''Freak Weather'' is a 1999 American drama film directed by Mary Kuryla and starring

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, Jacob Chase and

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. It based on Kuryla's short story of the same name.

Plot

A borderline unstable woman must take care of her smart son, her dog and her boyfriend, one bad day in L.A.

Cast

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*Jacob Chase *

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* John Heard

Reception

Eddie Cockrell of ''

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'' gave the film a mixed review and wrote, "Buried in ambitious intentions, ''Freak Weather'' is an audacious yet distasteful debacle that squanders terrific Aussie thesp Jacqueline McKenzie (''

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'', '' Deep Blue Sea'') as an abused g.f. who debases herself in a vain attempt to please her offscreen paramour." Noel Murray of ''

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'' gave the film a negative review and wrote, "The movie starts out comically bizarre and becomes pointlessly violent, driven by behavior and characters so far outside the norm that they're useful only as metaphors for abandonment. ''Freak Weather'' also suffers from an overbearing heavy-metal score, and too many name actors in small roles."

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, 0150634 American drama films 1999 drama films 1999 films Films based on short fiction 1990s English-language films 1990s American films