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The Weather Man
2005
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Positive Reviews
55
Negative reviews
18
Average Rating
3.3
/5
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2.5
Robert affects a tyrannically prissy ignorance of the pop culture in which Dave has achieved a middling measure of success.
EW
4.4
This film has moments of uncommon observation and touching insight.
Rogerebert
1.5
One of the biggest downers to emerge from a major studio in recent memory.
Variety
2.5
But in a film thats already established its protagonist as a raging, loathsome man, theres no room here for romantic notions of crime.
4.5
What makes this so emotionally compelling is the way Dave scrambles from this deep vale of cluelessness to something approaching moral maturity.
3.0
Toward the end of the film Spritzel remarks on his sons deeds by calling them an American accomplishment. At once superficial and yet meaningful, the ..
2.5
This fainthearted bid at social satire stars Nicolas Cage as a middle aged man gazing into the yawning void of his life.
The New York Times
4.4
The Weather Man is, by and large, a character study but works its way into becoming a sly dissection on television.
E Film Critic
3.0
The Weather Man is a rare film where effective filmmaking goes hand in hand with convoluted writing.
E Film Critic
3.8
TV promos showing Cage getting pelted with gooey fast food make The Weather Man look like a comedy.
San Francisco Chronicle
4.0
Whats surprising is that even while were laughing at David, that doesnt mean we arent crying with him as well.
Cinema Blend
4.0
A quirky but deeply spiritual movie about an awkward and unhappy man whose journey to self acceptance is riddled with obstacles of his own making.
Spirituality And Practice
3.5
If youre in the mood for a comedy in which the bitter definitely exceeds the sweet, youll find a good deal to admire and enjoy here.
One Guys Opinion
3.8
Cancer, it seems, doesnt spare those who have won the Pulitzer Prize.
ReelViews
3.8
Cage applies his lifetime reservoir of droll anxiety and twitchy pain, deepening the role far beyond the written page.
Combust Ible Celluloid
3.8
She wants whats best for David but cant and wont return to the old days that ended in divorce.
3.1
This is one glum outing, with occasional pings of wry wit and hearty chuckles.
Usa Today
3.1
The result, Dead Mans Chest, is an unpleasant, distinctly overlong piece of dreck thats certainly a strong contender for worst movie of the year.
Reel Film Reviews
3.8
You cant really predict how your life is going to turn out any better than you can predict, say, the weather.
Eric Ds Nider
4.0
Fortunately every scene jolts to life with Conrads hilariously astute dialog.
Shadows On The Wall
4.0
Cage is superb in the lead, brilliantly conveying Davids confusion with some well chosen blankly bewildered looks.
View London
3.5
Cage has no peer when it comes to bringing out the emotional nuances in morose characters and making them funny and touching.
Cs Monitor
1.5
One can imagine this film as a nasty, edgy, biting little indie. But all dressed up in slick Hollywood finery, it has nowhere to go.
Film Journal International ..
2.5
As played by Cage, David is such a hapless nebbish that hes actually much more unlikable and unsympathetic than he should be.
Deseret News (Salt Lake Ci ..
1.9
As much fun as standing outside in a blizzard for two hours without a coat.
Internet Reviews
2.5
We get a vague movie that a few successful but chronically dissatisfied men will be able to call their own. The rest of us will see the film for what ..
Boston
4.5
Even more often hes attacked by people throwing fast food at him out of anger over forecasts that dont quite pan out the way hes predicted.
Mountain X
1.5
The Weather Man is a fine movie, beautifully acted, but it isnt easy to love or to watch.
Npr
1.5
David is pathetic, something that fans of Cages macho adventures might have trouble accepting. But hes intriguingly pathetic, a state that raises some ..
Star Tribune
1.9
Like the chilly winds that blow throughout it, The Weather Man is cold, grim, erratic and eventually just relentless.
Toronto Star
1.5
Though his dad, a Pulitzer prize winner, really doesnt expect much from him, Dave feels he has to please him.
Cinema Crazed
1.5
Daves self involvement is so extreme that he cant see that the bluntly human weaknesses of the people around him arent his fault. We both pity him and ..
Salon
3.5
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 ..
Eye For Film
1.5
Cage is as good as always, making us feel Davids insecurity and discomfort.
2.8
You understand nothing about her beyond the fact thats shes fed up with Cage.
Movies
3.0
If movies have taught us anything, its that every American man will one day undergo a wrenching spiritual and emotional crisis as they advance into mi ..
Flim Threet
3.8
Superbly mixes darkness with effortless comedy without ever becoming overly depressing or silly.
The Movie Boy
4.0
David Spritz (Nicolas Cage) isnt exactly the happiest guy on the block.
Bullz-Eye
3.5
The problem is that the film never does more than smirk at lifes meaninglessness, and its semi upbeat ending doesnt feel earned.
Las Vegas Weekly
4.0
Its a sincere, well put together movie about the modern human condition. Hopefully, this will be enough to attract curiosity. After all, its nice to g ..
