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Genres:
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Comedy /
Drama /
Music
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Release:
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Director:
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Gore Verbinski
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Actors:
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Michael Rispoli,
Nicholas Hoult,
Judith McConnell,
Chris Marrs,
Dina Facklis,
DeAnna N.J. Brooks,
Guy Van Swearingen,
Alejandro Pina,
Jackson Bubala,
Nicolas Cage,
Michael Caine,
Hope Davis,
Gemmenne de la Peña,
Gil Bellows,
Sia A. Moody
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Duration:
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102 min.
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Rating:
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(6.9/10)73.5
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Plot Summary:
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Dave Spritz is a town weatherman in his place community of Chicago, where his hurtle is prosperous while his personal zest -- his relationship with his perfectionist writer father, his neurotic ex-wife, and his intermittently-separated children -- is spiraling declining. Despite being both loathed and loved by the masses, Dave is a guy who doesn't seem to have it all together, and in this shoot, he begins to guess it. An attractive job offer presents Dave with a major doubtlessly: to pursue his career in Brand-new York Diocese, or to remain at home with his people.
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Weather Man, The
A TV meteorologist who's a huge success professionally struggles with his dysfunctional family. Drama starring Nicolas Cage, Michael Caine and Hope Davis and directed by Gore Verbinski
Nic Cage and Michael Caine have a lot in common. Both Oscar winners, the former Nicolas Coppola and Maurice Micklewhite each took a while to hit their stride as screen actors. The pair are also in the unenviable position of being amongst those stars who have appeared in the biggest number of bombs. Of course, Caine is famous for his affinity with schlock. However, Cage gives him a good run for his money as king of the turkey coop, having lent his name to Gone In Sixty Seconds, 8MM, Trapped In Paradise, Zandalee and Wings Of The Apache amongst many oth...
Weather Man, The
Justin ChangOne of the biggest downers to emerge from a major studio in recent memory, The Weather Man is an overbearingly glum look at a Chicago celebrity combing through the emotional wreckage of his life. Aiming for an Alexander Payne-style synthesis of wry comedy and unflinching character study, pic has been made with the utmost sincerity, but the frankly lugubrious material and barely compensating spasms of humor are all but impossible to warm to, spelling an uncertain B.O. forecast for Paramount.
Uncertainty itself is one of the driving themes of Steven Conrad's script, which treats its protag's vocation as a blunt metaphor for the often cruel and unpredictable nature of fate. At first glance, fortune would seem to have smiled on David Spritz (Nicolas Cage), a ...
Weather Man, The
Carina ChocanoWhat's it like to be a highly paid, highly visible professional buffoon in the midst of an existential crisis? This is the question posed by The Weather Man, a surprisingly wry, contemplative movie directed by Gore Verbinski (Pirates of the Caribbean) from a darkly funny and poignant script by Steven Conrad.
It takes a minute to settle into the idea that The Weather Man, a big studio movie, is really just a movie about a guy who has some stuff to work out. But that's more or less it. At once a frank, funny character study of a not very likable character and a timely philosophical riff on the culture of mediocrity, The Weather Man deals in themes usually left to indies. But the combination of Phedon Papamichael's impressive cinematography, which turns Ch...
Weather Man, The
Nic Pen and Michael Caine give birth to a plight in common. Both Oscar winners, the recent Nicolas Coppola and Maurice Micklewhite each took a while to hit their stride as vet actors. The team are also in the unenviable position of being amongst those stars who require appeared in the biggest number of bombs. Of course, Caine is honoured for his partiality with schlock. But, Cage gives him a good run for his take as king of the turkey coop, having lent his hero to Gone In Sixty Seconds, 8MM, Trapped In Paradise, Zandalee and Wings Of The Apache amongst many others. When performers with a propensity to blow popular and apathetic occur in the same impression, you would rather to fear the worst. Fortunately, it's the Caine of The Restful American and the Cage of...
Weather Man, The
Steven Conrad's script is studded with savage, blackly jocose moments...
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