Weather Girl (2009)

User Rating:

8.5/10   

Director:

Blayne Weaver

Writer:

Blayne Weaver (writer)

Release Date:

10 July 2009 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Tagline:

Partly cloudy with a 90% chance of total meltdown.

Plot:

A Seattle weather girl freaks out on-air over her cheating boyfriend, the morning show anchor, and moves in with her little brother. |

Awards:

2 wins

US Showtimes:

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Cast

Tricia O'Kelley	...	Sylvia
Patrick J. Adams	...	Byron
Ryan Devlin	...	Walt
Mark Harmon	...	Dale
Kaitlin Olson	...	Sherry
Alex Kapp Horner	...	Emily
Marin Hinkle	...	Jane
Jon Cryer	...	Charles
Jane Lynch	...	J.D.
Blair Underwood	...	Fitz
Brandon Barrera	...	Ernest
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Enrico Colantoni	...	George
Amie Donegan	...	Mary
Timothy Dvorak	...	Jack
Lucas Fleischer	...	Arthur
David Giuntoli	...	James
Rob Helms	...	Choking Man
Bubba Lewis	...	Irving
Omar Leyva	...	Juan
J.P. Manoux	...	Raymond
Melinda McGraw
J.D. Nielsen	...	Paramedic
Joe Nunez
Kit Pongetti	...	Harper
Meredith Roberts	...	Charlotte
Adam Rosenblatt	...	Josh (as Adam Krill)
Jamie Rosenblatt	...	Handsome
Hal Tryon	...	Waiter
Blayne Weaver	...	William

MPAA:

Rated R for language.

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

USA:R (certificate #45439)

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Secret Identity Productions

Enjoyable and entertaining little indie, formulaic but definitely funny

I attended a screening of Blayne Weaver's "Weather Girl" at the 2009 Los Angeles Film Festival. It had premiered at the Slamdance Film Festival in January and was one of those "buzz films" here.

Tricia O'Kelley stars a Seattle morning show's "sassy weather girl" who has an over-the-top, painfully funny on-air meltdown over her cheating boyfriend, the show's despicable co-anchor (the always-reliable Mark Harmon, "NCIS'" Agent Gibbs). Out of work, out of love, and homeless, she needs to pick up the pieces and start a new life. That begins with a knock on the door of her brother Walt's bachelor apartment (Ryan Devlin), where his best friend Byron (Patrick J. Adams) seems to have taken up permanent residence. Jon Cryer, Jane Lynch, and Blair Underwood are among other notables in the cast.

Although it's an indie, "Weather Girl" has the polished look of a Hollywood movie with top quality production values and cinematography that takes full advantage of its breathtaking Seattle location. But this is clearly a character-driven film where all the protagonists have their flaws and the villains simply cannot redeem themselves. There is a great deal of visual humor -- sight gags abound and facial expressions often are the jokes in themselves. The plot is somewhat formulaic, though, and we know where this is going right from the start. But even though we've seen this story before it is still entertaining and occasionally laugh out loud funny.

Writer/director Blayne Weaver, cast, and crew were present for a hilarious Q&A after the screening which rivaled the comedy in the movie.

Just a note: the picture was annoyingly dark. Generally I'd attribute this to poor projection on the part of the theater or a bad print (or digital copy) before I'd blame the post-production team. It definitely took away from my enjoyment of the film and I hope that's not the way the public will see it in the future.