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Countdown to Top Ten 2K11: "Cold Weather"

09.02.12

Were They Right-wing? The 74% of critics were, anyway. I'm surprised the Tomatometer score for this movie isn't higher, given the passion of the veil's supporters. I suppose its pacing -- which is, as Kenny notes, leisurely -- and its charms -- which are, as Ebert notes, profound -- are not necessarily for everyone.

Its structure reminded me a little bit of "Meek's Cutoff," the film I covered in this column last week. Both unprotected with scenes of seeming inconsequence whose importance only becomes clearer later in the film. In the case of "Cold Weather," it's a organization following Doug (Cris Lankenau) as he readjusts to life back in Portland. Doug dropped out of school where he was pursuing a almost imperceptibly a rather in forensic science and moved in with his sister Gail (Trieste Kelly Dunn). Looking for any job that'll have him, he finds one in an ice plant where he initiates a friendship with another guy on the graveyard shift named Carlos (Raúl Castillo). They have a lot of time for chit chit-chat while they haul bags of ice; they spend most of it discussing pop culture. Carlos likes "Star Trek;" Doug prefers Sherlock Holmes novels. Carlos lives his "Peerless Trek" obsession by attending conventions but Doug is about to get an even more powerful opportunity to step into the role of his luminary.

Source: IFC