Weather Girl (2009) User Reviews

mid 30s single gal sitcom

[SnoopyStyle · 7/10 · 16 January 2016]

Sassy Seattle local TV weather girl Sylvia (Tricia O'Kelley) goes crazy on the air over womanizing anchorman Dale (Mark Harmon) cheating on her with co-anchor Sherry (Kaitlin Olson). She has to restart her life while staying with brother Walt (Ryan Devlin) and his intrusive flirty neighbor friend Byron (Patrick J. Adams).

This is basically a single gal TV sitcom in movie form. For certain circles and maybe for most people, this is damning rebuke. I don't mind a single gal TV sitcom. It's a staple for a reason. The main thing for me is that I like Tricia O'Kelley. She has mostly been the sidekick or the mean girl. She deserves to play the lead and Patrick J. Adams is also very charming. It's a comfortable TV show in movie form.

Fun and fast

[MBunge · 7/10 · 22 May 2011]

Weather Girl is quick, very funny and full of sharply drawn and excellently performed characters. It has an almost Seinfeld-ian quality, except it's about people who feel real emotions and suffer the consequences thereof and not amoral, impervious sociopaths. The story starts very strong and amusingly sprints through a thoroughly standard plot before getting a little full of itself at the end. By that time, though, you'll enjoy these characters enough not to mind.

Sylvia (Tricia O'Kelley) is a 35 year old "sassy weather girl" on an early morning TV news show in Seattle. Things start off with her having a total meltdown on the air. It seems Sylvia has been romantically involved with Dale (Mark Harmon), the superficial anchor of the show, and just discovered he was sleeping with his co-anchor (Kaitlin Olson). After verbally savaging them and the whole pretension of early morning news shows, Sylvia is left without a job and a home, since she was living with Dale.

Distraught, she shows up at the door of her younger brother's apartment and Walt (Ryan Devlin) takes her in. At first, Sylvia tries to go on with her life like nothing happened. She starts looking for another job in TV news and even lets her two friends (Alex Kapp Horner and Marin Hinkle) set her up on what turns out to be a horrible blind date. After making such a public spectacle, Sylvia can't even get a job in radio and is forced to become a waitress. About the only good thing she has going on is a no-strings-attached sexual relationship with Byron (Patrick J. Adams), Walt's best friend. But just as she and Walt start to get serious, Sylvia has a chance to get back everything she's lost and more. Will this 35 year old woman compromise her principles for her old life or risk starting over at square one? I think you'll really like watching everything that happens up to that question, but not care that much about what the answer is.

Weather Girl is consistently droll and occasionally laugh out loud humorous. Part of that is due to the finely written script of Blayne Weaver. He's not just good with a joke, he's good with the set up to the joke and making it all flow out of the nature of the character and their situation. Part of it is due to the excellent work of this cast, particularly Tricia O'Kelly, Patrick J. Adams and Ryan Devlin. Those three have great comedic chemistry and bring this zest to every moment they're on screen together.

The two things I like most about this film, however, are because of writer/director Weaver. He gives every character a depth you don't usually see in this kind of low-budget, light-hearted comedy. Take Dale, for example. He's a "walking haircut" who's as shallow as a sidewalk puddle, but Weaver lets the audience see that Dale's shallowness can also be taken for an upfront earnestness. It not only makes Dale a more interesting figure, it also explains why a smart woman like Sylvia might find him appealing, which also makes her a more believable and sympathetic heroine. Even the co-anchor Dale boinks, though a broadly drawn and over-the-top caricature of a plastic infotainer, gets a scene where the viewer can look through her eyes and realize that there's some validity to her viewpoint. Dale and his co-anchor are mainly in the story to be the butt of jokes, but Weaver makes them worth laughing at.

The other especially neat thing about Weather Girl is that there's an almost propulsive speed to it. The plot of this thing is predictable and rather clichéd, which a lot of films suffer from and get dragged down by. One of the best ways to compensate for that is to bring the quick. The scenes in this movie are short, tightly-written and almost always have a point that leads you into the next scene. That generates a kinetic energy that pulls you through all the unexceptional twists and turns in the story fast enough that none of them can irk you.

Now, toward the end of things, Weather Girl does try and make out like the relationship between Sylvia and Byron is this great romance and it really isn't. As lovely and entertaining as they are together, it never feels like more than a fling to them or to the viewer. And the moment where Sylvia has to decide if she'll go back to her old life or keep going with her new one grasps for emotional heft that this story never does anything to earn. This is a very good film, but not at all a serious one.

