Weather Girl (2009)

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

Director:

Blayne Weaver

Writer:

Blayne Weaver

Stars:

Tricia O'Kelley, Patrick J. Adams, Ryan Devlin

2 wins.

Cast

Credited 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.
Brandon Barrera	...	Ernest
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Brett Butler	...	Seattle Morning Announcer
Enrico Colantoni	...	George
Amie Donegan	...	Mary
Timothy Dvorak	...	Jack
Lucas Fleischer	...	Arthur

Storyline

Sylvia, approaching 35, is the "sassy weather girl" at a Seattle TV station. On a live broadcast, she castigates her boyfriend Dale (who's the show's anchorman) for sleeping with his co-anchor; then she quits. She'd been living with Dale, who explains himself by saying she's cold, so she moves in temporarily with her younger brother Walt. His neighbor Byron, a computer programmer, is always in Walt's flat working. While Sylvia looks for a job, Byron offers himself as a no-strings-attached rebound-sex partner, with the condition that she not tell Walt. How will she respond, and what about finding work, living with her brother, sorting things out with Dale, and being cold?

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Taglines:

Partly cloudy with a 90% chance of total meltdown.

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Genres:

Comedy

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for language

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Site Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

10 July 2009 (USA)

Also Known As:

La chica del tiempo

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Box Office

Opening Weekend:

$5,772 (USA) (10 July 2009)

Gross:

$20,915 (USA) (21 August 2009)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Secret Identity Productions, H2R Productions, Steakhaus Productions

Technical Specs

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Quotes

Byron: I do think I'm a pretty good rebound guy.

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Connections

Referenced in Bitter Party of Five: Dot Marie Jones (2013)

User Reviews

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.