The Family Man2000
The Family Man (2000)
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Critic 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.
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Cast
as Jack
as Kate
as Cash
as Arnie
as Alan
as Peter
as Big Ed
as Adelle
as Evelyn
as Paula
as Lorraine
as Mrs. Peterson
as Tony
as Tony the Doorman
as Annie
as Josh
as Neighbor/Party Guest
as Josh
as Frank the Security Man
as Executive No. 1
as Executive No. 2
as Trader
as Joe the Valet
as Mintz's Assistant
as Deli Clerk
as Grandfather at Deli
as Lady in Deli
as Jeannie
as Evelyn's Husband
as Nick
as Bill
as Tommy
as Nick's Wife
as Party Guest
as Kenny
as CNBC Reporter
as Suit Salesman
as Hostess
as Waiter
as Restaurant Patron
as Tire Customer
as Girl at Market
as Man in House
as Limo Driver
as Kate's Assistant
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Critic Reviews for The Family Man
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It's rare that an American movie lets slip such a snobbish distaste for the humdrum lives of its blue-collar audience base, but of course it doesn't last.
A series of moments, sentimental and comic, that never do add up to a coherent fable.
The outsize ticky tackiness of Jack's new life has been stitched together out of the broadest possible series of middle American clichés.
Too much of the movie is pure formula nonsense.
It's the sort of steamroller seasonal entertainment calculated to make us average folks out here feel temporarily warm and happy about our averageness.
The absolute choices it forces on its hapless hero are far too mutually exclusive to be credible.
Audience Reviews for The Family Man
Good storyline and a great film with Nicolas Cage making a great 'Family Man' character. A must see!
Super Reviewer
Corporate raider and hedonist playboy Nicolas Cage wakes up one morning to find himself living the life he would have led if he'd not chosen his career over an old girlfriend. In other words: 1 Cage wakes up surrounded by kids and associated mess 2 Runs around shocked by the fact that all his rich pals don't recognise him 3 Is horrified by nappies 4 Has a trademark Cage rant about how crappy his new life is 5 Finally learns "what's important" 6 Is dumped back in his old life, to his dismay 7 *Hallmark moment* CREDITS As you can see, The Family Man follows the formula of the feelgood holiday movie to the letter and will warm either your heart or your sick bucket depending on taste. As a film, I'd have to say it's too long and not particularly funny although Don Cheadle's all too brief appearance is reasonably enjoyable. I would have to point out that I doubt that anyone involved in producing this film has to clip coupons or shop at K Mart, so being told by a bunch of rich people that "money isn't everything" smacks of hypocrisy AT BEST. At least I got to see Tea Leoni dancing in the shower which almost makes up for the two hours I wasted watching this predictable pap.
Super Reviewer
Seems to rarely look at the theme it claims to convey--that married life is preferable to being single. What it really does is contrast being wealthy to being middle-class, though the comparisons it makes mean little. While the final, quasi-climactic scene at last satisifies the wont for a wholly title-appropriate theme the film so lacks, it does so far too late and with little meaning as the ending neither satisfies nor leaves the viewer happy or optimistic. A decent film, still; Cage's and Leoni's chemistry is great and the screenplay isn't terrible. It's just completely off-message for the majority of the film.
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