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For those who live in the Sun Belt, a snow day is that miraculous event in which blizzards and snowdrifts close schools and afford children a precious day off. As one character notes here, anything can happen on a snow day. And for the Brandston family, it does. Ratings-impaired weatherman Tom Brandston (Chevy Chase), his workaholic wife Laura (Jean Smart), lovestruck teenage son Hal (Mark Webber), and plucky younger daughter Natalie (Zena Gray), who is determined to stop the dreaded Snowplow Man (Chris Elliot in the role he was born to play) from clearing the streets. Nickelodeon produced this PG-rated comedy, so expect plenty of slapstick, mild crudities, and adult bashing. The school's snow-hating principal takes some particularly frosty abuse. Among this film's quirky pleasures is the casting of proto-punk Iggy Pop as an ice-rink deejay who spins Al Martino records. No matter the season, Snow Day offers viewers a mindless vacation for 90 carefree minutes. Donald Liebenson

All Movie Guide

It's the day children dream of and parents dread: a sudden snowstorm causes the cancellation of school, giving kids a day off and their folks one more thing to worry about. Snow Day traces what happens in an upstate New York town when a thick layer of white stuff forces local schools to take a day off. Fifteen-year-old Hal Brandston (Mark Webber) is crazy about Claire Bonner (Emmanuelle Chriqui), the prettiest girl in his tenth-grade class, who already has a boyfriend -- the class jock and BMOC. Will the magical powers of Snow Day give Hal a chance to win her away? Meanwhile, Hal's ten-year-old sister, Natalie (Zena Grey), is having so much fun with Snow Day that she doesn't want it to end, so she makes sure the Snow Plow Man (Chris Elliott) can't get the roads cleared before morning. Four-year-old Randy Brandston (Connor Matheus) is all cranked up and ready to enjoy life on a day with no day care -- bad news for his mom, Laura (Jean Smart), a businesswoman who has to close an important deal. And weather is a sore spot with father Tom Brandston (Chevy Chase); as the meteorologist at the lowest-rated TV station in town, he is trying in vain to get folks to pay attention to what he has to say about snow, rain, and the elements. Snow Day was produced by Nickelodeon Movies, the feature-film branch of the children's television network, and its eclectic cast also includes Pam Grier, John Schneider, and Iggy Pop. Mark Deming

Product Details

• UPC: 097363366447
• Source: PARAMOUNT
• Region Code: 1
• Aspect Ratio: Theatre Wide-Screen (1.85.1)
• Presentation: Wide Screen
• Sound: Dolby Digital Surround, Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround
• Language: English, Français
• Subtitles: English
• Time: 1:29:00
• Sales Rank: 26,673

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