Calendar Live
3.5
Verbinski is best known for directing Pirates of the Caribbean, a film thats all rollicking warm hued fun.
Seattle Pi
3.5
No comedy...This is a sensitive, sometimes upsetting, but rewarding film.
Tony Medley
2.2
If youve never heard of a living funeral, this film is an icy introduction.
Coles Mithey
3.8
No, Steve Conrads dazzling script is something else entirely. Its life, and not just any life, but that of an ordinary man looking through the prisms ..
Movie Freak
4.0
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. Its not very uplifting, but sometim ..
1.5
In a radical departure from the Hollywood norm, the movie doesnt set out to redeem him. If anything, its a movie about Spritz coming to embrace his ow ..
La Weekly
3.0
It doesnt take a psych degree to understand that Davids functional inabilities stem from dads crippling lack of approval.
Varia Gate
3.1
This may be a great film for people out of touch with how their negative behaviors effect those they love.
Ross Anthony
4.4
For those left with a sour taste from Cages The Family Man, this unsung gem turns that genial what if on its ear an arctic, acidic look at discontentm ..
The Filmy Ap
5.0
Hes the kind of guy who envisions making the moving, wonderful, memorable speech, but doesnt have it in him.
Waffle Movies
1.9
... makes you have to work at wanting to watch it... a step in the wrong direction for Verbinski...
Movie Crypt
3.1
I see no reason, apart from chronic yuppie passive aggression, why Dave shouldnt get over himself and wipe that giant L off his forehead.
Chron
4.5
Audio The 5.1 Dolby Surround soundtrack doesnt make too much use of the surround, but then, not much is needed.
Dvd Talk
1.5
David remains too successful to be relatable yet not important enough to be interesting.
Or Lando Weekly
3.2
The film has the insistent persona of an ambitious college student who desperately expects an A but must settle for a lesser letter. Nevertheless, a f ..
Guide Live
3.0
Nicolas Cage is excellent, again, as a fractured man suffering the slings and arrows.
Jam! Movies
1.8
The Weather Man will most likely suffer the fate of the weather itself: it will come and go, then be forgotten.
From The Balcony
4.4
After muddled starts in The Mouse Hunt and The Mexican, he crafted one of the most chilling movies of his generation in The Ring.
Denver Post
1.5
A rueful meditation on the hollowness of success... shoots for dark, edgy humor but frequently undermines itself by throwing in sitcom style hijinks.. ..
James Sanford on Film
4.0
This movie took me by surprise both the edginess of the comedy and the warmth of the characters. Its not at all what I was expecting, and so much bett ..
TheMovieChicks.com
4.0
An engaging meditation on a man cursed with that midlife self awareness.
Orlando Sentinel
4.5
Inhabited by a courageously schlumpy Nicolas Cage, this strange and audacious character study becomes even more of a gleefully misanthropic blast.
IGN Movies
3.5
A beautiful, cynical, and odd film about the pursuit of the American dream. Verbinski proves his chops as versatile director with this effort.
Films Nobs
3.8
Basset Hound Nic Cage is cast perfectly as a weather man who makes big bucks but is miserable.
Compuserve
2.5
Like its hopelessly befuddled title character, this movie cant quite decide what it wants to be when it grows up.
Review Journal
4.5
Where is it written that offbeat movies dont belong outside of art house theaters or Netflix rental queues Pass this one up and itll be you with egg M ..
Juicy Cerebellum
3.8
Generates a decent amount of suspense before totally self destructing with a preposterous ending thats also a shameless setup for the inevitable Saw I ..
Fantastic A Daily
1.9
A bleak, messy midlife crisis drama as unsure of itself as a weather forecast.
Chicago Tribune
5.0
...few movies plant us so squarely inside a main characters head.
Suburban Chicago News
4.4
The man who has everything actually has nothing, and Daves efforts to filter out his life for something solid and tangible make for an endearing and f ..
Arizona Daily Star
4.4
A blackly comic indictment of most aspects of our modern American middle class lives.
Chud
3.1
Watching The Weather Man is like sitting and listening to a not especially good friend whine about how hard his life has been.
3.8
An artful balancing act of the discordant, with all sorts of telling details and an accumulated sense of purpose, thought and conviction...
Now Playing Mag
4.5
Though difficult to classify, The Weather Man provides enough emotional payback to make it worth checking out.
1.5
The resulting tale of a frustrated under achiever isnt an out and out disaster; just a disappointment.
Democratand Chronicle
4.4
Its an arsenic laced macchiatto tossed at the American Dream, a biting, existential spoof of modern life and our preconceptions regarding success and ..
Boston Herald
2.5
The main thing he seems to worry about, as he sits, despondent, in his luxury loft, is that he makes a lot of money for doing very little a problem ev ..
Sac Ticket
3.1
Admittedly, the star doesnt look much like a major market weatherman.
Lj World
4.5
... small scale, character driven, and textured in a way that I found quite involving.
Aint It Cool
0.0
Narrated by Nic Cage in a zombie like monotone, this flick is not only gross and morose, but relentlessly depressing.
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