While infinitely better than the Jerry Springer flick RINGMASTER (1998), this mixture of sleazy daytime talk shows and lighthearted romantic comedy makes for a muddled mess with few bright spots. Stacy Holt (Brittany Murphy) always dreamed of one day working alongside her idol, news personality Diane Sawyer, but once out in the world, Stacy had little more to guide her than the advice of her mother (Sharon Lawrence), a woman who dispenses snippets of fortune-cookie wisdom like "Luck is when preparation meets opportunity" and who thinks that the answers to life's problems lie in the songs of Carly Simon. After a few years working a dead-end job at a small New Jersey T...
Released:
2004
Rated:
PG-13
Length:
97 mins