Weather Girl is a tropical island in the tumultuous sea of craptastic low-budget cinema. There are just so many indy films out there that range from barely mediocre to flat out horrendous, it's a damn shame that movies like Weather Girl get lost over the horizon. This is definitely worth seeing.

Decent bedtime experience

[devlin2427 · 6/10 · 20 December 2009]

For me this movie was a 6ish. The acting is good but not great although the biggest letdown is the script. If you've seen a few of these before you know what is going to happen at least half an hour earlier.

Don't mean to sound rude but Tricia O'Kelley is a 41 year old actress playing a 35 year old woman. You kind of feel the age difference between her and the 28 year old Patrick J. Adams getting in the way of their acting. Another so-so performance comes from Mark Harmon. He is very stiff and lifeless and I don't think that was intentional.

Would I pay money to see this: no. Would I recommend this to couple friends: yes. Its a no-nonsense movie easy going and without side effects. Anyone looking for art and a cathartic experience will be very disappointed.

Cloudy with drizzle but things are looking up

[vchimpanzee · 31 May 2018]

This is a cute if slightly edgy romantic comedy. I think we all want to root for Sylvia. And Tricia O'Kelley is pleasant enough, when she is not going nuts.

Fans of "The Mick" or even "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia" might be disappointed that Kaitlin Olson has such a small role, or that she's not nearly as likable here as she is in those shows. Sherry is either too perky, too boring (when she and Dale apologize for their co-worker's rant), too terrified or too nuts. The fact is the role of Sylvia seems to have been written for Olson. O'Kelley's delivery in many scenes appears very much like Mickey on "The Mick", including some personality quirks. I'm thinking particularly about what could be described as a stammer. O'Kelley is prettier, but it is Olson's personality that she seems to be giving us.

Mark Harmon gives us both conceited perfect anchor, a common stereotype, and a somewhat appealing character who we're really not supposed to like. I know he's respected, but I'm not sure he is in a role worthy of his talent.

I don't know who Patrick Adams is. I guess we're supposed to like him. I do find myself rooting for him but I'm not sure why.

Jane Lynch isn't as evil as her award-winning Sue Sylvester, but she's bad enough. Meaning good enough.

I don't know the names of Sylvia's potential bosses, but several of them really stand out. Great performances, for the material.

It's worth seeing.

... most times unassuming and simple is much more enjoyable

[bjarias · 7/10 · 29 May 2016]

It's a totally simple, little and very uncomplicated rom-com... and it works for several reasons, and the main one is Tricia O'Kelley. Had never come across any of her work before, yet she is the lead that holds this production together, and gives it true merit. There are no surprises, and the ending is telegraphed right from the beginning.. but because of her thoroughly subtle and alluring performance, you remain focused till the very end. There are lots of big names and expensive budgets that try and accomplish similar results... but this special little film is proof that it's not necessary to spend lots of money to produce an enjoyable movie experience.

Forecast says: "Partly Sunny"

[charlytully · 7/10 · 1 May 2011]

The WEATHER GIRL is partly funny, though with MORNING GLORY in theaters recently, some of WEATHER GIRL's thunder has been stolen. Let's face it, Mark Harmon is no Harrison Ford. But with slightly different plots, some people may find it possible to sit through both of these TV mini-soaps without snoring in either. Tricia O'Kelley seems to have a look which one could picture as a small-market morning weather woman, and Mark Harmon certainly comes off as smarmy enough to be her morning anchor counterpart.

With "Behind the Scenes," "Deleted Scenes," and "Outtakes" DVD features, the packing for this movie is not as bare bones as some low-budget home movie editions tend to be. Perhaps the disc bonus highlight comes during the "outtakes," when Harmon says something about being Special Agent Gibbs, a reference to his role on the CBS hit police procedural, NCIS.

In rating this movie, the key question is whether the cougar match-up between Tricia O'Kelley's title character, "weather girl" Sylvia Miller, 35, and her little brother's best friend, Byron, 29 (played by Patrick J. Adams) works for you. If you can picture this as a poor man's version of Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcher, you may see WEATHER GIRL as being sunny side up.

