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Monday, 12 April 2010
KICK-ASS
Kick-Ass is a 2010 superhero picture centred on the comic book of the same name by Mark Millar and John Romita, Jr. The picture is directed by Matthew Vaughn, produced by Vaughn and actor Brad Pitt, the script written by Vaughn and Jane Goldman. The picture premiered March 26, 2010 in the United Kingdom and is due to premiere April 16, 2010 in the United States.

The picture tells the story of teenage Dave Lizewski who sets out to grow to be a real life superhero only to get fixed up in a larger combat. He meets Big Daddy, a former police who, in his quest to knock down a bad drug owner Frank D'Amico, has trained his eleven-year-old daughter to be the brutal vigilante knock-Girl.

Dave Lizewski (Aaron Johnson), a typical teenage boy, ponders why nobody has ever decided to grow to be a real-life superhero like the heroes in the comic books. His friends at a comic book store told him that if anyone did grow to be a superhero, they would get their ass kicked, and probably be killed. Regardless of this, Dave decides to make a superhero outfit for himself and grow to be a veiled crimefighter. Dave fails at his first attempt to fight crime - he is crushed, stabbed, and hit by a car. He assures paramedics to say nothing of his costume and fakes he was brought in nude. In hospital for several weeks he is left with traction holding his bones together which he says makes him look like Wolverine. He also suffered with nerve injury which leaves him very weak. When he goes back to school, his longtime crush, Katie Deauxma ( Lyndsy Fonseca), seems more interested in him. His friends make clear she thinks he is gay and wants to take care of him. Lizewski goes along with this in an effort to spend time with her.

Dave remains undeterred by his former setback, and ends up intervening in a gang combat outside a diner. Dressed in outfit and using two customized night-sticks, he fights off three men. As the fight ends, a man who has been recording the incident on his phone, asks Dave who he is, and he replies: "I'm Kick-Ass". The video is posted on the internet and soon becomes an internet phenomenon, making Kick-Ass an overnight sensation.

As Kick-Ass, Dave sets up a MySpace account, so people can contact him for aid and is overwhelmed with reactions. While with Katie, she admits that she was being harassed by a drug dealer, and Lizewski assures her to ask Kick-Ass for help. He examines and ends up in an apartment full of violent lowlifes who try to murder him. He is saved by a costumed, sword-wielding young girl named hit-Girl ( Chloë Grace Moretz), who kills all the attackers and then leaves to join her father, Damon Macready (Nicolas Cage), whose alias as Big Daddy. knock-Girl (Mindy Macready) jumps across the rooftops and tells Kick-Ass to go behind her, but he is afraid to jump, so they leave him behind. Later Kick-Ass is visited at home by hit-Girl and Big Daddy who have traced him from his MySpace account. hit-Girl and Big Daddy inform Kick-Ass that they can work together.

Meanwhile, native crime association leader Frank D'Amico (Mark Strong) hears of the deaths of many of his men because of the new legend, Kick-Ass. In search of Kick-Ass, D'Amico kills an impersonator whom he thinks to be Kick-Ass. His son, Chris (Christopher Mintz-Plasse) advices that he create a new superhero character ('Red Mist'), enticing Kick-Ass into meeting him. At first, Red Mist tries to guide Kick-Ass to a warehouse. They arrive to find it on fire, and the men are dead; Red Mist fetches secret surveillance video recording which shows that Big Daddy is responsible for the assault. Red Mist asks Kick-Ass to call knock-Girl and Big Daddy for aid, and they arrange to meet at a secure house. As soon as they arrive, hit-Girl is sitting on a window ridge and Red Mist shoots her, throwing her out of the window. Kick-Ass and Big Daddy are captured by D'Amico's men and taken to a warehouse where the gangsters stage an internet broadcast, to bare and kill the heroes and there starts a fierceful battle in which Big Daddy is killed.

After killing their enemies, both hit-Girl and Kick-Ass retire from crime combating, with Mindy living a normal life and attending the same school as Dave. Another wave of superheroes have been inspired by his exploits. Red Mist is shown donning a new mask and swearing vengeance.

