Let’s cut to the chase: I loved this movie.  It’s one of the best surprises of the year, and it’s a riot. The cast gels wonderfully, Rachel McAdams is adorable, Harrison Ford has his best role in years, and Diane Keaton is her kooky lovable self.

A superb cast is well utilized in this movie that takes us behind the scenes of a morning show called Daybreak. I have no idea how realistic the scenes about the production of a show are, but it is awfully fun to get a glimpse into the inner workings of a television show.

Almost every household has a morning show on in the background while the family bustles to get out the door, so the setting seems familiar and friendly. Becky (Rachel McAdams) is a plucky, high strung television producer who has just lost her job working on a morning show in New Jersey.  She receives an offer from fictional network IBS to try to salvage a sinking ship of a morning show calledDaybreak.

Daybreak consistently limps into fourth place in the ratings behind the other network shows.  Becky is warned that they lack everything they need for success-money, viewers, and  respect.

During her first meeting with the show’s crew she establishes her authority by firing the smarmy co-anchor (Ty Burrell, making a brief but memorable appearance) and answering a dizzying array of questions that are hurled at her in rapid succession.