Can't run the distance

[dustyinasia · 5/10 · 21 September 2010]

If I had been forced to stop watching this at around the half hour point I think I would give this movie 9 stars just for the comic moments, the plot build up and the characters. It just doesn't hold to the end though and the film actually manages to get quite bleak and depressing before going into an awful slow poignant moment where the camera definitely lingers on the stars, in close up longer than they can act for (I was also massively put off by the fact that in this scene she reminded me of the actress from "My Big Fat Greek Wedding").

Did one person write the first half and someone else the second, or did they just get bored? Such a waste of potential.

slow Boil... some fun actors.

[ksf-2 · 6/10 · 4 September 2020]

Some fun names in this one from 2009... Jane Lynch, Mark Harmon, Jon Cryer. When morning-show meteorologist Sylvia (Tricia O'Kelley) has a huge on-air meltdown, she tells off her boyfriend (and co-host, played by Mark Harmon! ) and walks out. now she needs a place to stay (her brother) and a new job. this moves along, kind of slow, but entertaining enough. it kind of rides a strange line between comedy and serious story; she may or may not like her brother's best friend....but promises not to fall for him. Jane Lynch is in here, and she's always fun. i didn't know much about O'Kelley, but she's been doing television since 1998. it's an ensemble, between O'Kelley, Patrick Adams, and Ryan Devlin. kind of an Indie film. keep an eye out for Brandon Barrera as Ernest.. .Barrera is business partner of..... Blayne Weaver, the writer and director of this film! it's ok. kind of a slow boil. some similarities to when harry met sally... can a guy and girl spend time together without falling in love?

Waste of a potentially good premise

[debrad-ott-1 · 5/10 · 11 July 2009]

Formulaic, trite and completely predictable.

Sylvia is faced with some very real problems: after a public meltdown on a Seattle morning talk show, she has no job, no money, no place to live (other than holing up with her brother). A great set of obstacles to overcome. Instead, the film's answer to this mess is the tired old "love conquers all" formula.

"Getting the girl" (or boy) is one thing; *earning* the girl or boy is another. And no one in this film really works for their happy endings. A few good speeches, a few minor detours, and voilà! It all works out great.

Sylvia has some very good moments, but spends any sympathy she earns by defaulting back to "whiny and spoiled." (Her and her brother's back-story helps give both some gravitas, but even playing "the mom died when they were kids" card felt calculated on the writer/director's part).

Too, as a former Seattleite, I found the depiction of Seattle anorexic and skewed. More like the culture of L.A. had been transplanted into Seattle. Seattle is a BRILLIANT location for any writer/filmmaker who knows how to use it and actually make it its own "character" in a story. As is, Seattle was just a lame gimmick here, with a few picture-postcard moments thrown into a montage midway through.

I've been in Sylvia's shoes (minus the very public meltdown) and found the film condescending. I mean, really? These are the sum total of one's options in life? These people needed to get off their asses and work for that crowd-pleasing end.

Charming and watchable RomCom with a terrific lead

[mikemdp · 6/10 · 27 October 2019]

Seattle TV meteorologist Sylvia (Tricia O'Kelley) has a hysterically funny on-air meltdown over her failed romance with morning news host Dale (Mark Harmon), which promptly kills her broadcast career.

Reduced to waiting on tables, Sylvia moves in with her brother Walt (Ryan Devlin) and begins a friends-with-benefits hookup with his slacker buddy Byron (Patrick J. Adams).

Complications ensue when a video of Sylvia's meltdown goes viral online, and the ratings-hungry TV station offers her the opportunity to co-anchor with Dale, just as Byron realizes he's fallen in love with her.

The movie opens with her meltdown, and that's smart, because the humor in it really draws you in. But it makes you want the rest of the movie to be just as funny. It's not. It's nice, but it's not.

While the rest of "Weather Girl" doesn't quite live up to that awesome opening, it's still terrifically watchable.

That's mostly because O'Kelley, a bit TV sitcom actor, carries the movie as the sassy, pushing-40 weather girl frustrated with the direction her life has taken.

Harmon is the only big name in this indie RomCom, and it's ironic he's the least effective. Even us cis guys found this dude hot back in the day, but he's grown old to look like Dracula. His pale, pinched face and weird pursed lips are distracting and cast doubt over his role as a lothario.

Adams is one to watch, though. He's totally believable and relatable as a lonely Millennial website designer infatuated with his friend's older sister. He's remarkably charming.

