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The Weather Man
The movie tells the story of Dave Spritz, a television weatherman on a high-profile Chicago news program in the midst of a mid-life crisis. After being separated from his wife and children, Dave must debate whether professional and personal success are mutually exclusive.
2 September 1997, Rockford, Illinois, USA
8 July 1949, St. Veit an der Glan, Carinthia, Austria
5 May 1972, Kiev, USSR [now Ukraine]
27 November 1960, Tappan, New York, USA
8 February 1970, Chicago, Illinois, USA
May 30, 2007
Narrated by Nic Cage in a zombie-like monotone, this flick is not only gross and morose, but relentlessly depressing.
October 28, 2005
Succeeds where so few Hollywood movies even venture - it builds a believable life, adds just enough nervous laughter to relieve the realistic tension, and constantly escapes the dumbed-down expectations beaten into us by lesser films.
October 31, 2005
It's a strange film.
June 14, 2008
A look at the commonest fear nipping at the heart of Middle America. Not the war in Iraq, nor terrorism, but the breakdown of the family unit and how - and if - people can cope with it.
December 02, 2010
Intended as director Gore Verbinski's palate cleanser before back-to-back "Pirates of the Caribbean" sequels, this is an apprehensive cringe comedy of male malaise. It's also Verbinski's best to date, a small-scale challenge he should attempt more often.
March 07, 2011
The Weather Man is more of a parable than a story; it just goes on and on and on, and the only point is to endure. It's not very uplifting, but sometimes it's funny, sometimes it's sad; sometimes hopeful, and sometimes melancholy. But that's life.
November 01, 2005
The most supremely odd American film of the year.
April 17, 2009
If you've never heard of a "living funeral," this film is an icy introduction.
November 01, 2005
[Verbinski] and Steven Conrad hold their ground, sticking to their conviction that Dave's story should play as a belated-coming-of-age movie.
October 30, 2005
A meticulously developed character piece.
November 03, 2005
In the face of a character no one cares about, can audiences be faulted for asking: Why should we?
August 16, 2013
Yet another retread of Cage's weak formula of a gloomy man examining his life.