I think this is the most underrated film all the time. Nicolas Cage killing it. So realistic family issues and different subject to making movie about. GREAT. Watch this movie like 23.00- 02.00 pm. When movie is finished i was like why is the Nicolas Cage making a movie anymore man we need him.

Dave Spritz (Nicolas Cage) is a local Chicago weatherman and people who don't like his forecasts throw stuff at him sometimes. His highly regarded successful writer father Robert Spritzel (Michael Caine) is disappointed in him and is diagnosed with lymphoma. Dave is estranged from his wife Noreen (Hope Davis). He is looking to get a more prestigious job in NYC. He's not connecting with his kids. His son Mike (Nicholas Hoult) is getting creep on by his counselor Don Bowden (Gil Bellows). His daughter Shelly is chubby and abandons her archery. He decides to take up her bow and arrow for himself.The humor is dark and dry. The monotone and the bluish hue keeps everything down. He is so suppressed as a character that I don't really buy him as a weatherman. It has just enough dark quirkiness. It's a depressed comedy with a chance of afternoon humor break.

The Weather Man is a low key movie about a boring person who is deluded about life in a clueless manner. He had a great award winning dad, he became a fairly inept dad, and he's trying to change that.The film is pretty monotone in term of story and visual to underline exactly how bland the guy and his job are. Nicolas Cage doesn't have a great acting range, but this role fits him pretty well, and he did a great job. Michael Cain plays a good counter point, and makes Cage's character more bearable.The piece is funny, in a chuckle kind of way, with lots of sad undertone. It's quietly entertaining, but won't really make you notice.If you want to see something different, you might want to try this.

This is one depressing film but I mean it in a good way. It's a good movie about character values and one's definition of meaning of life. That is why I find this movie sort of depressing. But, I really liked the film because it is different than most films released today.This is about one Chicago weatherman who is basically having a mid-life crisis dealing with a separation from his wife and children, the disappointment of his terminally-ill father, and fast food getting thrown at him almost daily.Nicolas Cage and Michael Caine put up strong performances in this movie. I kind of thought Cage is a dweeb here at times and needed a good punch in the face. Caine really came through with a powerful performance.Overall, this is a interesting film that reflects on what today's society here in America is like today. I rate this film 8/10.