The Family Man
starring: Nicolas Cage, Téa Leoni, Don Cheadle, Jeremy Piven, Saul Rubinek
directed by: Brett Ratner
directed by: Brett Ratner
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Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Universal
EAN: 9780783246635
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, DVD-Video, Special Edition, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 0783246633
Label: Universal Studios
Manufacturer: Universal Studios
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Universal Studios
Region Code: 1
Release Date: July 17, 2001
Running Time: 125 minutes
Sales Rank: 701
Studio: Universal Studios
Theatrical Release Date: December 22, 2000
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Product Description:
High-powered wall street bachelor jack campbell gets the shock of a lifetime when he wakes up one morning in suburban new jersey next to kate the girlfriend he left 13 years ago. Suddenly jacks entire world is turned upside down. Can this once single-minded exec actually become the family man? Studio: Uni Dist Corp. (mca) Release Date: 05/23/2006 Starring: Nicolas Cage Tea Leoni Run time: 126 minutes Rating: Pg13 Director: Brett Ratner
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Jack Campbell (Nicolas Cage) is the quintessential Wall Street shark, scoring killer deals by day and shallow escort sex by night. His round-the-clock routine of empty luxuries is disturbed one lonely Christmas Eve when a gun-packing punk (Don Cheadle)--perhaps an angel of mercy--responds to an altruistic gesture from Jack by giving him 'a glimpse' of the life he could have had. Could have, that is, if he had married the girlfriend (Téa Leoni) he'd abandoned 13 years earlier, raised two adorable children, worked in his father-in-law's retail tire outlet, and lived happily ever after in suburban New Jersey. Thrust into this 'glimpse' of the path not taken, Jack's a single-malt man in a lite-brew world, wondering if he'll ever return to his 'better' life of callous wealth and solitude--or if he even wants to.
Carp all you want about this derivative premise, with its marginal stereotypes and biased embrace of domestic bliss and dirty diapers. The simple fact is, The Family Man works like a charm. Under the assured direction of Brett Ratner (Rush Hour), this holiday crowd-pleaser offers comedy and chemistry in equal measure, making the hilarity of Jack's predicament a smooth catalyst for that rarest of movie romances: the marital love story. Leoni is Cage's perfect match as Jack's idealized but imperfect wife, and the movie's appeal largely derives from its awareness that any life has its pleasures and pains. While it only flirts with the dark desperation that makes It's a Wonderful Life a classic predecessor, The Family Man is an irresistible what-if fantasy, and even its debatable ending rides on a wave of genuine warmth and sentiment. --Jeff Shannon
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- 4H: Heartwarming, Humorous, Heartbreaking, and Hopeful.The Family Man (directed by Brett Ratner) is a film of superb quality, acting, and storyline. It centers ... Read More
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- My Favorite MovieI have to say that this is my all-time favorite movie. It's a beautiful romantic movie, and it reminds one ... Read More
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- Quite engaging.The Family Man starring Nicolas Cage and Tea Leoni is an entertaining and realistic love story between two people ... Read More
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- Great movie - good life lessonsMy wife loved this movie and I liked it too. The Ferrari scene was good, but more time should have been spent showing ... Read More
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