Snow Day (2000)

28% of critics liked it
(65 reviews)
33% of users liked it
(48,360 ratings)

It's the day children dream of and parents dread: a sudden snowstorm causes the cancellation of school, giving kids a day off and their folks one more thing to worry about. Snow Day traces what happens in an upstate New York town when a thick layer of white stuff forces local schools to take a day… More It's the day children dream of and parents dread: a sudden snowstorm causes the cancellation of school, giving kids a day off and their folks one more thing to worry about. Snow Day traces what happens in an upstate New York town when a thick layer of white stuff forces local schools to take a day off. Fifteen-year-old Hal Brandston (Mark Webber) is crazy about Claire Bonner (Emmanuelle Chriqui), the prettiest girl in his tenth-grade class, who already has a boyfriend -- the class jock and BMOC. Will the magical powers of Snow Day give Hal a chance to win her away? Meanwhile, Hal's ten-year-old sister, Natalie (Zena Grey), is having so much fun with Snow Day that she doesn't want it to end, so she makes sure the Snow Plow Man (Chris Elliott) can't get the roads cleared before morning. Four-year-old Randy Brandston (Connor Matheus) is all cranked up and ready to enjoy life on a day with no day care -- bad news for his mom, Laura (Jean Smart), a businesswoman who has to close an important deal. And weather is a sore spot with father Tom Brandston (Chevy Chase); as the meteorologist at the lowest-rated TV station in town, he is trying in vain to get folks to pay attention to what he has to say about snow, rain, and the elements. Snow Day was produced by Nickelodeon Movies, the feature-film branch of the children's television network, and its eclectic cast also includes Pam Grier, John Schneider, and Iggy Pop. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

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Rating, Runtime: PG, 1 hr. 29 min.
Directed By: Chris Koch
Written By: Will McRobb, Chris Viscardi
Genres: Comedy, Kids & Family

In Theaters: Feb 11, 2000 Wide
On DVD: Oct 3, 2000
Studio: Paramount Home Video

Critic Reviews

Roger Ebert, At the Movies
Snow Day is an uninspired assembly of characters and story lines.
A.O. Scott, New York Times
Snow Day fails both as arrested-development farce and as teen-age romantic comedy.
Joe Baltake, Sacramento Bee
Snow Day is good fun and a nice way to while away an afternoon.
James Berardinelli, ReelViews
One of those low-intelligence pictures aimed squarely at the under-11 crowd that doesn't do much to endear itself to older viewers.
Nell Minow, Common Sense Media
Good family fun for a snow day.
David Nusair, Reel Film Reviews
...you could do a lot worse.
Clint Morris, Moviehole
if only it snowed a couple more jokes

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KJ P

A fun film for the holidays! But sadly nothing else!
Jason O

"Snow Day" centers around a bunch of kids who aren't sick, but they are sick of school. They live in upstate New York, so it would have to snow a whole lot for schools to be cancelled due to the white stuff. But it would be a dream come true if only classes were closed… More
"Snow Day" centers around a bunch of kids who aren't sick, but they are sick of school. They live in upstate New York, so it would have to snow a whole lot for schools to be cancelled due to the white stuff. But it would be a dream come true if only classes were closed for a day or two. Well, that just happens when all of a sudden, it snows several inches, closing the schools. But how long will schools be closed? Oh yeah, and don't forget that anything can happen on a snow day. "Snow Day" has several subplots aside from schools just being closed. Chevy Chase stars as a meteorologist who envies a more popular weatherman, one guy will stop for nothing on his way to try and earn a date with his dreamgirl, and a few kids don't like the snow plow man. Since I live in the southeast, it doesn't take much more than just a few snow flakes to make everybody head to the grocery stores and to shut just about everything down. When I used to be in school, I had a few snow days, but none of them were as action-packed as the one in "Snow Day" the movie. "Snow Day" isn't a bad movie, but it is more geared towards the younger generation that can still enjoy the benefits of a real snow day, but adults can enjoy the movie too. NOTE: That was my Amazon review from the year 2001.
Rachel F

Damn funny.
Lafe F

A light-hearted and low-budget comedy. It's filler for the kids, I suppose. There's nothing too memorable in this thing.
Jason S

Family comedy. Eh.
xGary X

Pointless in a way only family comedies are, this is just a loose collection of weak jokes based around a day. With snow in it. At least it's not as bad (or creepy) as Jack Frost.
Leigh R

It was funny...
Andrew F

It's okay, and funny in some parts. But it is really weird.
Stephen E

While "Snow Day" may evoke memories of past childhood experiences, it is well below average in terms of filmmaking. The plot is familiar and the acting is greatly sub-par, but it's all in good fun. "Snow Day" is most certainly not a good movie, but it's… More
While "Snow Day" may evoke memories of past childhood experiences, it is well below average in terms of filmmaking. The plot is familiar and the acting is greatly sub-par, but it's all in good fun. "Snow Day" is most certainly not a good movie, but it's fairly harmless.
Sunil J

For what it is, it's very funny.
Ira Z

Very heart warming and the story was very whimsical.
Lee K

ahhh chevy, chevy, chevy what has happened to your career?
Patrick D

This is actually a great kids movie.
Leo L

Very funny!