Albert Brooks and Holly Hunter perform with such vitality, such comic neuroticism, that they at least blur the edges of their stereotypes.

As the talented but professionally thwarted news writer, Brooks is sensational, both vain and vulnerable.

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.

It's an intelligent, uproariously funny dissection of what really goes on in a TV newsroom, both on and off camera.