Cold Weather

Released Feb 4, 2011

1h 37m

Comedy

Mystery & Thriller

List

77%

64 Reviews

Tomatometer

52%

1,000+ Ratings

Audience Score

Armed with a few clues and an in-depth knowledge of Sherlock Holmes lore, an ice-factory worker (Cris Lankenau) leads his sister and a co-worker on a search for his missing former lover.

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Critics Consensus

For viewers who manage to stay invested in its occasionally aimless story, Cold Weather proves a surprisingly sophisticated blend of mumblecore and indie noir.

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aaron g

Interesting to see parts of Portland represented in film, but characters weren't compelling, mumbled on about uninteresting things while minimally acting. Couldn't get through it, just didn't care why his listless ex disappeared... probably just too bored, much like the audience.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

03/30/23

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Audience Member

Hardly worth it. Positive: The characters are well developed. Despite it's slow pace, I found myself interested enough in them to want to see what was next. Negative: A story line that promises something, but never delivers. The big finale was b-ll sh-t. The girlfriends situation made no sense and was rushed through on purpose because the writers couldn't come up with anything. So they copped out with a pull-the-plug ending. Gimme a break - phoney styling. Suddenly the credits come up and all I thought was "oh well, another movie that went nowhere". I understand that wrapping a story up like this can be difficult, but they needed to do better. Big disappointment.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

01/14/23

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Serge L

Film is very ordinary life. It is comical, slow comedy of every day, and reminding my teenage years. Then his ex disappears, they find her, and then I lost track because I started watching something else at the same time. The ending is strange, as if they got back at the bad guys. Stole the luggage. I don't think we know what is inside by the end. I hope to find out more from the reviews so that I don't need to watch the last parts, where I got distracted. I have more seuthing happening in my real life. Stupid mobsters...

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

03/20/17

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Audience Member

Film is very ordinary life. It is comical, slow comedy of every day, and reminding my teenage years. Then his ex disappears, they find her, and then I lost track because I started watching something else at the same time. The ending is strange, as if they got back at the bad guys. Stole the luggage. I don't think we know what is inside by the end. I hope to find out more from the reviews so that I don't need to watch the last parts, where I got distracted. I have more seuthing happening in my real life. Stupid mobsters...

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

02/20/23

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Audience Member

Excellent low budget / Indie Movie.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/07/23

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Audience Member

Good premise presented too slowly.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/27/23

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Aaron Katz

Director

Cris Lankenau

Doug

Trieste Kelly Dunn

Gail

Raúl Castillo

Carlos

Robyn Rikoon

Rachel

Brendan McFadden

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Scott Foundas

Film Comment Magazine

Katz here shows himself to also be one of the few American directors of his generation (he is 29) with a strong sense of composition and movement, sound design as suspense, landscape as character.

Jun 20, 2013

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J. R. Jones

Chicago Reader

The result is pretty entertaining, though most of that entertainment derives from Katz's skillful exploitation of gumshoe formula.

Dec 13, 2011

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Philip French

Guardian

There are a few good moments. But not enough to make the journey necessary or justify the abrupt ending.

Apr 17, 2011

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Rene Jordan

El Nuevo Herald (Miami)

Cold Weather is visually attractive, but dramatically bare. [Full review in Spanish]

Oct 5, 2022

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Molly Templeton

Eugene Weekly (OR)

Cold Weather is more formally lovely than any mumblecore film I've yet seen (and I do have a modest taste for the genre, if you can really call it that).

Feb 27, 2019

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John Powers

NPR's Fresh Air

[Director] Aaron Katz... may not have much money to work with but has everything else - a sly sense of humor, a light touch with relationships, and a keen sense of visual beauty. These virtues are all on display in this dreamy shape-shifter of a picture.

May 17, 2018

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Synopsis

Armed with a few clues and an in-depth knowledge of Sherlock Holmes lore, an ice-factory worker (Cris Lankenau) leads his sister and a co-worker on a search for his missing former lover.

Director: Aaron Katz
Screenwriter: Aaron Katz, Brendan McFadden, Ben Stambler
Distributor: IFC Films
Production Co: Parts & Labor
Genre: Comedy, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Feb 4, 2011, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Feb 26, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $141.4K
Runtime: 1h 37m

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