A Little Too Predictable?
A Review of the Indie Movie The Weather Girl
"As a desperate woman in her mid-thirties, I unfortunately fell for that man's pathetic advances as I wasted two years of my life with. . . that haircut!" says the weather girl about her boyfriend after she learns that he has cheated on her with his co-host. Thanks to The Weather Girl I now have a pretty good idea of the events that would follow such a quote on national television. Tricia O'Kelley stars as a weather girl who loses her self-control after she finds out that her boyfriend (Mark Harmon) has slept with his cohost. The events that follow are typical of your average love story.
The movie begins with Sylvia, the weather girl, finding out that her boyfriend, who also works for the same news station in Seattle, has cheated on her. She freaks out on national television and walks away from her newscasting job for good. She is forced to move in with her little brother, Walt, and his friend Byron.
As an instant Youtube sensation, Sylvia becomes frustrated with her negative publicity and her lousy living situation because she immediately dislikes her brother's friend. Sylvia looks to other news stations in the area for a new job, but she is unsuccessful in her search because they all think that she is a joke.
She finds work as a waitress, but she still sees many flaws in her life because she is now a single thirty-five-year-old woman with a horrible job. She begins to finally like Byron after a while, and her desperation for a good life leads her to start a secret relationship with him. Sylvia and Byron originally agree that the relationship should go no further than fun and games because Byron is so young, but the two begin to date.
Just when Byron thinks he has won Sylvia over, Walt finds out about the relationship and is very upset at both his sister and his best friend.
Sylvia is also offered a job back to work at her old news station and her old boyfriend, Dale, begins to make advances on her again. With her job, a new apartment, and the apparent makeup between Dale and Sylvia, Byron feels that he has lost his chance with Sylvia. Sylvia, however, makes another scene on her first appearance back as the weather girl because she decides to go back to Byron and leave her job.
As an indie movie, I expected more than your average love story designed to sell to consumers, but I was disapointed. I was also disappointed because I had originally intended to see The Hurt Locker, another indie movie, but that showing was sold out.
However, I did appreciate the acting as well as casting for the story. The actors sold the story just as well as, if not better than, the Hollywood actors we all know. The dialogue was also funny at times, but I felt that the storyline was a little too predictable.
The Weather Girl seemed to me like your typical love story designed for the masses of people that enjoy love stories and seems to be directed towards older audiences, mainly girls or couples. I am not one who can appreciate this type of film, but I would recommend the film to anyone who enjoys comical love stories.
The film was written and directed by Blayne Weaver of Bossier City. Many actors in the film are relatively famous such as Tricia O'Kelley ("The New Adventures of Old Christine"), Patrick Adams, Ryan Devlin, and Mark Harmon (NCIS).
The film was shown at the Robinson Film Center in late August. Ticket prices are about $7.50, and I saw the film at 9:00 August 28. Visit www.weathergirlmovie.com for more more information.
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