I just wrote Mike Proser to say "The Weather Outside" is one of the best recent Portland indie projects I've seen. A bit like Frank Capra meets Rod Serling for a mash-up of "It's A Wonderful Life," the film captivates through a dark and mysterious journey with lives and several pretty cool surprises in the balance. Mike Proser's suffering Max drives the story steadily, and is convincing in having entirely misplaced the last year of his life. Erin McGarry as Jodi is the heartbeat of the film, offering Max a ray of hope from his gloomy predicament. And Barry Wild is incendiary as "Friend," who I saw as a noirish homage to Capra's bumbling angel, Clarence. Anyhow, the Brothers Freeman appear to have graduated into master craftsmen with this mysterious journey half way to hell and back. I expect to hear a good deal about this little gem as it makes its way on the festival circuit. Definitely worth a close look.
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