The ending is totally predictable, but it's a fun 92 minutes getting there.

It's like a 1 season TV-series in 1.5 hours.

[maitreya21 · 5/10 · 9 January 2010]

First of all the cast and the story are good but the acting is awful. I watch these people in Two and A Half Men & The New Adventures of Old Christine and they're hilarious in these series. But they're just the series' actors i think. This movie is just like a, one season TV-series in 1.5 hours.

Please stay away the movies! You're funny but not movie actors. This movie would be a great romantic-comedy in right hands. With real Hollywood stars i mean.

And by the way, the sex scene was really bad and unsuccessful. Five stars for the cast and the story. Not for the movie.

Start with...a Seaweed reference and you got me...so good I had to watch it twice!

[uncool926-1 · 8/10 · 15 February 2010]

OK, romantic comedies usually turn me off, but I really liked this movie.

It's loaded with guest appearances that come fast and furious; like Jane Lynch as a hysterically contemptuous restaurant manager; Jon Cryer as as creepy accountant set-up date; Blair Underwood as the frantic Producer; Alex Kapp Hunter and Marin Hinkle as devoted but misguided friends, but the real magic to this indie film is the performances of the title character, "sassy weather girl" Sylvia (the stunning Tricia O'Kelley), her perpetually dismayed but faithful brother Walt (Ryan Devlin), and his semi-slacker house mate Byron (Patrick J. Davis).

Writer/director Blayne Weaver (how could Jon "Duckie" Cryer keep a straight face throughout his scenes?) actually makes a romantic comedy believable and thoroughly watchable, which is quite a feat.

I loved the set design, in particular Walt's apartment, which resembles a theme park for yet-to-be-developed young adults (I can relate)...but someone was totally on by including a Seaweed poster, a totally cool Seattle band, who I'm sure were delighted to be in the prop! Tricia O'Kelley was totally lovable and played her character well. Her character straddled two worlds that were quite separate and totally different, and her involvement with her brother Walt and his buddy Byron were very believable and not too over-the-top.

My favorite scene is the one in which Sylvia comes home to her brother's apartment after a particularly distressing day, and upon seeing Walt and Byron involved in a video game, simply takes her waitresses' uniform off and waltzes over to Byron's apartment across the hall in her underwear and boots. Byron, being a 29-year-old guy, immediately follows.

A Sassy Weather Reporter in Seattle

[Uriah43 · 6/10 · 18 August 2023]

"Sylvia" (Tricia O'Kelley) is a weather reporter for a Seattle television station who completely melts down on air not long after receiving word that her boyfriend "Dale Waters" (Mark Harmon), who just happens to work as the news anchor in the same morning television show, has dumped her for the female news co-anchor "Sherry" (Kaitlin Olson). That said, after loudly humiliating both of them on air, she then proceeds to walk off the television set in a fit of anger. Yet even though she feels quite relieved at the time, what she hasn't considered is the fact that she was living with Dale and all of her possessions are in his home. Neither has she considered what she is going to do now that she has no job or a place of her own. So, with few other options, she decides to move in with her brother "Walt" (Ryan Devlin) who lives not too far away. Once there she meets Walt's best friend "Byron" (Patrick J. Adams) who happens to spend a great deal of time there and things become quite complicated not long afterward. Now, rather than reveal any more, I will just say that this was a fairly entertaining romantic-comedy due in large part to the acting of both Tricia O'Kelley and Patrick J. Adams. Admittedly, I would have like a bit more chemistry between the two, but even so, it was still enjoyable for the most part, and I have rated it accordingly. Slightly above average.

Piece of Crap

[bptr-1 · 1/10 · 21 May 2010]

This movie had ZERO funny moments. Could the brother and his little friend be any more cliché Seattle 20-somethings? (the brother wears a shirt that says "college"? He has lockers in his apartment? Are you serious? Why do we need costume and set designers again?) The "Weather Girl" had no interesting or comedic qualities and was not even hot.

Mark Harmon with all his experience, looked like crap and was totally unfunny. The Weather Girl's two little friends - one a NY obnoxious Jewish chick - were also not funny at all. Why am I not surprised that John Cryer is part of this sophomoric nonsense? (are we supposed to be impressed that he plays a straight man dork?). The only one who was remotely funny and cute was Sherry and she was barely used.

