for me this wonderful rollercoaster of a film bear repeat pleasurable viewing . it about the tangled life of three very different people . holly hunter be the obsessive workaholic producer . albert brooke play the unprepossessing but brilliant journalist . william hurt be the affable but dumb new kid on the block and news anchor . the classical love triangle emerge with the stunningly witty and self deprecate brooke in love with hunter but she of course be attract to hurt . this film work on many level . at the very least it be a brilliant comedy with the one liner fly so thick and fast that each view bear a new harvest of one that you may have miss last time . it also a film about attraction and unfulfilled romance . but perhaps most importantly the film examine the modern obsession with physical appearance and it ultimate triumph over intellect a a value human attribute . this be personify by the meteoric career success of the hurt character in contrast to brook relative decline . despite be fifteen year old the film have some startingly relevant message about modern news value and the continue decline in journalistic standard . this film be a classic in every sense and it be difficult to understand why it have be so neglected .