The Weatherman

CLAY

Nicolas Cage...a risky bet these days.

The Weatherman is entertaining, bleakly humorous, and at points, stretches itself into a realm that could be considered almost enjoyable. The movie suffers, however, from an overall sensation of pointlessness and bland tragedy.

I suppose the thing that keeps me from really liking this movie is a vague desire for something redeeming in the main character. The Weatherman is a kind of 'worst day of your life / born loser' sort of plot, but the problem for me, as a viewer, is that I guess I want the lead character to make me root for him. He's a pathetic, hopeless, saddening figure throughout the movie, and even though he seems to learn about life, I still end up falling asleep toward the end of the film, wishing we were getting somewhere, or at least coming to an understanding that his life is irreparable.

Hard to describe this movie in print. I feel as though Cage's performance is 'spotty', sort of frenetic and bizarre..but he's still Nicholas Cage, playing a sort of rewarmed-Adaptation role. I won't tell people NOT to watch this movie, but overall, there are better uses of one's time. Rating: 4/8 pieces of pizza.