Review aggregate website Rotten Tomatoes gives the movie a rating of 80% based on 49 reviews, with an average score of 7.3/10. The picture received a 15-certificate rating in the United Kingdom, for "strong language, once very strong, & strong bloody comic violence". It is similar to Watchmen  (2009, Zack Snyder), Defendor (2009, Peter Stebbings)





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Friday, 9 April 2010
THE LAST SONG
The Last Song is a 2010 American coming-of-age drama movie developed alongside the Nicholas Sparks novel by the same name. The film was directed by Julie Anne Robinson in her feature picture directorial debut and co-written by Sparks and Jeff Van Wie. The Last Song stars Miley Cyrus , Greg Kinnear, Kelly Preston and Liam Hemsworth and narrates a troubled teenager's tale as she rebonds with her separated father and falls in love during a summer in a quiet Southern beach town.

At seventeen, Veronica "Ronnie" Miller (Miley Cyrus ) remains as rebellious as she was the day after her parents' ugly split-up and father's following relocation to Georgia three years ago. Once a classical piano sensation under the tutelage of her father, Steve Miller ( Greg Kinnear), Ronnie now throw-outs the instrument and has not spoken to her father since he left. While Juilliard School has been interested in her since she was young, Ronnie is reluctant to attend.

Now, Steve is given the chance to rebond with his estranged daughter when her mother, Kim (Kelly Preston) sends the disobedient teen and her younger sibling, Jonah (Bobby Coleman), to spend the summer with him. Steve, a former Juilliard School professor and concert pianist, now lives a solitary life in Tybee Island, the small Georgia beach town where he grew up, working on a stained glass window for the local church to replace the one the church lost in a fire.

After coming, Ronnie is miserable, hostile and defensive toward all those around her, including good-looking, popular Will Blakelee ( Liam Hemsworth) - until, after both she and Will become involved in protecting a Loggerhead Sea Turtle nest, she finds he is deeper than she thought. She then finds out that her father has cancer, and it is very serious. As Ronnie falls in love with Will, she also manages to connect with her father Steve through the one thing they have in common- music. Her relationships is not less than a roller-coaster ride, and Will goes to college and leaves her. In the end, her father passes away, and she plays the last song he ever composed at his funeral. Then, she finds Will, who moved to Columbia to be closer to her, and they get back together.

The Last Song had originally been scheduled for a January 8, 2010 release, but on September 22, 2009 it was announced the release had been delayed until April 2, 2010. Reviews for The Last Song have been generally negative. It currently holds a 13% approval rating on the review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, based on 78 reviews. The Last Song is alike Dear John (2010, Lasse Hallström) The Notebook (2004, Nick Cassavetes)

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Thursday, 8 April 2010
AFTER.LIFE
After.Life is a psychological horror picture starring Liam Neeson, Christina Ricci and Justin Long, directed by Agnieszka Wojtowicz-Vosloo from her innovative screenplay .

After a terrible car accident, Anna (Christina Ricci) wakes up to find the local funeral manager Eliot Deacon (Liam Neeson) preparing her body for her funeral. Confused, terrified and feeling still very much alive, Anna doesn’t believe she’s deceased, regardless of the funeral director’s reassurances that she is merely in transition to the afterlife. Eliot assures her he has the capability to communicate with the lifeless and only he can help her. Trapped inside the funeral home, with no one to go to except Eliot, Anna is forced to confront her deepest fears and admit her own demise.

But Anna’s grief-stricken boyfriend Paul (Justin Long) still can’t shake the nagging suspicion that Eliot isn't the right person. Paul desperately makes an effort to convince the local Police Chief (Josh Charles) that Anna’s alive. But the more he investigates her death, the more they question his sanity. As the funeral nears, Paul gets closer to unlocking the disturbing fact, but Anna may have already begun to go across over the other side.

After.Life finished filming in New York at the end of December 2008 with Bill Perkins and Celine Rattray as producers. Galt Niederhoffer and Pam Hirsch are executive producing for Plum Pictures with Edwin Marshall and James Swisher executive producing for Harbor Light. Scenes were filmed in Lynbrook, New York in early December 2008. Kate Bosworth and Alfred Molina were attached to this movie.

After. Life premiered at the AFI movie Festival in Los Angeles on 7 November 2009. Anchor Bay Entertainment, a division of Overture Films, has acquired theatrical rights for the U.S. and the U.K. The movie received an R-rating and will be coming out on 9 April 2010 in a limited theatrical release. Other films done by Christina Ricci are The Addams Family (1991) and Casper (1995).

