The Weatherman

Yesterday I went to visit my friend, Deb, up in Crystal River. She made a wonderful Thanksgiving dinner. OK, so it’s not Thanksgiving yet, but yesterday was when I could go for a visit so that’s when we had our Thanksgiving dinner. She had a new fiddle student, Laura, coming over for her first lesson. We were just ready to run into town for some veggies and stuff when the Laura arrived. We all hopped in the car and went to town together. We hit it off with Laura and invited her to join us for dinner.

After hearing the trials and tribulations that Laura’s been experiencing lately we decided maybe we should go see a movie, something light-hearted and feel-good. Deb suggested The Weatherman, starring Nicholas Cage and Michael Caine. So… off to the theater.

The movie was not what we expected. Nicholas Cage plays a TV weatherman in Chicago whose life is falling apart. He’s seperated from his wife, his kids are getting into trouble, and his father is dying. He pins all his hopes on getting a gig on TV in New York city. He fantasizes that it would be a new start for the entire family.

Moving from one tragedy to another, the film becomes darker and darker. It was not a light-hearted feel-good movie, but it was an excellent film nonetheless. The acting was superb. Nicholas Cage just keeps getting better and better and Michael Caine does his typical low-key acting. 

I’ll give it two thumbs up!