The Weather Man

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Watched With: Jordan, Amberly

Another brilliant film from Gore Verbinski that's completely different to everything else he's made. Probably the best non-crazy Nicolas Cage performance in a long time. The rest of the cast is great too, although Michael Caine doing an american accent is a little strange since the sound of his voice is so iconic.

This just has a bloody fantastic script by Steve Conrad. It's a very dry wit and great characters. I don't really know how else to describe it other than, they make the drama easy to watch. Really neat score that if you heard on it's own would never peg to be from a movie like this, beautifully shot Chicago in the winter. You know it's going to be technically proficient from Verbinski.

This is the little character drama comedy he made as a palette cleanser in between making the first Pirates film and the monumental task of shooting the next two back to back. I really think it does feel refreshing too, he's flexing a different directorial muscle and loving the opportunity. Just as much effort went into this.

Definitely check this one out if you have missed it. It's become one of my favourite dramas in recent years.