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The Weather Man (2005)

★ 6.1 · 1,076 ratings on TMDB

...bring an umbrella

The Weather Man poster★ 6.1

A Chicago weather man, separated from his wife and children, debates whether professional and personal success are mutually exclusive.

DirectorGore Verbinski
CastChris Marrs, Dina Facklis, Gemmenne de la Peña, Gil Bellows, Hope Davis, Judith McConnell
GenresComedy, Drama
The emergence reading

The Weather Man keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8/E9 of the E0–E14 reality ladder.

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