Release Date:
02/21/2006
Nic Cage slowly unravels in this dark comedy about a weatherman who has a hard time matching his sunny on-air personality with his stormy family life. Cage's jittery performance is flanked by a host of capable supporting roles, including Michael Caine as his father, but it's the cleverly scripted, expletive-filled dialogue that sets this apart from your average coming-of-age tale. A five-part set of extras tracks down the writer, Steven Conrad, and the director, Gore Verbinski, to dissect how they assembled the unique story, while a Chicago meteorologist exposes the secrets to becoming an effective weatherman. Here we come, Al Roker!