Chicago weatherman David Spritz (Nicolas Cage) is living the life most of us dream of: he’s a celebrity, makes a six-figure salary working two hours a day, and is on the short list for the meteorologist job on a national morning show.

But his professional successes are overshadowed by his personal failures. He’s divorced from his wife, his kids are slipping away from him and even his Pulitzer Prize-winning father (Michael Caine) won’t take him seriously.