
Doug (Lankenau) returns home to Portland, Oregon after dropping out of college in Chicago. When his ex-girlfriend, Rachel (Rikoon), materializes and subsequently disappears, Doug sets on an investigation with his co-worker, Carlos (Castillo), as the two men put their love of old detective novels to use.... (Full plot summary below)
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Doug (Lankenau) returns home to Portland, Oregon after dropping out of college in Chicago. When his ex-girlfriend, Rachel (Rikoon), materializes and subsequently disappears, Doug sets on an investigation with his co-worker, Carlos (Castillo), as the two men put their love of old detective novels to use.
Leave your thoughts about Cold Weather.
| Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanCold Weather becomes the world's first mumblecore "thriller" - a good idea for a movie that someone, in the future, should execute a bit less lackadaisically. |
| Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertGood in so many subtle ways, I despair of doing them justice. |
| Chicago ReaderJ. R. JonesThe result is pretty entertaining, though most of that entertainment derives from Katz's skillful exploitation of gumshoe formula. |
| Wall Street JournalJoe MorgensternOne difficulty with this film is that Doug is the least vital of the three main characters; he has mastered mildness as a second language. Another is the zone in which the film operates, equidistant between droll and dull. If that's a comfort zone for you, Cold Weather may be worth a look-see. |
| AV ClubNoel MurrayThe movie does have a charm that develops gradually. |
| Boston GlobeTy BurrThis is a slacker detective story, emphasis on the slack, and if you can downshift into its loping rhythms, it's pretty wonderful. |
| Reeling ReviewsRobin CliffordThe obvious low, low budget is a mere obstacle for a filmmaker who uses intelligence, talent and humor to tell an entertaining yarn. |
| MovielineStephanie ZacharekCold Weather is partly a movie with an actual plot, not just a portrait of young twentysomethings adrift in unfulfilling circumstances. |
| New York TimesManohla DargisWith no grand speeches or oversized gestures, Mr. Katz creates a specific world that gracefully enlarges with universal meaning. |
| Filmcritic.comJesse HassengerKatz has honed the offhand observational techniques of mumblecore, gazing at characters and genre rather than navels; I can't wait to see where he looks next. |