The Weather Man

Lee ** PoP ***1/2

David Spritz (Nicholas Cage) considers himself a looser, and a disappointment to his successful Pulitzer Prize winning father, Robert Spritzel (Michael Caine). He is a successful television weather man with a opportunity to join a network morning show, ala Good Morning America or The Today Show, but he is not a real meteoroligist, his kids don't really respect him, his former wife is engaged to another man, and he foolishly harbors hope that all will be well and repaired if he gets this job in New York.

This is likely the darkest comedy I have ever seen. When people ask for an autograph, he shuns them. Some people that dislike him pelt him on the street with various food items.
In the end, things get somewhat resolved.

I enjoyed the film, but Lee wasn't quiet as sure about it as I was. Roger Ebert, in his review, expressed my feelings better than I could. He too was high on this film.