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Broadcast News

  • Rated R
  • 2hr 13m
  • 84

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Movie Info & Cast

Director:

James L. Brooks

Release Date:

Dec 25, 1987

Runtime:

2hr 13m

Synopsis

Take two rival television reporters: one handsome, one talented, both male. Add one producer, female. Mix well, and watch the sparks fly.

Cast

  • William Hurt
  • Albert Brooks
  • Holly Hunter
  • Robert Prosky
  • Lois Chiles
  • Joan Cusack
  • Peter Hackes
  • Christian Clemenson
  • Jack Nicholson
  • Robert Katims

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Metacritic

84
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Based on 17 Critics
7.6

USER SCORE (32)

Generally favorable reviews based on 32 Reviews
88

Broadcast News would be nearly perfect, except for its final few minutes.

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Josh Larsen
LarsenOnFilm
100

Broadcast News has a lot of interesting things to say about television. But the thing it does best is look into a certain kind of personality and a certain kind of relationship.

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Metacritic review by Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
80

Mr. Brooks's screenplay overstates matters both at the beginning of the film and at the end, with a prologue that strains to be cute and an epilogue that is just unnecessary. In between, however, the movie is a sarcastic and carefully detailed picture of a world Mr. Brooks finds fascinating and also a little scary.

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Metacritic review by Vincent Canby
Vincent Canby
The New York Times
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