Why am I wasting my time writing about this P.O.S.? By the way, why was there so much low-frequency noise from 1:13:37 to 1:13:47 ? Did anyone listen to the movie after they made it?

An Indie That Is Better Than Many Blockbusters

[morpheusatloppers · 8 September 2011]

I have often wondered what a movie peppered with sitcom stars (who work WAY harder than "serious" ones) would be like. Now I know. It's GREAT!

Containing stars from series like "Two And A Half Men" and "The New Adventures Of Old Christine" (and starring one of the snobby duo from the latter) this movie is better acted than most "rom-coms" that inhabit mainstream cinema today.

And while any movie that is written and directed by the same person should ring alarm bells - there are exceptions. And "Weather Girl" is definitely one of them.

It is a damn shame this movie got so little exposure in the theatres - but if it pops up on telly or you see it down at your local video-hire shop, check it out.

Okay, it's no "When Harry Met Sally" - but it will entertain you WAY more than a lot of the tosh that masquerades as cinematic entertainment these days.

Typical Rom-Com but boring

[garyamiller · 4/10 · 5 August 2022]

Weather Girl is your typical rom-com but trite and cliched. The screen play is a repeat of so many other similar movies and the acting is mediocre at best. Very predictable after 15 minutes. My only surprise was Mark Harmon cast as the philandering news anchor. His acting skills were wasted by the screen play.

Meh

[kornbug12 · 3/10 · 30 July 2022]

I primarily came to say that a 41 y/o trying to pass as 35 is laughable. This movie was pretty blah. I came for Kaitlin Olson and didn't make it past 19min07sec.

Absolutely hilarious from beginning to end with a hint of self-awareness

[napierslogs · 9/10 · 31 December 2010]

Tricia O'Kelley is our sassy weather girl, Sylvia, except she insists she's not sassy, she just has boyfriend problems and now employment problems giving way to the numerous emotional issues which our heroine explores in this romantic comedy.

Sylvia is a fantastic romantic comedy heroine. Sure, she's slightly desperate for a boyfriend but when her job opportunities disappear, she does the responsible thing and finds a temporary solution, as a waitress. She retains just enough optimism peeking out of the many hysterical breakdowns, that watching her is a joyful experience. We have two leading men, both extremely attractive and even better, their many moments of humour are priceless. Walt (Ryan Devlin) is Sylvia's younger brother and he puts up with all her neuroses because of brotherly love. Byron (Patrick J. Adams) is Walt's best friend, he also puts up with Sylvia's many neuroses, but out of a more carnal love.

This film succeeds because young career women can relate to Sylvia's problems unlike the similar "Morning Glory" (2010), and every actor aptly delivers the comedy (unlike most big budget comedies). It's well written and knows its genre well playing up most of the formulaic elements on purpose but without any of the hackneyed details. "Weather Girl" is definitely a great romantic comedy because it's absolutely hilarious from beginning to end with just a hint of self-awareness.

One of the dumbest movies I've ever seen in my life!

[trek_west · 3/10 · 30 August 2022]

This had to be one of the dumbest most ridiculous movies I've ever seen. A gorgeous hot blonde suffering from sexual harassment gives up a successful career because she's in love with her brother's loser friend. Being depressed from losing her job, she becomes a sex "Hoe" to her brothers loser friend. She soon gets her job back. However, she gives up her job because she doesn't want to be a sellout to be in a successful news anchor. When did a successful news anchor become a sellout? Has she ever heard of complaining to HR for sexual harassment? This movie was totally stupid. The only reason people rate this highly because they think the lead actress is sexy and hot. Lol!

A nice gem of a movie that too few people have heard of.

[TxMike · 16 September 2011]

We found this one on Netflix streaming movies. Although the theme has been well explored over the years the dialog and acting are very fresh and more interesting than most of this genre.

Tricia O'Kelley, a TV series veteran actress, is weather girl Sylvia at a Seattle TV station. It is a menial job for a well-educated woman, but she often is the butt of references by the morning talk show "talent." In a really good role for him, Mark Harmon is the main talent, Dale, and he seems to have affairs with every woman in reach, including Sylvia. But now their relationship is on the rocks, and Sylvia comes to work sad and tearful. But she decides to resign by going on-air and, instead of giving the scripted weather cast, she goes off on a tirade against Dale. She leaves, but the audience likes what they saw and rating go up. This eventually leads to their wanting her to return.