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Tuesday, 6 April 2010
DATE NIGHT

Date Night is an forth-coming action-comedy movie directed by Shawn Levy and starring Steve Carell, Tina Fey, Mark Wahlberg, James Franco, Mark Ruffalo, Mila Kunis, Kristen Wiig, Common, Ray Liotta, Taraji P. Henson and Leighton Meester. It is produced by Shawn Levy and Tom McNulty It is fixed to be released on April 9, 2010 in the US.

Claire and Phil Foster (Tina Fey and Steve Carell) are a sub urban couple struggle all through their daily lives and marriage. Even their "date nights" of dinner and a filmhave becomehabit. To re kindle the marital spark, they go to seea trendy Manhattan bistro, where a instance of mistaken identity tears them in the course of the city at quick speeds, into non-stop experience. Turns out the reservation was for a pair of thieves, and now a number of nasty characters want Phil and Claire murdered. If they can survive a mad life-threatening night, they may just relivethe love absent from their marital life. Remembering what made them so special together, Phil and Claire take on a couple of dishonest policemen, a top-rank hoodlum-and a crazy cabbie-as their date becomes a night they'll never stop thinking about.

Filming began in mid-April 2009. The trailer features the song "Burn It to the Ground" by Nickelback. It is rated PG13 for sexual and crude contents all through, language, some violence and a drug reference. His other pictures are Just Married, The Pink Panther and Night at the Museum. Rotten Tomatoes has reported 75% fresh.


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Wednesday, 31 March 2010
Why Did I Get Married Too ?
Why Did I Get Married Too is an forthcoming American comedy-drama movie produced by Lionsgate and Tyler Perry films and stars Tyler Perry, Janet Jackson, Jill Scott , Malik Yoba, Keyshia Cole , Monica Arnold and Tasha Smith. It is the sequel to Why Did I Get Married? (2007)

Reuniting the same captivating starcast and characters from his hit comedy/drama, WHY DID I GET MARRIED, Tyler Perry brings the subsequent chapter in the lives of eight college friends struggling with the challenge of conjugal life in WHY DID I GET MARRIED TOO.

Gathered together in the Bahamas for their yearly one-week meeting, four close couples eagerly reconnect, sharing stories about their lives and relationships. But their warm week in paradise is disturbed by the sudden entrance of Sheila's ( Jill Scott) ex-spouse, Mike (Richard T. Jones), who doesn't want her to marry with Troy (Lamman Rucker ) and win her back. The others soon realize that they, too, are not unaffected to the challenges of loyalty and fidelity. Angela (Tasha Smith) doesn't trust her husband, Marcus (Michael Jai White), can be faithful, now that he's a renowned sportscaster. Dianne (Sharon Leal) and Terry's (Tyler Perry) relationship is feeling the strain of raising children. Patricia (Janet Jackson), a flourishing self-help psychologist, must finally uncover the deep flaws in her apparently flawless marriage to Gavin (Malik Yoba). With their relations hanging in the balance when they return home, each couple must choose between guilt and forgiveness, suspect and faith, with life-changing consequences.

Written and directed by Tyler Perry and produced by Perry and Reuben Cannon. It is scheduled to release on 2nd April 20 10. Due to Michael Jackson's sudden death, picture production was freezed for a short period of time, but Miss Jackson returned to carry on with the project. Among his other pictures is Star Trek (May 8, 2009) where Perry had a cameo appearance .

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Monday, 29 March 2010
CLASH OF THE TITANS
Clash of the Titans is a 2010 mythological fantasy film which is a remake of the 1981 movie of the similar name, itself inaccurately based on the Greek fable of Perseus. It is from the” Incredible Hulk “creator Louis Leterrier, starring Sam Worthington, the earthly star made to carry out a string of quests by the gods in order to earn the hand of the imprisoned princess Andromeda ( Alexa Davalos) for marriage. The other star casts are Danny Huston, Gemma Arterton , Pete Postelthwaite, Ralph Fiennes and Liam Neeson. Clash of the Titans is written by Travis Beacham, Phil Hay and Matt Manfredi.

