[The] playfully woven combination of cool comedy and realistic romance provides audiences across the board with one of the few films this season that is likely to entertain almost everyone.
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12/22/00
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The Family Man (2000)
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Reviews Counted:126
Fresh:67
Rotten:59
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.
Theatrical Release:Dec 22, 2000 Wide
Box Office: $73,708,015
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... [More]
Starring: Nicolas Cage, Téa Leoni, Don Cheadle, Jeremy Piven
Director: Brett Ratner
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Reviews for The Family Man
The movie is bogus, but weirdly involving.
12/22/00
Modestly entertains and uplifts us.
12/22/00
It seems that every few years the studios release movies that seek to offer Christmas magic but end up feeling forlorn and empty.
12/22/00
Top CriticNot even a sincere and heroic effort by Nicolas Cage can redeem the film's essential phoniness.
12/22/00
Top CriticThis predictable Christmas pudding actually possesses a little flavor, thanks almost entirely to its key performers.
12/22/00
Will undoubtedly run alongside A Christmas Story on cable stations around the Christmas season for years to come as a staple of the Season.
12/22/00
It's beautifully adorned with two shining ornaments: Nicolas Cage and Tea Leoni.
12/22/00
Like a pair of comfortable old shoes one wears around the house when no one else is watching. Regardless of how those shoes look, they still feel pretty darn good.
12/22/00
A warm, glossy holiday fable that hits some surprisingly sweet notes.
12/21/00
Top CriticNothing more, or less, than a cheap, dirty grab at our Christmas spirit.
12/21/00
Top CriticIt is the peculiar generic cinematic gag gift of the season.
12/21/00
Once we get past the initial appearance, everything about The Family Man is recycled.
12/21/00
Top CriticCage and Leoni have great chemistry together and little Ms. Vega is cute as a button.
12/21/00
Highly compensated Hollywood types who make calculatedly commercial movies are the last folks who should be telling us we're unworthy, unfulfilled people if we don't sacrifice everything to raise a family.
12/21/00
Top CriticConjures up only lukewarm family feelings.
12/21/00
The over-the-top bigness of Cage and the understated honesty of Leoni refresh this well-worn story.
12/21/00
An entertaining romantic comedy that delights despite (or, others may feel, because of) its high mush quotient.
12/21/00
An easier movie to tolerate than it should be if, like me, you're in love with Téa Leoni, who ... rescues the movie from the tar pit of irrelevance.
12/21/00
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