PG-13

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Passion Brought Them Together... Only Success Could Tear Them Apart!

1996 • 119 min • Drama · Romance

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Synopsis

Tally Atwater has a dream: to be a prime-time network newscaster. She pursues this dream with nothing but ambition, raw talent and a homemade demo tape. Warren Justice is a brilliant, hard edged, veteran newsman. He sees Tally has talent and becomes her mentor. Tally’s career takes a meteoric rise and she and Warren fall in love. The romance that results is as intense and revealing as television news itself. Yet, each breaking story, every videotaped crisis that brings them together, also threatens to drive them apart...

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Movie Knight Score

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Talented weather girl Tally Atwater gets her big break in TV news with the help of a veteran news director, Warren Justice. As her career soars, their professional relationship turns romantic, but the demanding world of broadcast news constantly challenges their love and lives.

Violence & peril: 3/10
Language: 3/10
Drinking, drugs & smoking: 4/10
Romance & sensuality: 4/10
Scary moments: 2/10

Heads up

Some suggestive scenes and passionate kisses
Occasional strong language
Characters smoke and drink alcohol
Brief, tense scenes in dangerous news environments

What it models well

Ambition and hard work
Mentorship and guidance
Following your dreams
Love and commitment

Talk about it after

The demanding nature of broadcast journalism
Balancing career ambitions with personal relationships
The ethics of news reporting and media fame
Dealing with loss and continuing on

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