The Family Man Review by Joe (5 Stars)

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Starring:
Nicolas Cage, Tea Leoni, Don Cheadle, Amber Valletta, Makenzie Vega

Directed By:
Brett Ratner

Written By:
David Diamond, David Weissman

The Family Man (2000)

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Movie Review by Joe
August 3rd, 2006

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 with their own quirky antics (Henry Travers & Don Cheadle).

"The Family Man" centers around corporate banker Jack Campbell (Cage) as he works his way up the corporate ladder. He's a success now because thirteen years ago he left his college sweetheart Kate (Leoni) to focus on the business. As Christmastime is drawing closer, he gets a message from Kate wanting him to call her.

He shrugs it off and goes to a store where the owner is being held up at gunpoint by Cash (Cheadle). Jack makes a deal with Cash and they leave the store, and Cash tells him that he brought this on himself. Jack doesn't know what he means, and the men go their separate ways.

The next morning Jack wakes up not in his own bed, but in a different bed with Kate sleeping next to him. He realizes he's in a house with Kate and two kids - the adorable Annie (Makenzie Vega) and baby Josh (Jake & Ryan Milkovich).

Jack gets into his minivan (he had a very nice car before) and goes back to his business, but no one he used to work with seem to remember him. Then he runs into Cash, who is driving his old car. Cash tells him that he asked for this, and there is a lesson Jack needs to learn.

Jack goes back to his new home and slowly begins to adjust to being a family man - working at a tire store, interacting with his neighbors, and learning what it truly means to be a husband and a father. In the end he learns his lesson and realizes what he's been missing his whole life.

Poignant, funny, heart-felt. "The Family Man" is a perfect movie suitable for anyone to see.

Annie: Do you like kids?
Jack: On a case-by-case basis.
Annie: Do you know how to make chocolate milk?
Jack: I think I could figure it out.
Annie: Promise you won't kidnap me an my brother and plant stuff in our brains?
Jack: Sure.
Annie: Welcome to earth.

From boxofficemojo.com:

The Family Man
Universal
Fantasy Comedy
PG-13
2 hr 6 min
Release Date: December 22, 2000
Domestic: $75,793,305
Worldwide: $124,745,083

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