Rotten
Snow Day fails both as arrested-development farce and as teen-age romantic comedy.
A.O. Scott, New York Times
Snow Day
Roads closed. Schools shut. Rules were made to be frozen!
2000 · 1h 29m · PG
Adventure, Comedy, Family
Directed by
Chris Koch
Overview
When an entire town in upstate New York is closed down by an unexpected snowfall, a "snow day" begins when a group of elementary school kids, led by Natalie Brandston, try to ensure that the schools stay closed by stopping a mechanical snowplow driver by trying to hijack his plow truck. Meanwhile, Natalie's big brother Hal is using this day to try to win the affections of Claire Bonner, the most popular girl in his high school, while Hal and Natalie's father Tom, a TV meteorologist, faces off against a rival meteorologist for weather coverage of the day's events.
Director and cast
- Chris Koch Director
- Mark Webber as Hal Brandston
- Schuyler Fisk as Lane Leonard
- Zena Grey as Natalie Brandston
- Chris Elliott as Roger the Snowplowman
- Chevy Chase as Tom Brandston
- Jean Smart as Laura Brandston
- Emmanuelle Chriqui as Claire Bonner
- Iggy Pop as Mr. Zellweger
- Pam Grier as Tina
- John Schneider as Chad Symmonz
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
29%
Tomatometer
Rotten
Snow Day is an uninspired assembly of characters and story lines.
Roger Ebert, At the Movies
Rotten
There's little here to offend anyone, and even less here to excite anyone.
Desson Thomson, Washington Post
Fresh
Young Grey is a firecracker of talent; Fisk delivers a lovely, unaffected performance, and Chriqui is a sparkling, doe-eyed beauty.
Lael Loewenstein, Variety
Rotten
Not a waste of time, but not quite in control of its destination.
Tom Keogh, Film.com
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