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The Family Man 2000 |
Review by Jonathan Cornwell |
Directed by Brett Ratner
PG-13, 122 min. (sensuality, language) |
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Starring: Nicolas Cage, Tea Leoni, Jeremy Piven, Don Cheadle, Harve Presnell, Josef Sommer
Producers: Marc Abraham, Tony Ludwig, A. Riche, H. Rosenman
Screenplay: David Diamond, David Weissman
Cinematography: Dante Spinotti
Distributor: Universal Pictures
Released: 12.22.00 (Wide) |
Rating:
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The Family Man tells the story of what might have happened if someone had chosen a different path at a
critical point in their life. Most people wish they could make a few important decisions over again, and
this movie shows that the choice between money and love is a difficult one.
Nicholas Cage plays Jack Campbell, a wealthy New York businessman who has everything one could wish for,
who is forced to live through what would have happened had he chosen his college sweetheart, Kate (Tea
Leoni), over a good job opportunity overseas that led to his eventual succesful job. Of course, Kate tries
to keep him from leaving, but he can't resist the opportunity. Now we find out what would have happened
had he stayed with her.
Jack wakes up to find himself in a suburban home surrounding by children and a poor job, but has the love
of his life Kate as his wife. At first he hates everything about his new life, but gradually grows to
love it. Tea Leoni gives an impressive performance as Kate, but Nicholas is only average here. Jeremy Piven
plays a funny neighbor that shows Jack all the good things he has in life, even though money isn't one of them.
The end of the movie is somewhat depressing, although Jack has another shot at Kate when he returns to
his former life. But the movie is entertaining and has some really good scenes that prove that there are
more important things in life than just money.
© 2000 Jonathan Cornwell
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 | Masterpiece - Film perfection |
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| Good - Highly Recommended |
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| Poor - Avoid at all costs |
| Very poor - An embarassment to the film industry |
| Zero | Awful - One of the worst films ever made |
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