Snow Day

A year ago in Syracuse, Natalie Brandston is an excited little girl that it's a snow day. A year later, Natalie is desperate for a snow day but the weather is not cooperating. Her older brother Hal pines for the unattainable Claire. Lane is his best friend. When the snow actually comes, Natalie plans to take down Snow Plow Man to ensure a second snow day.

This is little kids in a Nickelodeon musical remake. I don't like Hal and that's half the movie. I don't really like Natalie either and that's the other half. Making it a musical is at least doing something different than the original movie.

Apparently, Snow Day (2022) is a Nickelodeon remake of Snow Day (2000) that I did not know about until I looked it up. I did not like this movie because it can be annoying, hard to watch at times, and I did not care about what was happening.

The acting in the movie is not good, and the characters in the movie are hard to watch and annoying. There is one character who I found annoying and hard to listen to because of her high voice, and she would do idiotic things along with the other characters.

The song numbers are average, and the dance choreography was unimpressive when they did happen. When a song number would happen, I would be disinterested in it even if it were part of the plot, but they mostly lead to something dumb like taking down a snowplow machine that I did not like.

There was at times bad editing and the dialogue was hard to listen to. There are also random scenes that would happen for no reason and have no connection to the plot, so once the movie ended, I was tired and frustrated along with the credits that looking like no effort was put into it.

I do not recommend watching Snow Day (2022). This movie is just another Nickelodeon Paramount+ streaming movie they did not put effort into making entertaining, which is why I will not remember this movie at all.

Anything can happen on a snow day!!

Okay, this movie isn't perfect, and several of the songs are forgettable, but much of the cast in this is really good and I think they did a better job with the pacing of this than the original. The storyline with the parents handcuffed by the kid was probably the weakest of the side plots, but I think the good aspects of this outshine the weaker ones. Michaela Russel shines with youthful optimism that I think tops that of the girl from the original. I've always loved Mark Webber from the original, but I think Ky Baldwin does a better job of showing the painful awkwardness of the character. Claire's interest in Hal is done better here, through the attachment she has to the whale necklace. The scene is not about his whale snow sculpture but rather his special the necklace is, and not because the dumb jock boyfriend gave it to her.

The achievement of the second snow day is a LOT more believable here than in the original and I liked the change of the crow to an AI robot. It served the story pretty well and probably saved them the trouble of having to rent a real bird for the shoot.

Again, it isn't a perfect movie, but I don't think the target audience will care about that. Not gonna lie, though, how Lane changed out of her skates so quickly for the big finale musical number is beyond me....

Only saw a trailer and already dont want to watch it.

Exact remake and trying with every character and bird to recreate an original. The 2000 movie was funny and original and good. This already seemed awful.

The acting is typical nickelodeon and the writing has no imagination. Why not make a sequel.of the original? Then you had a good start and something to build on.

Why cant they make these young actors act? They all do the same bad acting.

The writing these days is non imaginative.

The directing and producing is always awful with these kind of movies. They are all the same bad quality.

Be original and be better.

Snow Day is more of a retelling than a remake IMO. It is very light hearted and right in line with other Nickelodeon productions. Sure it's absolutely aimed at a younger audience where the 2000 version that is commonly being used as it's litmus test had a bit more adult oriented humor, with actors that were known for adult humor.

I watched Snow Day with my family and really enjoyed the story. Sure, life is way more involved when you are an adult but when you were a kid, a Snow Day was an unplanned "Get out of jail free" card when routine and responsibility got tossed out the window. Who better to enjoy a story based on that than the generation who still hopes for them every winter. (Or by your inner child remembering trading books and tests for a big hill and a sled!)

I thought the casting was great, the acting was fun, and the musicals that were peppered throughout the movie were right in theme. Except for the fact that now I am overly critical of pancakes for some reason, the only thing I got from this movie was a smile.

Take off your adulting hat before watching and enjoy this with the family.