DVD Movie Rating for: Snow Day

3 out of 5 stars

Movie Plot of: Snow Day

When an entire town in upstate New York is closed down by an unexpected snowfall, a "snow day" begins when a group of elementary school kids, led by Natalie Brandston, try to ensure that the schools stay closed by stopping a mechanical snowplow driver by trying to hijack his plow truck. Meanwhile, Natalie's big brother Hal is using this day to try to win the affections of Claire Bonner, the most popular girl in his high school, while Hal and Natalie's father Tom, a TV meteorologist, faces off against a rival meteorologist for weather coverage of the day's events.

DVD Production Details of: Snow Day

Starring: Mark Webber (II), Schuyler Fisk, Chevy Chase

Director: Chris Koch

Format: Color, Closed-captioned, Widescreen, Dolby

Studio: Paramount Studio

DVD Release Date: January 7, 2003
DVD Features:
Audio Commentary

Making Of

Exclusive Cast and Crew Interview

Four "Nicksclusive" Promotional Spots

Full-screen and widescreen anamorphic formats

DVD Easter Eggs

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Cast of the movie: Snow Day

• Chris Elliott .... Snowplowman
• Mark Webber.... Hal Brandston
• Jean Smart .... Laura Brandston
• Schuyler Fisk .... Lane Leonard
• Iggy Pop.... Mr. Zellweger
• Pam Grier .... Tina
• John Schneider .... Chad Symmonz
• Chevy Chase .... Tom Brandston
• Zena Grey .... Natalie Brandston
• Josh Peck .... Wayne Alworth
• Jade Yorker .... Chet Felker
• Damian Young .... Principal Weaver
• Connor Matheus .... Randy Brandston
• J. Adam Brown .... Bill Korn
• Emmanuelle Chriqui .... Claire Bonner

Photo Gallery of the movie: Snow Day

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Photo Gallery Snow Day - Chevy Chase, Mark Webber (II), Schuyler Fisk

Reviews of the movie: Snow Day

Anything can happen on a snow day. So it's too bad the winter's been unseasonably warm, and there's nothing that Chevy Chase--weatherman and father of three--can do about it. But what if it miraculously snowed enough to close the school? Perhaps the oldest son would have a chance to date the most popular girl in school, his sister might have more time to play with him, their mother would act more like a mom and less like a workaholic, and Chevy Chase might even be given the chance to be a respected meteorologist who didn't have to wear stupid costumes on the TV news. When the snow does fall, these dreams slowly transform into reality, of course. There are no big surprises in Snow Day, and children will enjoy its genial jokes and good-natured slapstick. Adults may get a kick out of Iggy Pop's portrayal of an ice rink manager who plays nothing but wonderfully unpopular Al Martino songs. Chris Elliott (Get a Life) also has a small role as "the creepy guy with a plow" who, because he plows the streets, is the enemy of snow day lovers everywhere. Ultimately, Snow Day is predicable family fluff.

If you are wondering what the pro and con of a Snow Day are. Then here they are. The pro is you get a day off from school. The con is that you will have to go back 2 to school at the end of the year to make up for the Snow Day(s). But suppose if you worked a job (other than being a teacher or other staff member at a school), I'm not sure on how it would be worked if they had to close for a snow day to. In Snow Day there are kids, teenagers and adults who are rivals for what they want. The kids want to enjoy the snow day, but their rival is the evial snowplowman (Chris Elliot). There's a high school student named Hal (Mark Webber) who has now a new girlfreind that seems to don't know that he lives. And he has to go up against her ex-boyfriend (David Paetkau) to win her. While his dad Tom Brandson (Chevy Chase) who wants to wear pants while he does the wheather but his boss (Pam Grier) that tells him to get the rating of his rival and she will let him wear pants on the air.

My thoughts on Snow Day are, that if you like movies with people going up against rivals and enjoyed Snow Day, I reccomend you to watch Max Keeble's Big Move. Watching Chevy Chase playing a wheatherman who wears costumes on air reminds me of Max Keeble's dad. Because Max's dad had to wear costumes to work at times. My Suggestions: Parents if your kids want to watch a film, I reccomend you to know what the rating is. And toi watch the film ahead of time and decide to let your kids watch a film that doesn't have a G rating (like this). Snow Day is a good movie to watch if you like movies in which characters go up against thier "rivals" to get what they want like this and Max Keeble's Big Move. Or if you have a kid that like Nicolden's films I also reccomend you to let your kids watch this. Or this is a good movie to watch, if you are a fan of a actor or actress that is in this film. So if it is any of the above reasons, I strongly reccomed you to watch this movie. Even if it is not a snow day.

Snow Day starring Chris Elliot and Chevy Chase is a rather typical yet likeable movie about family, love, respect, and a mean spirited snow plow. We admit it. From the start we liked the premise; a blizzard engulfs a small town in upstate New York with two feet of snow.

Anytime weather gets top billing in a movie the folks at Wild Weather will stand in line. However the snow scenes were disappointing. No clouds, no wind, in fact there was no snow on the trees.

What else can we tell you about the movie? Chevy Chase does an honorable job as a down and out TV. meteorologist hoping for some better ratings and maybe a little respect. His scenes are enjoyable. His acting hasn't been this good since his days as "Fletch". The rest of the movie surrounds the day's events surrounding a glorious snow day. Anybody that has ever experienced the thrill of extreme weather changing their daily activities will certainly identify.

One other bright spot in Snow Day is the multi-talented Chris Elliotwho plays a sinister snow plow driver with a nasty set of teeth. Chris gets to terrorize the neighborhood in his snowplow by clearing the roads. If your looking for great weather scenes we would suggest you skip Snow Day. However if you like a simple but somewhat engaging story about the power of weather on a small town in upstate New York you might walk out of the theater with a smile.