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The Family Man (2000)
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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...
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| The Family Man Movie Review by Lisa (11/28/2007) |
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I would just like to thank all the writers who are currently striking, because of which I got to watch one of my fave festive flicks, instead of the usually prime time wankfest that normally infests cable TV.
Although Nick Cage's recent flick have kinda been the boil on the ass of his acting career (IMO) I still heart him...
(complete The Family Man review by Lisa)
| The Family Man Movie Review by Joe (8/3/2006) |
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I like to think of this movie as a modern parallel to the 1946 classic "It's a Wonderful Life:"
-Both take place towards Christmastime;
-Both have the lead character (James Stewart & Nicolas Cage) seeing a world which is different than they know;
-Both have their loving wives (Donna Reed & Tea Leoni);
-Both have an angel...
(complete The Family Man review by Joe)
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