Cage is brilliant in The Weather Man

The Weather Man

Director: Gore Verbinski

Cast: Nicholas Cage, Michael Caine, Gil Bellows, Hope Davis

Cert: 16

When you’re down, you’re down, as Cage’s weatherman character discovers in what is a strangely disconcerting film of downbeat humour and the search for the meaning of life.

Nothing seems to be going right for our anti-hero: making up with the estranged wife isn’t going right, the daughter is being bullied, the son’s a junkie, the novel isn’t well received … isn’t there anything worth clinging to?

We follow Cage through one setback after another, through the streets of Chicago, to a shock climax.

Cage is, as always, brilliant and here he is matched by Caine … but it’s certainly no laugh-in.

Star Rating: 3/5