Snow Day (2000): Dir: Chris Koch / Cast: Chris Elliott, Chevy Chase, Jean Smart, Schuyler Fisk, Zena Grey: Brainless piece of dirt that cater to every kid's fantasy. Kids are delighted at school cancellations until the demented Snow Plough Man roams through destroying anything in his path. Idiotic farce is an attack on common sense. Directing by Chris Koch is awful with its three dollar production values. Chris Elliott looks foolish as this moronic Snow Plough Man. His only love seems to be a crow that is perched next to him as he drives. Why he is so cruel is never explained but the role does Elliott no justice. Chevy Chase is wasted as a weatherman in what may be his worst appearance in a film. Jean Smart plays his wife in what amounts to be nothing. Schuyler Fisk appears as one of the kids who wage war on the Snow Plough Man. What she really needs to do is wage war on the screenwriter. Zena Grey also pokes her red head into this mess. The rebellious theme works against its family marketing especially since snow ploughs serve a purpose. Under another film this attention would result in a high MPAA rating but instead everything is dumbed down so that parents won't be offended. Well, they got their wish although the result is one of the worst excuses for family entertainment. This film should be driven over by an angry snow plough driver and anyone else unfortunate enough to sit through it. Score: 1 / 10

I remember seeing this when it first came to video. Even at a young age, I knew something was wrong. The story it told was bizarre. It tries to balance teen-romantic comedy with Home Alone style kiddie hijinks. Those really don't go together. I can see how you can thread together multiple plots and characters during a single day (It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World did it perfectly so many years ago), but these filmmakers, and ESPECIALLY Nickelodeon weren't prepared to make something like that work. Chris Elliot's Snowplow Man is also such a hateful character. This was during the time when Chris Elliot was somehow in every comedy movie, because for some reason, everyone thought he was hilarious in There's Something About Mary (that would be half-right). Also, I don't dig Chevy Chase comedy. Not one bit. Snow Day is a conundrum.

This movie has a predictable fairy tale plot. A boy tries to date the most popular girl in school. But another girl tries to get with him. He about to get beat up by the popular girl's boyfriend. But he ends up with the girl that wanted him. Plus a girl wishes for snow and sabotages the snow plower's snow plowing job. Unrealistic. The highlight of this movie was seeing fly Chilli and fly Pam Grier making a cameo. Chris Elliott has been type-casted as a stupid person in every movie that he is in. It is hard for Chevy Chase to top his National Lampoon movies. Any child knows that when it snows, they have to make up snow days on Saturdays, during Spring Break, or at the end of the school year.

Evidently those that didn't enjoy this movie never had the dream of a snowday. Any kid who has ever dreamt of a snowday will enjoy this movie. Even if you were a kid a long time ago! Every kid knows the magic of a snowday. The kids taking over the snow plow man's truck and creating an additional snowday is great! The magic the snowday brings to the characters in this movie is believable - the guy gets the right girl, the dad gets his job back and the kids get their snowdays! Believing is what it is all about in this movie. The kids and the adults realize that believing can make wishes come true. All the good guys prevail. It is an enjoyable and sweet movie. Rent it next time it snows.