SpuffyWeb Sadly Over-hyped

FeistyUpper If you don't like this, we can't be friends.

Kirandeep Yoder The joyful confection is coated in a sparkly gloss, bright enough to gleam from the darkest, most cynical corners.

Guillelmina The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

saybow69 My GF make me see everything, yet somehow missed this? Maybe Groundhog Day/Ron Burgundy Anchorman (thought a rip off?) or fact Cage kicks out 10 movies a year now days. I somehow never even recall being out? But saw on Cable today 2018 (lol, ya 13 years late) and loved it! 2005 was before Cage really lost it, so more reason I should have seem. But great cast and dark humor that I always enjoy. Cage getting shakes thrown at him made it all the more funnier. Lol. Good movie!

bowmanblue 'The Weather Man' – a film about the life and times of a Chicago news weather man, or the last decent film Nicholas Cage has made (to date). It's up to you to decide. Once upon a time Cage was Box Office dynamite. Nowadays, his star has shone on the 'direct-to-DVD' market and has become synonymous with over-acting and that awful remake of 'The Wicker Man.' However, back in the day he used to be pretty good. Here, his 'over-acting' is turned down a notch or two and he does what he does best – give a decent performance. He plays a down-on-his-luck weather man for a (not particularly prestigious TV station. Just because he gets the occasional perk of being a – minor – celebrity, doesn't mean his life is going that well. His wife has left him and kept the kids and house, his dad (wonderfully played by Michael Caine – sporting an unusual American accent) is pretty aloof, people keep throwing fast food at him on the street and the least said about his estranged kids the better. Therefore, despite his apparently privileged lifestyle, he still has plenty to complain about.I really enjoyed this film, which Cage bears completely on his shoulders. I really do think it's his (last) best performance. If there is one criticism that might be levelled at the film it's that it's a little 'unfocused.' The story doesn't really go anywhere as it's mainly about following his life as he tries to… well, just go about his day to day business. There's no real 'beginning, middle and end' as there is with most standard Hollywood films.It's a 'bittersweet' drama that borders on black comedy. So, if you're a fan of Cage at his best, or just like dark family dramas which have a touch of social commentary and don't necessarily go anywhere, you should get something out of this one. Alas, poor Nick we remember him fondly.

philipposathina Unlike most Hollywood films, yet like quite a few -honest or not -rebelious ones, this one is supposed to censure and pull up the modern American way of life and its values. The thing is that this concept has already got a little old fashioned already. And in the "weather man" seems to get over reacting and somehow excessive too. Watching the film i couldn't help wondering what the weather man's problem really was. And all i could see is that the problem was exclusively his. He was not any specially intelligent or gifted person, yet he had a good job, the "system" seemed to be anything but against him, he had no debts, he had not cheated anyone or stolen anything, he was a decent person. OK, he was separated and his teen-aged children had a few problems but that's not anything most people do not have to deal with all over the world, so all the fuss was more or less about his own unstable character and had nothing to do with problems coming from any "bad system" or any "evil society". Not that a man's internal instability is not a problem itself, and not that the world around us is always as ideal as we would like it to be, yet i don't think that in the case of this film's main character's occasion it's the system to blame for the troubles he faces or better thinks he does.The fact that the film does not see it this way trying to convince us that the situation it illustrates is similar to the one we were acquainted with in the "american beauty" is its main weakness i am afraid, that's why i find it a little irrelevant. Not bad but a little overblown.

juneebuggy I enjoyed this, it was pretty funny and although I've seen Nicholas Cage play the role of gloomy man re-examining and trying to stop his personal life from spinning out of control many times before I enjoy him as this character. He is frustrated, cumbersome and trying so hard he wrecks more than he mends. The movie is well written and while classified a comedy I would more call it a dramedy as its pretty dark with a dry sense of humour throughout.Cage plays Dave Spritz, a frustrated TV weatherman in Chicago, where he makes good money for a job that demands little effort. In an ongoing voice-over Spritz describes his life and how viewers of his weather reports often throw things at him on the street, mostly food related.He's divorced from his wife, has a strained relationship with his 2 children (which he's trying to repair) especially his daughter who is overweight, detached and the other kids call Cameltoe. His father is a respected author (although Dave failed at his own attempt to write a book) with ill heath so this is yet another relationship he is trying to mend. Throughout Dave is also trying to land a dream job at the network in New York, which the highs and (mostly) lows of his stormy personal life may impact his chances of getting.I found some aspects of this story very unique, enjoyed the scenes with Dave and his daughter, the bow lessons, dress shopping and Michael Caine was a treat as Cage's disapproving, perfectionist father. 9/26/15