Broadcast News: Critic Reviews

The movie is a sarcastic and carefully detailed picture of a world Mr. Brooks finds fascinating and also a little scary.

The film is so ingratiatingly high-spirited, and the performances so full of sass and vigor, that in the long run it doesn't really matter much.

Brooks' observations are as keen as Woody Allen's but without the neurotic narcissism.

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.

One of the best entertainments of 1987.

Enormously entertaining.

All the performers are tops.

(The) endlessly quotable writing... keeps the film fresh as Tom, Aaron and Jane carom off each other at ever-more oblique angles.

The human element is just as prescient as it was then, while the characters' romantic/professional entanglements now have the added poignancy of the past tense.

By looking at the small-screen picture...[Brooks] provocatively suggests that America's socio-political problems are pretty much the same as the personal problems of its citizens. [Blu-ray]

People often behave foolishly in matters of love and just about everything else. That can lead to heartache and tragedy, but that same foolishness can also be very funny to watch, as it is here.

The outstanding set pieces give the viewer an idea of the job pressures, its perks, pitfalls and how the news is in the long run compromised.

Worthy adult entertainment.

In a film tracing the endless battles between style and substance, Brooks delivers both in abundance.

Hunter and Brooks are hugely appealing as news professionals trying to stay afloat in the corporate cauldron.

Though lacking visual style, this is a poignantly written film about the changing professional mores of TV news in the electronic age, well-acted by the three leads, Holly Hunter, William Hurt, and Albert Brooks.

Smart, biting media humor is a bit dated, but well worthwhile viewing.

Underpinning what is a charming, protean love-triangle is a serious statement about the function, value, and direction of television news.

I could gush over this movie for hours, just delightful