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01/26/06
The Family Man (2000)
52 %
Reviews Counted: 113 Fresh: 59 Rotten:54 Average Rating: 5.5/10
Consensus:
Despite good performances by Cage and especially by Leoni, The Family Man is too predictable and derivative to add anything new to the Christmas genre. Also, it sinks under its sentimentality.
Runtime: 2 hrs 6 mins
Synopsis: Nicolas Cage stars as Jack Campbell, a career-driven workaholic who has everything: an exciting job, a Ferarri, a closetful of Zegna suits, and the attention of any woman he wants. His life changes when, after working a full day on Christmas Eve, he intervenes in a convenience store holdup.... [More]
Genre: Dramas
Starring: Nicolas Cage, Téa Leoni, Don Cheadle, Jeremy Piven, Amber Valletta
Director: Brett Ratner
Screenwriter: David Diamond, David Weissman
Producer: Marc Abraham, Tony Ludwig, Alan Riche, Howard Rosenman
Screenwriter: David Diamond, David Weissman
Producer: Marc Abraham, Tony Ludwig, Alan Riche, Howard Rosenman
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The makers of The Family Man were trying to do a kind of reverse It's a Wonderful Life without ever realizing that it doesn't work on paper, much less on the screen.
06/05/03
Succeeds because of a combination of great performances (Tea Leoni is a real standout), a solid script and an ending that is not exactly what you would expect.
12/08/02
Not much more than a contemporary remix of Scrooged, but it's different enough to keep you awake and hipped-up enough to make you like it.
12/08/02
Cage and Leoni are cute together and struggle mightily, but they can't overcome this sinking ship of a script by David Diamond and David Weissman that telegraphs the ending in the first 20 minutes.
10/21/02
There is not a lot wrong with The Family Man, except for an almost total lack of surprise and a nasty attitude toward exactly the people who are supposed to pay money to watch it.
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