Evengyny Thanks for the memories!

Intcatinfo A Masterpiece!

InformationRap This is one of the few movies I've ever seen where the whole audience broke into spontaneous, loud applause a third of the way in.

Kirandeep Yoder The joyful confection is coated in a sparkly gloss, bright enough to gleam from the darkest, most cynical corners.

tomnotarnold I've always been a fan of low-budget films. They always seem to do so much more with so much less. But the problem is that the acting is often bad, or the lighting, or some other technical aspect that fails due to the low budget.But such is not the case with Cold Weather. It succeeds on all accounts, while still managing to be a fun, stimulating, and entertaining film. It tells a great story and is a pleasure to watch. It's not for everyone, though, and the typical indie-haters should steer clear of this one. But if you enjoy a good story and a fun movie, check this one out!

jtfriday2000 I've read both positive and negative reviews for this movie. The one thing both negative and positive reviewers can agree upon is the ending is terrible. It just stops. That's it. There are theories on why the director decided to abruptly stop the movie: someone spilled coffee on the script and they only used the parts without coffee stains in the movie; the camera ran out of batteries; the director was asked for a permit to shoot a movie in Portland, and, when he couldn't produce one, he could no longer shoot in Portland and decided to make the movie with what he had already shot; etc.Before the ending, I disliked: 1. Terrible dialogue that was plodding and tedious. I also disliked the acting. When the characters are merely sitting around mumbling to themselves, they seem believable. But when they have to show anger, fear, or tension, it's not believable.2. Overly-long shots of nothing important: shots of people sleeping for 2 mins; 2 min shots of people eating in silence while the director stands 50 yards away; 5 min shots of people eating Swedish fish and mumbling; etc.3. The fact that the first 40 minutes were useless in terms of plot and character development. And the abrupt disappearance of Carlos and Rachel in the third act.When I watch a movie, I want to walk away seeing something unique: story, cinematography, directing, acting, music, special effects, etc. This is what I got from Cold Weather: a cautionary tale on how not to make a movie.

evanston_dad Be prepared to exert a LOT of patience if you're going to make it through this film.For the first 45 minutes, I really did wonder why on earth I was watching it. A brother, sister, the brother's ex-girlfriend and his best friend sit around various locations not talking or doing anything. Seriously. I understand that a film need not be packed with action in order to be engaging, but the number one rule of character studies is that the characters must be interesting for the film to be. Not so here.And the characters never really do become interesting, but the film does, after a mystery involving the ex-girlfriend's disappearance begins to unravel. The final twenty minutes or so, devoted exclusively to the brother and sister, and especially the film's final scene, make the viewer realize that the whole movie has really been about the brother and sister all along, and only makes one wish that it had delivered more sooner.In general this is a film I would recommend, but with the qualification that its engaging second half doesn't completely make up for the tediousness of its first.Grade: B

rightwingisevil I don't know how people would consider this movie is a good one. The screenplay, the plot, the scenario in all are just too weak and uninteresting. The main male actor is such a wimp with a very unlikable meaty and fleshy face with dumb expression all the time like a retarded person. There is no way any woman would like to start a relationship with this guy. I also wonder why this movie would have to shot in the constant wet weather of Portland, Oregon. The guy read his book back to the light, then slept with lamp still on. The whole movie is just a No Big Deal while trying so hard to make something look big deal out of it. This movie told us that a couple of male dimwits who didn't even know how to deal with their own ordinary daily lives albeit playing private detectives. They both looked so stupid because the dialog of this screenplay made them look just like some worthless losers, no hopes, no ambitions, no nothing. This is a very lame movie with terrible dialog(especially the dialog!), poor acting, poor directing, poor sound tracks. There's nothing worthwhile watching or commentating. By saying so much only proved how frustrating when I watched this lousy movie. Don't waste your time, man.