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The Family Man

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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

Cast

Music

Danny Elfman

Cinematography

Dante Spinotti

Producer

Universal Pictures, Beacon Communications

Genre

Drama. Comedy | Comedy-Drama. Family Relationships. Paternity. 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?

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Awards: 2000: Saturn Awards (Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films): Best Actress. 2 nominations

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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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45 My Top 10 Movies from 2000 (53)
89 Movies that Don't Seem that Special but are Very Special to Me (48)

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