In "Clash of the Titans", in prehistoric Greek era, the greatest struggle for rule pits men in opposition to kings and kings against the gods. But the war between the gods themselves could put an end to the earth. Born of a god but raised as a man, Perseus ( Sam Worthington) is helpless to rescue his family from Hades ( Ralph Fiennes), pitiless god of the underworld. With nothing left to lose, Perseus volunteers to head a hazardous task to overthrow Hades before he grabs power from Zeus ( Liam Neeson) and unleash hell on earth. Leading a audacious gang of warriors, Perseus sets off on a dangerous journey hidden into outlawed worlds. Fighting evil demons and terrible beasts, he will simply survive if he can accept his authority as a god, challenge his fate and create his own fate.

The original Clash of the Titans inspired the climax of his previous picture The Incredible Hulk - a fight in a burnt-down courtroom with temple-like columns - and has compared modern superheroes to Greek mythology. Clash of the Titans was originally set for standard release on March 26, 2010. The Heat Vision Blog reported on January 27, 2010 that after a 3-D conversion test of the movie which Warner Bros. found to be a "roaring success," the movie would be converted to 3-D and would premiere on April 2, 2010. It is a edition of Clash of the Titans (1981, Desmond Davis), rated PG13 for mythological fantasy action violence, some frightening images and short sexuality. A video game adaptation of the movie is being developed by Game Republic and will be published by Namco Bandai Games America Inc. and Warner Bros. Interactive. The game will allow players to take the role of Perseus and follow a story based on the film.

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Wednesday, 6 January 2010
SHERLOCK HOLMES
Sherlock Holmes is a 2009 picture adaptation of Arthur Conan Doyle's story bound person of the same name. The picture was directed by Guy Ritchie and produced by Joel Silver, Lionel Wigram, Susan Downey and Dan Lin.

In 1891 London, Sherlock Holmes (Robert Downey, Jr.) and Dr. John Watson (Jude Law) race to prevent a human sacrifice rite performed by Lord Blackwood (Mark Strong). Holmes and Watson hinder the sacrifice just in time and neutralize Lord Blackwood, after which the cop, led by Inspector Lestrade (Eddie Marsan), get there and arrest him.

Blackwood's capital punishment occurs three months later, during which Holmes has become bored without a new case. Watson prepares to leave 221B Baker Street to set up his own business, and he intends to marry Mary Morstan (Kelly Reilly). Blackwood requests Holmes' presence on the day of his execution, and cautions him that three more deaths will occur after his capital punishment that will change the very reason of their world. Later, Blackwood is executed by hanging, affirmed dead by Watson himself.

Holmes is re-acquainted with Irene Adler (Rachel McAdams), the only one who has managed to outfox him. She offers him an amount of cash to practice a case of a lost red-haired midget by the name of Reardon. Holmes disguises himself to find the identity of Adler's employer, but can only guess him as a professor. Three days after Blackwood's capital punishment, his grave is found destroyed, from the inside out, and an eyewitness reports seeing Blackwood walking away. Holmes, Watson, and Lestrade find Blackwood's casket contains the body of the red-haired midget. Holmes follows hints from a pocket watch on the body to the midget's home, where they discover numerous chemistry experiments. They narrowly avoid capture by three thugs that have arrived to wipe out the proof in the home, but afterward are captured for property damage. Watson is freed on bail by Miss Morstan, while Holmes is taken to the Temple of the Four Orders, an occult-dabbling secret society. Their leaders disclose Blackwood was a former member, and plead for Holmes to help prevent him. Holmes declines their kind proposal of reward but continues to probe. As Holmes and Watson investigate, the two superior members are killed through evident paranormal means by Blackwood, and he assumes control of the order, desiring to use the Order's power to push for England to retake the United States after their civil war has weakened their defenses. Blackwood orders the house Secretary, a associate of the Order, to issue a warrant for Holmes' arrest.

Holmes and Watson pursue hints to an industrial slaughterhouse, where they are taunted by Blackwood and pushed to release Adler from a deadly conveyor belt trap. Watson chases after Blackwood but is captured by a tripwire, setting off an explosion; Watson is able to caution Holmes and Alder to safety but is terribly injured himself in the blast. Holmes learns he is wanted by the cop and goes into hiding, and reflects on the clues he has collected. He comes to realize that Blackwood is trying to cast a spell based on the sphinx, with the three killed tied to three of the mythical creature's animal constituents: man, ox, and eagle. Holmes deduces the fourth, the lion, is symbolized by the English Parliament. Holmes allows Lestrade to capture and bring him to the home Secretary. Brash, the Secretary informs Blackwood's plot for wiping out all the Lords but rescue those faithful supporters of his. Holmes runs away, diving into the river Thames, and is saved by a waiting boat with Watson and Adler in it.

