Emmanuelle Chriqui in Snow Day (2000)
Clips
Pics
Review
Rals: Who’s tried just about everything to stay up there on the sliver screen, probably so that he may continue to live in the manner to which he has no doubt become accustomed? Answer: Chevy Chase (Caddy shack, SNL, Father of the Bride) who teams up with cast members Pam Grier (Jackie Brown and a ton of Blaxplotation movies) Chris “The Embarrassing Idiot” Elliot (David Letterman Show, There’s Something About Mary, Groundhog Day) and the beautiful and exotic Canadian Actress of Moroccan heritage, Emmanuelle Chriqui (On the Line, 100 Girls, Detroit Rock City.) What… get serious, a kid’s movie in Mr. Skin review, say it isn’t so! Tell me, what did you think of Chevy in this venue, Oz?
OZ: "Dashing through the snow.. on a one horse Downey Jr... (we laugh for a while…) Don't you love it when an aging ne'er-was-funny sticks his head up in a kid’s movie and proves that, no matter how much cash you used to make, eventually you gotta pay the rent?! Chevy Chase gets his turn here in a film forgettable in every respect. So forgettable, I forgot about it altogether and had to go through my press notes to remember what the Hell happened. Way to pick 'em, Chevy!
Rali: What did your press notes say?
OZ: (Deep breath and with a sigh…) So Snow Day is about a day when it snows and the kids want a day off but the evil plow guy (Elliot) is out there clearing up the roads so the kids, thinking that 'anything can happen ona Snow Day' plot to foil the evil plow guy. And there's a zany school principal. And an Iggy Pop cameo. And a teenage girl with big chestbubbles
Rali: Ah, you mean that gorgeous watermelon smuggler, Emmanuelle Chriqui!
Oz: Right, Miss Bonner… so, Chevy Chase!... Anyway she dates the jerky jock. And the nice guy brother of the snow-kids' leader who wants to date chestbubble girl, if she only knew how nice he was and if he only knew that this chick, his best friend is secretly in love with him and Chevy Chase is a weatherman… Oy, my head is hurting!
Rali: You’re a pro, forge on! Is it worth renting…
OZ: Is Snow Day worth viewing? The answer is 'kinda'. Snow Day does have moments of loveable charm (there's an expression I've never used before) and if you have a kid brother or sister and a parent who insists you can't take them to anything rated over PG, you could do worse.
But where Snow Day comes unstuck is the same place For Love Of The Game came unstuck earlier in the year. It tries to grab multiple demographics and ends up losing grasp of just about all of them! Is Snow Day a kid’s romp aimed at 8 year olds? And if so, what's with the teenage romance with geekboy and chestbubble girl? What are the eight year olds supposed to do with that, other than cringe and say "eeeew, cooties!" And what's with the whole Chevy Chase "I'm an honest weatherman being beaten in the ratings by a hotshot young guy" angle? Is this to keep mom and pop amused while the kids kick the backs of their seats while waiting for the zaniness to return?
Rali: So that makes it a firm…
OZ: …Feh! It's average. A little bit of good stuff for all and sundry but not enough to keep any particular part of your family amused for the duration. Forgettable, missable, inoffensive, mostly competent, Snow Day was not a Movie That Had To Be Made but it's better than anything Martin Lawrence could throw your way. Eeew, cooties!
Rali: Well, you know that my ass gets hard even before the other side does and so I can sit through a lot waiting to see a little spice… and although I wasn’t quite satisfied, I wasn’t really disappointed either.
Nudity Report: This young beautiful Arabic babe from Montreal is just incredible! She was ready to "explode a sex bomb" all over most of her scenes… I’m thinking of the bit where you could see through her white “wife beater” t-shirt… she’s dashing around with a tooth brush in her mouth and the action underneath, where she carries around her two watermelons… was like two puppies having quite a scrap! Then, standing in front of the window… what a fabulous view of her taut little tummy, her beautiful belly button and those dark, dark brown spots, sticking out on top of the huge white bubbles of her pajama top! She looked even better in the wet red Speedo bathing suit… might as well have just painted her tits red… almost everything was there for you to see! Pretty cool away to get around the MPAA!
OZ: Would you recommend it?
Rali: Even call… 50/50. It’s competent, mindless, typical of a lot of Chevy Chase fair but with “Miss Bonner, pronounced Bohner, showing up from time to time, I’m thinking… 69… excuse me, that’s what I’m thinking… that’s not the rating… it’s still 50/50! The best reason there is to spend your dough on a membership to this site rather than blow about the same amount on the movie rental!
Critics: Roger Ebert: 1.5/4, Berardinelli: 2.5/4 Apollo: 68 IMDB Summary: 4.4 out of 10
Box Office: It was third after its opening weekend bringing in $14,331,819. Not bad when the entire budget was only $13,000.000!
Versions: It Plays regularly on TV. Most video rentals/retail outlets have it in VHS for all markets. DVD: Video Format: Anamorphic 1.77:1 Widescreen, Audio Format: Dolby Digital 5.1, DVD Format: DVD-9, Language Tracks: English, French, Subtitle Tracks: English (Captions), French (Supplements Only), Length: 89 minutes, Rating: PG, Release Date: 10/03/00, Packaging: Keep Case, Region Code: 1, Studio: Paramount, Catalog Number: 33664. Extras: More than 10 minutes of the cast and crew talking about the film, 4 minutes of Promo clips and trailers, director, Chris Koch’s commentary along with the writers, is interesting and hey, the French Subtitles do not work.. deleted at the last minute probably… Emmanuelle’s family and friends in Montreal will not be happy belly dancers!
Written by: Oz with Ralston Suffield