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The Family Man

Drama. Comedy On Christmas Eve, two days before he pulls off a multi-billion-dollar merger, Wall Street hot-shot Jack Campbell (Nicolas Cage) gets a phone message from a woman he almost married 13 years before. He also tells a gun-toting street tough that he has everything he needs. The punk laughs. Christmas morning, Jack wakes up next to his old girlfriend, Kate (Téa Leoni), in some sort of parallel universe, in a 12-year marriage. Over the next ... [+]
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The New York Times
The New York Times
"O.K., It´s a Wonderful Life. But Where Is It? (...) 'The Family Man' asks us to feel sorry for Mr. Cage's character both when he is rich and when he is part of the middle class."  NEG
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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
"Sweet, light entertainment, but could have been more. (...) Rating: ★★½ (out of four)." NEU
United StatesUnited States Houston Chronicle "Ratner probably thought it would be Capra-esque, but, really, it's just boring." NEG
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SFGATE
SFGATE
"Nicolas Cage gives a performance that invites audiences to lay cynicism aside."  POS
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New York Post
New York Post
"Mostly it's a reminder of better movies in this genre" NEU
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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
"The movie is sweet, light entertainment, but could have been more (...) Rating: ★★½ (out of 4)"  POS
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Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times
"Not even a sincere and heroic effort by Nicolas Cage can redeem the film's essential phoniness." NEG
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The Washington Post
The Washington Post
"Nothing more, or less, than a cheap, dirty grab at our Christmas spirit." NEG
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ReelViews
ReelViews
"The screenplay is effective enough to get us thinking about a few philosophical issues ... while it tells a worthwhile story." POS
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