Or, did Albert Brooks simply not have any mojo? This is the best movie about contemporary TV journalism since Network and in some ways may even best it. Paddy Chayevsky's vision was broader and grander while James L. Brooks' was more sharply focused. Network seemed like farce as it was a prescient warning of the future. Appearance vanquishing intelligence in "broadcast news" was well underway, having started around the time of Network's release with "Action News" clones. The two films together make a complimentary pair of comedy and satire. Compare Peter Finch's Howard Beale from 1976 and William Hurt's Tom Grunick in 1987. Now fold in David Muir and others like him today. Would there be any room for a Walter Cronkite or David Brinkley today? Rated 5 out of 5 stars 08/29/25 Full Review thiago s Filme mais ou menos, o roteiro é fraco, as cenas são mais ou menos, a história é fraca, o elenco é fraco, e ninguém ajuda a melhorar o filme, os personagens são fracos, e o filme deveria ter cenas bem melhores e relevantes, para fazer o filme ser bom Rated 1 out of 5 stars 07/28/25 Full Review Stephen C Funny in 2 hours and 12 minutes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The USA grossed over $49,200,000.00!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 07/03/25 Full Review babarizam D So much pressure that life seems doesn't exist Maybe this profession is like thing because there is no place for those who walks slowly. I felt sad. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 05/25/25 Full Review alan g Since when is this a romcom? I thought it was a satire on news programing. Boring and unfulfilling. Albert Brooks doing his hang dog routine. Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 02/16/25 Full Review Dallas H Why did I forget that Jack Nicholson is in this movie? Anyway, I'm glad I left a ten-year job working in television news because doing the live broadcasts was always so stressful. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/12/25 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Intelligent satire of American television news. A highly strung news producer finds herself strangely attracted to a vapid anchorman even through she loathes everything he personifies. To make matters worse, her best friend, a talented but not particularly telegenic news reporter, is secretly in love with her.
Director
James L. Brooks
Producer
James L. Brooks
Screenwriter
James L. Brooks
Distributor
20th Century Fox
Production Co
Gracie Films, American Entertainment, Twentieth Century Fox
Rating
R
Genre
Romance, Comedy
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Dec 16, 1987, Original
Release Date (Streaming)
Mar 1, 2013
Box Office (Gross USA)
$49.2M
Runtime
2h 12m
Sound Mix
Surround
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