Line #12 YMMV/SnowDay


1	* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: Given he at one point thinks he does hit the trio with his truck and that he kidnaps and ransoms Wayne later too, is Snowplowman actually the rumored mass murderer the kids think he is?
2	* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic:
3	** The entire soundtrack is a nice little collection of Y2K era teen pop (with a little SkaPunk from Music/SmashMouth and Music/TheMightyMightyBosstones for good measure), ''especially'' the BreakawayPopHit "Another Dumb Blonde" by Hoku.
4	** Music/{{Foreigner\|Band}}'s "Waiting for a Girl Like You" shows up in the movie too.
5	* BaseBreakingCharacter: Hal. He's either a likable protagonist or a creepy teenage boy who took his obsession with Claire way too far.
6	* BrokenBase: Amongst fans of ''Series/TheAdventuresOfPeteAndPete''. Some see it as a nice ending to the series even if they would've preferred one with the actual characters and actors. Others feel like the movie [[TheyChangedItNowItSucks feels like a pale imitation of the series]] and wish they would've made an actual Pete and Pete movie instead.
7	* ClicheStorm: Every storyline in this film has been done before. Even the most original story, the Snow Plow Man one, had the same plot as an episode of ''Series/TheAdventuresOfPeteAndPete'' (not coincidentally, the script began life as a ''Pete & Pete'' movie). At other points, it feels like Film/HomeAlone on ice.
8	* CriticalDissonance: ''Snow Day'' received mostly negative reviews from critics, but audiences seemed to enjoy it. It surpassed its $13 million production budget with its opening weekend gross, and eventually earned just over $60 million in the United States.
9	* CultClassic: It doesn't hit the fever pitch that ''Film/GoodBurger'' does, but there's a respectable amount of nostalgia surrounding the film from those who grew up with it, so much so that it got a musical remake in 2022.
10	* DesignatedHero:
11	** The kids as, even though the snow plow man is a jerk, they are pretty much trying to stop him for no other reason than he's doing his job, a job that would benefit many people in real life.
12	*** It's a little worse in the musical remake because they cut his break lines (unintentionally) and laugh about it and the only reason the kids are trying to stop the snowplow man is so Natalie doesn't have to take a test before winter break (she could just use that day to study). Also Natalie blackmails the teachers into giving her good grades.
13	** Hal would also count, as he stalks Claire but is seen as being better than Chuck because...at least he's not a bully? Hal's future self as the narrator talks about his behavior in a somewhat mocking tone at points implying he at least saw how ridiculous he was later in life.
14	* DesignatedVillain:
15	** Many would argue the Snow Plow Man was just doing his job, a job that is actually beneficial to many people (as they need the snow cleared from the roads so they can go to work). Obviously, the kids see the snow plow man as the villain ''because'' him doing his job would prevent them from having a few days off from school to have fun. Snowplowman though given he also kidnaps and ransoms Wayne and that the rumors about him running kids down are not necessarily proven false may not be this, but the second part is at least left more to ACI though.
16	** Chad Simmons. Sure, he is a BrainlessBeauty who has no clue of how weather works, but he is not a mean man (well, not meaner than Tom Brandston, the man who led Chad to reveal being said brainless beauty and thus humiliated on live television). The subplot makes it pretty clear that his and Tom's TV station are battling for ratings in a very cut-throat fashion (by children's film standards), so [[GreaterScopeVillain the real villains]] are the executives who signed off on Chad being the weatherman.
17	* EnsembleDarkhorse: Claire, mostly for being played by [[MsFanservice Emmanuelle Chriqui]].
18	* FridgeHorror: Abducting and strapping Wayne to the front of his truck and before that pretending he did nothing wrong when he nearly hits the trio very likely gives credence to the rumors that Snowplowman has really run over and murdered kids with his truck for years.
19	* SugarWiki/FunnyMoments: There's a reason that this movie was a box office success despite the negative reviews.
20	** One of the snowballs offered to Lane one with a hole in the middle called the Moon Ball, how did it get it's name?
21	-->The last thing he sees, is you mooning him.
22	** After Tom's news report, the anchorwoman covers a story about a man who sued himself and won
23	** Clairestock full stop. Hal's stalkerish obsession towards Claire? Creepy. Dozens of guys coming in droves to Claire's house with signs and gifts begging her to go out with them? Too ridiculous to not find funny.
24	* HilariousInHindsight: Creator/PamGrier plays a news producer who at one point wears a yellow coat. A decade later Nickelodeon would get the rights to Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles, which has one of the most iconic news reporters known for their ''yellow coat''.
25	** Mark Webber plays a guy pursuing the girl of his dreams while having to deal with her evil ex-boyfriend, his somewhat bitter female friend who has feelings for him, and, to a lesser extent, his dream girl's disapproving friend(s). [[Film/ScottPilgrimVsTheWorld Sound familiar to another movie he was in?]]
26	* MoralEventHorizon: Snowplowman has three possibles: If he's run over kids before, he crossed there. The other two are when he almost kills the trio early on and another is when he abducts Wayne and straps him to the front of his truck.
27	* NightmareFuel: Every time the Snow Plow Man comes on screen with his truck. The kids start screaming and trying to run away from him. They even mention disturbing rumors regarding him.
28	* RetroactiveRecognition: [[Film/ScottPilgrimVsTheWorld Stephen Stills]] as the main character. Creator/EmmanuelleChriqui and Creator/SchulyerFisk play the love interests. Wayne (Creator/JoshPeck) is [[Series/DrakeAndJosh Josh Nichols]]. Natalie is Zena Grey, who was Peck's co-star in ''Film/MaxKeeblesBigMove''. And the Snowplowman is Creator/ChrisElliott who would eventually go on to do [[WesternAnimation/{{Dilbert}} Dogbert]].
29	* SoOkayItsAverage: To most people this (and its musical remake) is just another kids movie and nothing more.
30	* SpiritualLicensee: It was originally written as a film adaptation of ''Series/TheAdventuresOfPeteAndPete'', and it shows.
31	* {{Squick}}:
32	** Hal sniffing Claire's bracelet after finding it at the bottom of a swimming pool can come off as creepy to some; he takes it one step further and even tries it on as an anklet later! Someone even made a comment about how creepy it was on Twitter and Mark Webber, the actor who played Hal, liked the tweet! (However, he doesn't find the movie to be an OldShame, as he's mentioned that he likes it on Twitter).
33	** Music/IggyPop had to stick his hand in a toilet for a scene. [[OldShame He was so repulsed that he quit acting for a while]].
34	** [[spoiler:Roger]] The Snow Plow Man's ''dipping and eating French Fries off of Wayne's ketchup-dipped body in the middle of a snow-covered road''. UGGGH!
35	* StrawmanHasAPoint:
36	** One of Claire's snobby popular girl friends points out that it is rather ridiculous for Claire to be dating Hal when she doesn't even know him.
37	** Snow Plow Man has a homicidal hatred towards kids, but it is his job to plow the snow even if they don't get another snow day from it.
38	* TookTheBadFilmSeriously: While the movie received mostly negative reviews, Schuyler Fisk and Mark Webber were singled out for praise in some reviews, even for some reviewers that otherwise disliked the movie or just found it to be average.
39	* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: There is A LOT of late 90's-early 2000's-era bubblegum pop music in this movie. Not only that but it has two Music/SmashMouth songs and "There She Goes" by Sixpence None the Richer.

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