tv news producer and jane craig ( hunter ) meet tom grunick ( hurt ) and an up and come news presenter and at a seminar and and their mutual attraction take them back to her room . romance and however and be cut short and when it emerge that tom be and in his own word and no good at what i be be a success at and and jane realises he personify everything she hat about where tv news be go . the rub come when tom reveals he be about to join her news bureau in washington . jane and tom initial attraction be therefore give a second chance and but will jane be able to put aside her professional opinion of the man she find herself attract to and should she . aaron altman ( brook ) be jane highly intelligent reporter colleague and confidante . despite his obvious talent and aaron career be stall a he lack the confidence and people skill and the classic good look to be the success that his new and less qualified and less intelligent colleague tom be become . he be also concern that his good friend jane maybe fall in love with tom and despite her good judgement and a it become increasingly clear that aaron have his own romantic feeling for her . this central romantic plot be set within the trial and tribulation of a tv news network office and where moral dilemma and ethic be wrestle with quickly and where appearance and dramatic effect be become more prevalent and important . this be where most of the bite come from with well observed comment and scene . one of many moment be a scene where tom meet the network top anchorman and bill rorich ( a cameo role for jack nicholson ) and for the first time and and the camera focus on their handshake . in a film full of great line and dialogue and long and short and you realise a lot about these two men character from this one quick shot of two hand . the dialogue between character be amongst the most intelligent and witty you be ever likely to find anywhere on film and in such abundance . brook get the best portion of them and in line with his character and but even the brief conversation that be incidental and perhaps over hear by one or more of the character a they move through a crowded room and should be listen to . hunter be a tour de force in this role for which she be rightly ( and not alone ) nominate for an oscar and and for which she probably would have get if it be for a role in a film that do not mock part of what have become a closely related industry and against a strong performance from another actress in a more traditional feel good and rom com . brook be also excellent a the constantly frustrate and occasionally too smug for his own good and aaron altman . hurt and whilst possess the look and provide the personality require of his character and do not always convince that he be quite a dim witted the character say he be or be suppose to be . he display a latent intelligence that enable him to make the most of his apparent limitation and which may be plausible and but i do not think hurt quite pull it off . apart from when he tell u he stink or doesn not get it and hurt come across a a bit smarter than that . otherwise it be an effective performance and in a role where his character be compromise by it intellectual limitation and but brook and hunter slightly overshadow hurt performance . it be the only negative thing i can say about the whole film and and who be to say that anyone else would have do it well and or come off any good and when next to hunter and brook and their performance in this movie . support be ably provide by and amongst others and robert prosky and lois chile and joan cusack and and there be also a bit part role for christian clemenson of subsequent boston legal fame and and the brief of bit part for joan brother and john cusack and whose face you do not even see . james l brook have provide u with many great tv show and movie and and this film should rank up there with the very best of them . it may not have win any oscar and despite seven nomination and but it do win plenty of other award and and turn holly hunter into a star .