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Movie Review - The Weather Man(2005) starring Nicolas Cage
by Mitchell John
The Weather Man is a 2005 dramatic film with dark humorous moments, directed by Gore Verbinski. Written by Steve Conrad, it stars Nicolas Cage, Michael Caine and Hope Davis and tells the tale of a weatherman on a Chicago news program, who is a failure outside his occupation.
A flourishing weatherman at a Chicago news program, David Spritz is nicely paid but finds his occupation needs little more than talking and pointing. He thinks most public like him only because he's on TV. For various reason, people occasionally throw fast food at him as they drive by. Lately separated, his wife, Noreen, has guardianship of their two kids. Dave is candidly hostile to her new boyfriend, Russ.
Dave's 12-year-old daughter, Shelly, is an obese smoker, bullied by her classmates. Dave caters to his daughter's interest in activities even though she immediately drops them; archery for example. Dave's 15-year-old son, Mike, is befriended by his counselor, Don, an very bighearted single man whose interest in Mike is troubling. Dave is inhibited by his highly flourishing father, Robert Spritzel, a Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist. Robert is upset with Dave's apparent helplessness to grow up and deal with his children, while Dave is apprehensive to convert himself in his father's eyes. Robert is diagnosed with lymphoma and although given only a few months to live, he remains dignified.
Dave pursues a weatherman position with the national "Hello America" show. The job would nearly quadruple his salary, but means relocating to New York City. He sees this work as a option to prove himself to his father and possibly settle with his wife.Dave attempts to reconnect with Noreen by attending group therapy. He idiotically ruins the effort by ditching Noreen's faith and initiates an intense fight.
As he becomes more and more unnerved, Dave takes up archery, finding the pursuit a means to build his focus and soothe his mental strain."Hello America" invites Dave to New York. He brings Shelly so he can talk to her. He skirts the issue by buying her a wardrobe of clothes and skirts. Dave's father also travels to NY to see a specialist. Dave learns that, his son attacked his therapist. Robert claims that the therapist wanted to perform oral sex on Mike. Unhappy over this and his father's expected death, Dave stays up all night drinking, despite the "Hello America" interview the next morning. Astonishingly, all goes finely and he impresses his interviewers.
Dave returns to Chicago to find Noreen's boyfriend coping with the Mike situation. Amazingly, Dave strikes Russ with his gloves in front of Noreen and Robert, who are aghast. Dave later confronts the therapist at his home and strikes him in a angry mood. Dave is offered the "Hello America" occupation. He refuses because it means being away from Noreen and the kids. The family holds a living funeral for Robert. Dave asks Noreen to reunite and move to New York but she has decided to wed Russ. To calm his nerves, he practices archery on the lawn. When Russ comes out, Dave draws the arrow on him and holds it, preparing to shoot. Russ, panic-stricken, goes back inside.When Dave begins his formal speech to his father the light goes out. He breaks down in tears telling his father that he was offered the work, but that his wife will get married with Russ. Robert consoles him by saying that not all in life goes as we'd like, and that he is satisfied with his son for being able to land the "Hello America" position and also for Dave's defense of his son.
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Russ Meyer's Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!
shevibe.com / shevibemagazine.com -- Exploitation master Russ Meyer's cult classic being remade by director Quentin Tarantino and is eying up Tera Patrick to star in the role of "Varla," made famous by Tura Santana in the original.
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