Review of The Weather Man (2005) by Mimi S — 30 Jan 2014

Dull, lifeless and unfunny; this movie sucks. It's so monotone and devoid of emotion. Whoever said this was a comedy clearly needs their head checked; this film is as depressing as a black hole. Even a black hole has more charm than this film. The Weather Man is about an unsuccessful weather man, Dave Spritz (Nicholas Cage) whose professional and personal life are going down the drain; him and his ex wife are going through a divorce, he's not close to his kids and his dad (Michael Cain) has cancer. The film is just basically about Dave's depressing life, yawn! There's not really much plot development or anything interesting going on. The only thing that carries this film is Michael Cain, as Dave's wise father. Michael Cain was the only good thing about this film. Nicholas Cage is decent and well meaning in this (and not to mention hot), but there are no knock out performances. Nicholas Hoult who plays Dave's troubled son Mike is just awful, Nick Hoult funny enough was at his best in About A Boy. He was just dull and expressionless in this. I just found this film too bland and depressing and lacking substance, charm and personality.

Grade: D-.