Pluskylang Great Film overall

Stevecorp Don't listen to the negative reviews

AnhartLinkin This story has more twists and turns than a second-rate soap opera.

Bob This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

James Fritz Booth The trailer for Cold Weather got me really, really excited. I was hoping for a cool, different mystery film. However, when I got to watching it, I found myself... wanting. Cold Weather had a lot of potential, but it's lost in a quagmire of an uninteresting mystery, unlikable characters, dreary cinematography and a badly constructed script. I was hoping for this kid to be some sort of cool Sherlock Holmes-type, but he came off (to me at least) as a loser. Why should we be interested in this guy if he has nothing to offer us but mumbles and misery? It's almost as if he wants to be a detective, but... isn't. The film kinda picks up near the end with the car sequence, but it's far too late into the film and not long enough. And that... ENDING... ARGH!Somebody on here keeps saying that the film isn't about the mystery. But if it's not about the mystery, and the characters are just a bunch of mopes, why should we watch?An Utter Waste of Time. Skip it. I recommend in place of this movie the films BRICK and ZERO EFFECT.

lewiskendell I won't address the story of Cold Weather in detail, because I think the less you know of it, the better. But if you do need story details in advance, I'm sure they're easily found in the movie synopsis or other reviews.  I'd just like to cover a few points about why I liked it. First of all, it's pretty awesome how Cold Weather mixes the everyday, mostly uneventful, almost boring lives of their characters with surprising levels of mystery and tension. It's not often the word "realistic" fits a film as aptly as it does this movie. Second, I thought it ended much too quickly and abruptly, which is actually a partial compliment. For one, I wasn't ready for it to be over, and it ended in an unexpected and non-formulaic way. Third, this was simply one of the freshest movie experiences I've had this  year, and I expect that it will be even better upon subsequent viewings. The closest thing I can think of to compare it to is Winter's Bone. Not because the stories are similar, but because they center around realistic, un-stylized characters that make small, personal events seem more urgent and engrossing than the world-ending, massively bombastic plots of some much bigger films. With that said, I definitely think the audience for Cold Weather is more narrow than broad. It's by no means a perfect movie. The plot relies on coincidence after coincidence, and that may be hard for some to swallow. It's also a slow-burner throughout, and that may bore some people. Slow-paced doesn't necessarily mean boring or bad in my opinion, though, so I don't hesitate in giving Cold Weather my approval.

zanty this starts off being an OK kind of movie. Interesting quirky characters, and, you think 'ahh there will be some mystery when the ex-girlfriend disappears (which for about 5minutes there is). Then, the guy does a bit of research(still interesting), cracks some codes, finds his ex. The acting was OK, the main character, for a man, was a real washout, and quite wimpy. I honestly am not really sure why he had a girlfriend in the first place. He really does seem more gay than straight. His poor friend, from the 'ice' factory, who decides to bum off work and help him in his mission to find the 'ex', only gets to sit in a motel room, and, chase after a truck in the parking lot, other than that, he doesn't see any action.The films end up with said guy and ex as they sit in a car, and the film ends :O Say no more..... it's really a let down. I think the writer had an off day or spilt coffee over the end of their script.

rightwingisevil I don't know how people would consider this movie is a good one. The screenplay, the plot, the scenario in all are just too weak and uninteresting. The main male actor is such a wimp with a very unlikable meaty and fleshy face with dumb expression all the time like a retarded person. There is no way any woman would like to start a relationship with this guy. I also wonder why this movie would have to shot in the constant wet weather of Portland, Oregon. The guy read his book back to the light, then slept with lamp still on. The whole movie is just a No Big Deal while trying so hard to make something look big deal out of it. This movie told us that a couple of male dimwits who didn't even know how to deal with their own ordinary daily lives albeit playing private detectives. They both looked so stupid because the dialog of this screenplay made them look just like some worthless losers, no hopes, no ambitions, no nothing. This is a very lame movie with terrible dialog(especially the dialog!), poor acting, poor directing, poor sound tracks. There's nothing worthwhile watching or commentating. By saying so much only proved how frustrating when I watched this lousy movie. Don't waste your time, man.