In the meantime Sylvia, broke with no job, crashes with her 25-ish younger brother, Ryan Devlin, also a TV veteran, as Walt. This provides for some very funny sibling interactions. Adding to the humor is Patrick J. Adams, another TV veteran, as Byron, the 25-ish cross-the-hall neighbor and good friend of Walt's who visits every day to use Walt's computer to do his online job. Byron is unashamedly smitten with Sylvia, 10 years his senior, and spends much of the movie's running time trying to convince her that they have an ideal situation for dating without any attachment.

We enjoyed it.

quirky predictable rom-com

[RogerB-P3RV3 · 5/10 · 13 September 2012]

Thirty-something frigid weather girl loses it on the air and subsequently everything professionally and personally. She had to move in with little brother and reevaluate her life. Only to find herself falling for a so-called 'rebound'. In process learns that letting yourself to be loved can be rewarding.

A charming Patrick J. Adams (Byron) is the fulcrum of the movie. Produced by and starring TV-veteran Tricia O'Kelly who managed to rope in fellow small screen buddies for this quirky romantic comedy.

Starts brightly only to sink into predictability and unrealistic climaxes of the genre.

Enjoyable and entertaining little indie, formulaic but definitely funny

[larry-411 · 8/10 · 1 July 2009]

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.

Funny, tight romantic comedy

[venicerocco · 8/10 · 20 June 2009]

I saw this at the LA Film Festival in Westwood. I can see this film having a very successful life on Netflix after it's theatrical run. While it is an easy romantic comedy with the usual emotional chaos and (occasionally) predictable but very entertaining story-line, this film is executed beautifully. The dialog is snappy, funny and has that contemporary indie feel like Juno. Within the romantic comedy genre it's right up there with the greats, but made on a much smaller budget. I'm sure the Director will stick around after this. Did well at Slamdance.

Wonderful set design, strong performances and the comedic timing of a pro, the audience laughed hard at all the right spots. The lead was perfectly cast and even the cliché ridden romantic male lead (the dude, looking like he's still in college) came across as lovable.

It doesn't take many risks because it doesn't need to. Good judgment on behalf of the team lead by Blayne Weaver has lead to a successful, well made comedy.

I would recommend this movie. Good comedy.

a refreshing romantic comedy

[jmportia · 9/10 · 2 August 2009]

I just saw this movie at a screening in Sonoma and was wonderfully surprised. I might be a bit biased because I am a fan of romantic comedies and movies in general, but this was a good movie. At times, the movie itself seems to be poking fun at romantic comedies with how it handles some situations and some of the lines.

The tag/plot from the main IMDb page gives a great overview of the plot: A Seattle weather girl freaks out on-air over her cheating boyfriend, the morning show anchor, and moves in with her little brother. This does not give the movie away. The depth of the story is not usually found in romantic comedies. There is more to this movie than girl meets boy. All of the casting is wonderful. The only issue I had was with Byron and Walt, for some reason I thought the actors should have been switched. By the end of the movie I disregarded this because both of them develop into their roles.

This is one of those movies that is great if you are a movie lover (and some TV) because there are so many great actors in it. Almost every scene there is another actor/actress where you think to yourself 'where have I seen them before?' or 'oh, I love them'. I do have to agree with another reviewer on here that the movie is a little dark, not film noir dark but actually screen dark. I am guessing that is the theater I saw it in (a classic old one that is not set up for digital projection). I gave it a 9/10 because I have only seen it once. I reserve 10/10 for after the second viewing, if I still feel the same way about it it gets another star.

Delightful

[dmasursky · 8/10 · 6 March 2010]

I saw this movie on video without knowing anything about it and I was pleasantly surprised. Loved the actors, loved the story, loved the humor. Terrific to see a woman grappling with real life issues and even better to see a romance between an older woman and younger man without all that "cougar" baggage. Is it formulaic, of course, but it has an independent feel which makes it seem a lot fresher than bigger movies with bigger stars. The sibling relationship was an especially nice addition. I'm a huge fan of the romantic comedy genre, but so much of it is recycled and cringe-worthy. Most Hollywood rom-coms are a few good scenes amid barely watchable dreck (The Wedding Date, The Wedding Planner, 27 Dresses, How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days, the list goes on). This was totally watchable and I would strongly recommend it to anyone who likes a happy ending.