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The Family Man

5.8

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Original title: The Family Man
Year: 2000
Running time: 120 min.
Country: United States
Director: Brett Ratner
Screenwriter: David Diamond, David Weissman
Music: Danny Elfman
Cinematography: Dante Spinotti
Cast: Nicolas Cage, Téa Leoni, Don Cheadle, Amber Valletta, Jeremy Piven, Saul Rubinek, Josef Sommer, Mary Beth Hurt, Makenzie Vega, Francine York, Harve Presnell, Ruth Williamson, Kate Walsh, Ken Leung
Producer: Universal Pictures, Beacon Communications
Genre: Drama. Comedy | Comedy-Drama. Family Relationships. Christmas
Synopsis: 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 few weeks, he gets a glimpse of what his life would have been like if he'd married her: a house in Jersey, two children, bowling trophies, a job at his father-in-law's tire store, and a lot of love from his wife Kate. When this Dickensian adventure ends, what will he do?

Critics' reviews

"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."

A. O. Scott: The New York Times
"Sweet, light entertainment, but could have been more. (...) Rating: ★★½ (out of four)."

Roger Ebert: Chicago Sun-Times
"Ratner probably thought it would be Capra-esque, but, really, it's just boring."

Houston Chronicle
"Nicolas Cage gives a performance that invites audiences to lay cynicism aside."

Bob Graham: SFGATE
"Mostly it's a reminder of better movies in this genre"

Lou Lumenick: New York Post
"The movie is sweet, light entertainment, but could have been more (...) Rating: ★★½ (out of 4)"

Roger Ebert: Chicago Sun-Times
"Not even a sincere and heroic effort by Nicolas Cage can redeem the film's essential phoniness."

Kevin Thomas: Los Angeles Times
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