Regrouping with Watson and Adler, Holmes takes them to the sewers below Parliament where they find a machine devised by the midget that is operated by a remote trigger held by Blackwood that will discharge a cyanide derivative into the Parliament chambers. The three fight off Blackwood's men and dislodge the cyanide cylinders from the apparatus. Adler grabs the cylinders and races away, followed by Holmes; Blackwood becomes alert his apparatus has failed and shortly follows thereafter. The three pull in at the top of the Tower Bridge, still under construction. Blackwood knocks Adler to a lower platform, where she falls unconscious. Holmes tricks Blackwood into becoming entangled in the ropes and chains, and Blackwood is soon hanging precariously from these over the Thames while Holmes recounts that all of Blackwood's "magical" tricks were applications of science and trickery. Holmes intends for Blackwood to stand trial but, tangled in ropes, Blackwood falls and is hanged by the chains. Holmes helps Adler get well, though cuffs her. She explains that the weird caped man in the wagon is one Professor Moriarty. Holmes drops the key to the cuffs in Adler's bosom and leaves her, returning to Watson. The police arrive to report a dead officer found near Blackwood's machine, and Holmes deduces that chasing Adler and fighting Blackwood was a distraction by Moriarty, who used the diversion to take a key component of Blackwood's remote control device from the {machine|apparatus.

The picture was freed in the United States on December 25, 2009, and on December 26, 2009, in the UK, Ireland, and the Pacific. Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reports that 68% of 183 critics have given the film a positive review, with a rating average of 6.1 out of 10. The picture opened to an estimated $65,380,000 in its first weekend, placing in second at the US box office to Avatar, which grossed $75 million.

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Tuesday, 5 January 2010
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Monday, 4 January 2010
THIS IS IT
Michael Jackson's This Is It (commonly called as This Is It) is a 2009 American documentary/concert movie directed by Kenny Ortega and starring Michael Jackson, Kenny Ortega, Orianthi Panagaris. It documents Michael Jackson's rehearsals and preparation for the series of concert of the same name programmed to start on July 13, 2009, but canceled due to his demise eighteen days prior on June 25. The film is now the maximum grossing concert movie and documentary in the history of cinema.

The picture consists of Jackson rehearsing melodious numbers and guiding his team, and additional behind the scenes footage as well as artiste auditions and costume design. Ortega dedicated the feature film to Jackson's three children. The footage was filmed at both the Staples Center arena and The Forum in Los Angeles, California. Despite originally being set for October 30, the film's release date was rescheduled for October 28, 2009 due to a strong demand by Jackson's fans. The picture was given a wide global release and a limited two-week theatrical run from October 28, to November 12, 2009. Tickets went on sale a month early on September 27, 2009, to please a high expected demand; to date, the film has broken many records via tickets both pre-sale and sales worldwide.

Since the feature film's confirmation, AEG Live has faced disapproval; mostly consisting of claims that they had only made the movie to make a profit. Multiple members of Jackson's family had confirmed that they didn't hold the feature film and some family members went as far as to try to stop the feature film agreement in August. The movie has also been encircled by multiple controversies, including allegations regarding the appearance of body doubles in place of Jackson; which Sony denied, and an ire from Jackson fans; with some going as far as to start a protest against the feature film. On August 10, 2009, a judge agreed a deal between Jackson's estate, concert promoter AEG Live, and Sony Pictures. The agreement allowed Sony to edit the hundreds of hours of trial footage needed to create the movie. Sony subsequently paid $60 million for the picture rights.

The promo premiered during the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards on September 13, 2009, along with the immediate launching of the picture's official website. The film was released to mainly positive reviews from both critics and Jackson fans; the film's portrayal of Jackson and his concert were normally praised, while criticism mainly consisted of both critics and fans having felt that the feature film was made just to profit off Jackson's death and that Jackson wouldn't have wanted the movie released because he was a "uncompromising worker". In the film's opening weekend it grossed over $23 million - in the United States alone - making the film number one at the box office and making it the fifth highest-grossing Halloween debut. The film's global profits gross was in total $252.4 million during its theatrical run making it the highest grossing documentary or concert feature film of all time.

