The Weather Man (2005)

101 min · Drama, Komödie, comedy film, drama film

Popularity4.5/5

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Directors

Gore Verbinski

Cast

Nicolas Cage, Michael Caine, Hope Davis, Gemmenne de la Pena, Nicholas Hoult, Michael Rispoli, Gil Bellows, Judith McConnell, Chris Marrs

The story

David Spritz, a successful weatherman at a Chicago news program, is well paid but garners little respect from people in the area who throw fast food at him, he suspects, because they're resentful of how easy his high-paying job is. Dave also feels overshadowed by his father, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Robert Spritzel, who is disappointed in Dave's apparent inability to grow up and deal with his two children. The situation worsens when Robert is diagnosed with lymphoma and given only a few months to live.

Catalogue themes and tags

2000s, Arrow, Black Humor, Bow, Burger, Celebrity, Chicago, Child Abuse, Couples Therapy, Daughter, Exgattin, Existentialism, Familienstreit, Fernsehbranche, Funeral, Gegenwart, Individualism, Loss of Father, Media, Moderatorin, Move, New York, Overweight child, Pulitzer Prize, Scheidung, Thanklessness and Jealousy, Violence in Family, Weatherman, vater, Drama, Comedy-drama, Tragicomedy

Genres

Drama, Komödie, comedy film, drama film

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