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The Weather Man

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The Weather Man

Chris Marrs, Dina Facklis, Gemmenne de la Peņa, Gil Bellows, Hope Davis

Popular Chicago weatherman, Dave Spirtz, has a shot at the big time when a national morning television show calls him for an audition. Professionally, Dave is on top of the world, but his personal lif...( read more  read more... )e is in complete disarray. Dave's painful divorce, his dad's illness and trouble with his kids have him poised on the knife's edge between stability and disaster. The harder he tries to control events, the more he finds life, like the weather, is completely unpredictable.

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  • SirPant
    September 22, 2009
    SirPant
    Cage and Caine are both great in this quirky comedy with a feel-good factor of 8 :o)
  • ogerre225
    December 3, 2008
    ogerre225
    Not bad, I wish the main guy would actually accomplish something when he decides to spaz out on someone. At least let him win once during the entire movie.
  • mrpopcorn
    October 29, 2008
    mrpopcorn
    Dave Spritz: "I remember once imagining what my life would be like, what I'd be like. I pictured having all these qualities, strong positive qualities that people could pick up on from across the room. But as time passed, few ever became any qualities that I actually had. And ...( read more)all the possibilities I faced and the sorts of people I could be, all of them got reduced every year to fewer and fewer. Until finally they got reduced to one, to who I am. And that's who I am, the weather man."




    Clever and insightful movie on the subject of growing-up in upper middle class America. Dave Spritz, a weatherman without meteorological qualifications in Chicago, is confronted with his own rage that life hasn't proceeded as he had planned. A talented man who finds it difficult to see his own talent because he compares himself with his Pulitzer winning, distant father is at a low ebb. Not to mention that "fans" delight in recognizing him on the street and throwing food at him. The other problems in his life, an angry ex-wife, a daughter bullied at school and a son just leaving rehab don't help. And Spritz would really rather just think about sex. Through finding a hobby, connecting with his dying father and standing by his kids we see the character grow and become a hero.




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    I have seen a few films with the same plot (A successful person struggles to keep in touch with his family and tries to catch up with them) but I think this one stands out from the rest. David Spritz (Nicolas Cage) has it all. A decent job, fame and a huge amount of salary. But what the public doesn't know is that the weather man they all see everyday has his own personal problems. His success and his personal life collides with each other that makes his life a miserable one. He doesn't want to be recognized, he gets the pies, falafel, shakes, tacos and other fast food stuff every time and people hates him. But why would people hate a person who predicts the weather? You might ask. Well, let's just say that some people are pretty shallow.

    After seeing the film yesterday, I kept thinking that some famous people are much like Dave Spritz. Its all beauty on the outside but all bitter and horrid on the inside. Nicolas Cage gives an excellent performance (give him some credits Academy Awards!) and so is Michael Caine as his elegant, 18th Century-esquire, Pulitzer Prize winner father Robert Spritzel. Hope Davis as his argumentative wife gives a good portrayal too.
  • purplemegan
    September 26, 2008
    purplemegan
    I liked this movie. It's not a genre that everyone likes. It's a story about the human condition and while I was watching it, I just thought that something like this could be happening to someone right now. Families don't always get together and life doesn't work out the way you ...( read more)want but you take what you get, I think that's the message of this movie. There were a couple of really funny moments to lighten the mood once in a while.
  • kiriyamakazou
    September 8, 2008
    kiriyamakazou
    The kind of quirky subtle comedy made famous by Hal Ashby and also experienced recently in Garden State. Cage is perfect in a stripped down role as a brilliant narrator. A scene of him forgetting tartar source is so perfect in how his voice over conveys his distraction and eventu...( read more)al forgetting of said source. He's a frustrated individual, constantly asked about the weather in a world where a job becomes the definition of somebody. It's the straight faced consistency of the entire cast that make for some absolutely side splitting moments. Hearing Michael Caine say "Camel Toe" is enough to convince me this film is a success. The film suffers from no real drive, the story arcs it develops are interesting but simply patter out. For it's length though it is a wonderful and amusing comedy with a bit more to it than just the laughs.
  • vitchard
    December 19, 2009
    vitchard
    I wouldn't label this as a comedy, but more of a drama. It was like watching a man's childhood dreams/illusions get shattered. If that's what you're looking for, then this may be for you. There were a few funny parts, but laughing at them was almost a guilty pleasure-- the funnie...( read more)st scenes either were due to dysfunctional relationships or mean treatment by other people. Altogether, it left me in a melancholic mood
  • missathebrat
    December 12, 2009
    missathebrat
    I'm not a huge fan of Verbinski. I find his movies to be outright boring. The most exciting part in this movie was when the end credits started rolling and it was more relief than excitment.
  • moviegal1979
    November 23, 2009
    moviegal1979
    was the stupidest movie he ever made
  • arthakarinabangun
    November 8, 2009
    arthakarinabangun
    siniss.. black comedy !!
  • elpasmo
    November 4, 2009
    elpasmo
    A drepressing and slow movie, but pretty much close to the reality. I felt sometimes like Cage in this film...
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