It was released on October 28, 2009. Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reports that 80% of 162 critics have given the film a positive review, with a rating average of 7.1 out of 10. In the second week, it was out grossed by A Christmas Carol.

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Friday, 1 January 2010
THE WEATHER MAN
The Weather Man is a 2005 dramatic movie with gloomy humorous moments, directed by Gore Verbinski. Written by Steve Conrad, it casts Nicolas Cage, Michael Caine and Hope Davis and tells the legend of a weatherman on a Chicago news program, who is a failure outside his occupation.

A flourishing weatherman at a Chicago news program, David Spritz is nicely paid but discovers his career requires little more than speaking and pointing. He thinks most people like him only because he's on TV. For various reason, people occasionally throw fast food at him as they drive by. Just separated, his wife, Noreen, has custody of their two kids. Dave is candidly hostile toward her new boyfriend, Russ.

Dave's 12-year-old daughter, Shelly, is a plump smoker, bullied by her classmates. Dave caters to his daughter's interest in activities even though she promptly drops them; archery for example. Dave's 15-year-old son, Mike, is befriended by his counselor, Don, an very kind single man whose concern in Mike is disturbing. Dave is inhibited by his highly successful father, Robert Spritzel, a Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist. Robert is upset with Dave's evident inability to grow up and deal with his children, while Dave is worried to redeem himself in his father's eyes. Robert is diagnosed with lymphoma and although given only a few months to live, he remains dignified.

Dave pursues a weatherman position with the national "Hello America" show. The career would nearly quadruple his salary, but means relocating to New York City. He sees this occupation as a chance to show himself to his father and possibly patch up with his wife.Dave attempts to reconnect with Noreen by attending group therapy. He stupidly ruins the effort by ditching Noreen's trust and initiates a heated fight.

As he becomes more and more panic-stricken, Dave takes up archery, finding the pursuit a means to build his concentration and soothe his tension."Hello America" invites Dave to New York. He brings Shelly so he can talk to her. He skirts the concern by buying her a wardrobe of costumes and skirts. Dave's father also tours to NY to see a specialist. Dave learns that, his son assaulted his counselor. Robert claims that the counselor wanted to carry out oral sex on Mike. Sad over this and his father's probable death, Dave stays up all night drinking, despite the "Hello America" interview the next morning. Unexpectedly, all goes nicely and he impresses his interviewers.

Dave returns to Chicago to find Noreen's boyfriend coping with the Mike situation. Surprisingly, Dave strikes Russ with his gloves in front of Noreen and Robert, who are stunned. Dave later confronts the counselor at his home and attacks him in a furious mood. Dave is offered the "Hello America" work. He refuses because it means being far from Noreen and the kids. The family holds a living funeral for Robert. Dave asks Noreen to patch up and move to New York but she has determined to marry Russ. To calm his mental strain, he practices archery on the lawn. When Russ steps out, Dave draws the arrow on him and holds it, preparing to shoot. Russ, frightened, goes back inside.When Dave starts his formal speech to his father the power goes out. He breaks down in tears telling his father that he was offered the work, but that his wife will wed Russ. Robert consoles him by explaining that not everything in life goes as we'd like, and that he is proud of his son for being able to land the "Hello America" position and also for Dave's defense of his son.

Robert accepted to reading Dave's, admittedly poor, attempt at a novel. Robert tells that it takes years to be a better author and Dave spent all those years learning to be a good weatherman and that's an accomplishment, chiefly highlighting his son's triumph in landing such a rewarding position. Finally, Robert has a real interment and at that time, Mike reveals to his father the aspirations to be a cameraman for Monday Night Football, which makes Dave proud of him. Dave accepts the occupation. Dave's former resentment for his fans, a sign of his own low self-esteem, has gone now that he has gained his father's approval and learned to accept his life.

Released on October 28, 2005, the picture was a box office bomb, with a total gross of $19,039,770 worldwide. The Weather Man received mixed reviews, gaining an overall score of 57% on Rotten Tomatoes. It is similar to The Family Man (2000, Brett Ratner).

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