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Snow Day came out in 2000. I wanted to see it ever since a snow day in 2001. Today is my chance. Chevy Chase is a meteorologist, and so is Greg Kinnear. What an all star cast, eh? Wrong. No, wait, that wasn't Greg Kinnear.

Holy crap-- I just saw the worst scene in a movie ever. This kid totally blew his line, but he must have so many times they just used this one. It's a chubby little brother character. He's terrible, even for a child.

Now for the story. Splits three ways, but I'm sure they'll connect one way or another. Big brother wants to date the super-hot swim team girl-- and my math tells me it's legally okay for me to call her super-hot. She doesn't even notice the poor kid. Number two: little girl wants snow because she wants to get off school. That's the only reason I can determine. Third is Chevy Chase, one of those lame weather men who dress up and do hokey things. He strives to be taken seriously in comparison to the Kinnear-looking guy..

When snow hits the town in the midst of a heatwave, then the dad gets legitimacy and the daughter gets the snow day. Good. Two down. Of course the brother's kind of ignoring the sister now that he's all about the girl. You win some, you lose some, kid.

The sister now unhatches a plot to take out the snow plow man. She feels that this will secure two days off from school in a row. I'm not understanding this because he already plowed most of the roads. Also, the sun is already shining. Then again, the snow did shine in Wilkes-Barre today and it was 30 degrees outside.

So we missed a few things because I'm trying to keep this short. It's a kids movie and they don't have the attention span for such things as the Killer Klowns... viewing guide. Anyway, Chevy Chase is past wanting to be taken seriously-- he's moved in to competition. He's crazy wanting to beat the other weather man. And the girl? She's still trying to take out the snow plow man. That's Chris Elliot-- you know him.

The mom is now rediscovering her love for her irritating and ADD-driven kid. Wait-- an action figure is talking to the girl now? And how about our early-teen Romeo? Well he's chasing after the girl. I missed something about that, but I don't know what. I got a shower-- what do you want from me? Anyway, his friend kisses him and she reveals her love. We knew that from the beginning, but he had no idea.

So the guy goes to the pool to see hot chick, who kisses him, then he tells her about the other girl kissing him, then she sends him back to her! And he goes! This is middle school, pal-- take the lookers while you can! But he'll go for the friend, because that teaches us that looks aren't so important. She's not a troll, but still.

So what's so bad about this flick, eh? One dazzlingly awful thing is the soundtrack. Being a Nickelodeon movie, it has cliche crap music, that has the power to take you back to 2000 and the lame pop stations. I like the Mighty Mighty Bosstones, and they're on there, but Smashmouth, LFO, Sixpence None the Richer, and Smashmouth again?! Oh-- you know the friend who kissed the guy? She has a song in the movie too. I hate that-- especially when you've never heard of the person as a singer or actor.

There's also one more thing that makes this movie so hard to deal with: it lets kids believe that they can make a difference in whether or not they can go to school. Guy goes back and gets his friend to kiss again. And wouldn't you know it? The sister comes back to save the brother from the hot chick's ex-boyfriend, who was going to mess him up. Chevy Chase also made a fool out of the Greg Kinnear look-alike, and so he wins out too.

An overall review? Well, let's say this. For a Nickelodeon movie that I wanted to see for four years, it was alright. You've gotta admit, I had some stock in this sucker, but I never held it so high that it would be Citizen Kane-- so I was overall satisfied. And I would be remiss if I didn't mention Iggy Pop's cameo as the ice skating rink DJ. If you have a kid and a snow day, this movie will not only make it pass, but it will also give you ideas of what you could do with the rest of the day. I suggest it for any snow day. Chevy Chase is still an embarrassment to all humans though.