Cold Weather
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64 out of 100

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  • Summary: After abandoning a promising academic career in forensic science, a self-styled Sherlock Holmes, Doug, returns to Portland to live with his more responsible big sister Gail. He lands a dead-end job working in an ice factory, but soon finds an opportunity to use his passion and skill in detective work when his ex-girlfriend, Rachel goes missing. Enlisting a team of ramshackle slacker-sleuths, Doug leads his team down a complex trail of clues and increasingly close to the discovering the mysterious truth about Rachel. (IFC Films)… Expand

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 11 out of 21
  2. Mixed: 10 out of 21
  3. Negative: 0 out of 21
  1. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Betsy Sharkey
    Feb 10, 2011
    90
    Like an exquisite minimalist painting - its beauty will move you, its simplicity will fool you. For there are layers and complexities to be found in the film, like the many mysteries it slowly exposes.
  2. Chicago Reader
    Reviewed by: J.R. Jones
    Mar 10, 2011
    70
    The result is pretty entertaining, though most of that entertainment derives from Katz's skillful exploitation of gumshoe formula.
  3. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: J. Hoberman
    Feb 1, 2011
    60
    Steadily building in intensity from sluggish interest to mild excitement, Cold Weather is a slight movie with a long, circuitous fuse-and that's the point.
  4. Time Out New York
    Reviewed by: Joshua Rothkopf
    Feb 1, 2011
    60
    Just as soon as that rarest Lebowskian blend of casual pursuit and big-world conspiracy begins to emerge from the fog, Cold Weather appears to lose its nerve (or run out of money).

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  3. Negative: 1 out of 3
  1. pinattar
    8
    i enjoyed this movie, manly because of its tone and atmosphere. it felt very organic. the dialogue, the characters, what they did and how they acted just felt real like these people actually exist .im not sure what is was that made me think this, it could have been the directing (but i havnt seen anything else from this director), or the acting (same thing, new actors for me) or the writing (same as the other two). the story itself is so-so. the first half is good, you learn about the characters and all that good stuff but i lost some interest in the end part of the second half. the movie as a whole is good, its very "subtle", not much happens and when things do happen in the 2nd half its very played downed (not huge car chase, or people shooting guns or anything like that). i wouldnt recommend this to everyone, it will appeal to some people and not others. i liked it (if thats worth anything)… Expand
  2. filmtrashreview
    5
    A great indie feel and trust me I love indie. However, the basic plot of a real life "cool" Sherlock Holmes novel is just completely stupid. As long and drawn out as the story might be. Unlike classics like "A Clockwork Orange" this story never and I repeat NEVER pays off.… Expand
  3. RobinsNest
    0
    Why does a movie have an "indie feel'? maybe that means it is a boring, uninteresting movie. Which this is. The first 30 minutes or so nothing happens. There are long shots of people sitting in a restaurant, eating dinner, standing on a bridge, walking, little or no dialogue. Nothing happens. Little background on the characters. Someone pops in , pops out, no rhyme, no reason, no interest. Then a mystery starts, I guess. A woman is missing. Well, she is not in her room, the guys rent a room, the phone rings, he doesn't answer, the other guy barges in, they drive, a postcard, the pencil and pad trick, on and on, boring, slow, dull!!!! Had to stop watching. Couldn't waste any more tine. A complete failure. Maybe an "indie feel" is when the filmmaker tries to make it look like real life. Then boundless praise is heaped on him for a "real, gritty film"; it makes all the film festivals, it's a winner. Why?… Expand

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