Popular Chicago weatherman, Dave Spirtz, has a shot at the big time when a national morning television show calls him for an audition. Professionally, Dave is on top of the world, but his personal life is in complete disarray. Dave's painful divorce, his dad's illness and trouble with his kids have him poised on the knife's edge between stability and disaster. The harder he tries to control events, the more he finds life, like the weather, is completely unpredictable.


电影背景：

　　这部被誉为《关于施密特》(About Schmidt)与《美国美人》(American Beauty)混合体的作品，讲述一名中年男子刚与妻子离婚，又失去在电视台报导天气新闻的优差，在前妻与儿子跟前感到抬不起头来，要慢慢才能摸索到人生还是要继续的道理。由尼古拉斯-凯奇取代凯文-斯派西(Kevin Spacey)饰演有中年危机的男子，新鲜感颇强……

影片简介：

　　尼古拉斯·凯奇在这里扮演一个天气预报员，被他的粉丝们热爱，也被他们诅咒——这些人在天气不好的时候会迁怒于他。尽管事业顺风顺水，在私人生活里他遇到重重危机——妻子要离婚、父亲生重病，当他得到一个诱人的工作机会的时候，他必须面对生活中更大的决定。这部电影的宣传从夏天就开始了，充分显示了派拉蒙电影公司的野心——冲刺奥斯卡。凯恩看起来最有潜力获得奥斯卡提名。