#Weatherman movie

The problem is, the number one thing that I look for in a movie is if I can get behind the characters and root for them. Now, I understand that it just uses the occupation as a backdrop for a story about a man who has nothing go right in his life. But it's difficult to ever get behind a character that can't figure out his priorities in life when he only works a few hours a day, gets paid over 200 thousand dollars a year, and lives in the greatest city in the world. The Weather Man is about as bland as you think a real weather man's daily life would be, and the film plays off those stereotypes. Buying a coffee instead of a newspaper for his father, letting his young daughter walk home by herself, and even throwing a snowball at his ex-wife in order to keep her attention? Not exactly the most productive way to gain people's admiration. Within the first 15 minutes, I found myself cringing at the way he lived his life. Cage plays David Spritz, a Chicago weather man who is liked by no one and seems to have everything go wrong with his life.

I've never had any reason not to like him, but I've also never been blown away by any of his performances (not including Leaving Las Vegas which I haven't seen). After being an acclaimed award winning actor in the 90's, he fell off in popularity after making questionable career choices time after time. That's not to say that the film isn't well made, I just don't think it has a lot to say, especially as it holds up over a decade later. The Weather Man is a film that plays better as a parallel to how Nicolas Cage is viewed in real life than it does as a feature film.

Weatherman