The Family Man (2000)

Director:

Brett Ratner

Writers (WGA):

David Diamond (written by) &
David Weissman (written by)

Release Date:

22 December 2000 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Fantasy | Drama | Romance

Tagline:

What if...

Plot:

A fast-lane investment broker, offered the opportunity to see how the other half lives, wakes up to find that his sports car and girlfriend have become a mini-van and wife.

Plot Keywords:

Christmas | Bowling | Love | Parallel Universe | Salesman

Awards:

4 wins & 6 nominations

Cast

Nicolas Cage	...	Jack Campbell
Téa Leoni	...	Kate Reynolds
Don Cheadle	...	Cash
Jeremy Piven	...	Arnie
Saul Rubinek	...	Alan Mintz
Josef Sommer	...	Peter Lassiter
Makenzie Vega	...	Annie Campbell
Jake Milkovich	...	Josh Campbell
Ryan Milkovich	...	Josh Campbell
Lisa Thornhill	...	Evelyn Thompson
Harve Presnell	...	Big Ed
Mary Beth Hurt	...	Adelle
Amber Valletta	...	Paula
Francine York	...	Lorraine
Ruth Williamson	...	Betty Peterson

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for sensuality and some language.

Runtime:

125 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Italian

Colour:

Colour

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Australia:M | Iceland:L | USA:PG-13 (certificate #37672) | Malaysia:U | UK:15 (DVD rating) | Philippines:PG-13 | Argentina:13 | Chile:14 | Denmark:7 | Finland:S | France:U | Germany:6 | Hong Kong:IIA | Netherlands:AL | New Zealand:M | Norway:7 | Portugal:M/12 | South Korea:15 | Spain:T | Sweden:7 | Switzerland:7 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Vaud) | UK:12 | Singapore:PG

Filming Locations:

Closter, New Jersey, USA

Company:

Universal Pictures

Trivia:

The movie was originally being developed by Curtis Hanson.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Cash stops the Ferrari beside the van as he and Jack talk, we can see sunlight on the van. When Jack steps out of the Ferrari, the sunlight is gone and the sky is overcast.

Quotes:

Jack: You can't keep coming in and out of people's lives, messing things up. It's not right.

Movie Connections:

References Star Wars (1977)

Soundtrack:

Young Love

Touching Romantic comedy

Nicholas Cage and Tea Leoni steal the show in this very pleasant movie. Jack Campbell (Cage) is a Wall Street investment banker at the top of his profession, that is until one Christmas eve, when he stumbles into the middle of a grocery store hold up. The next day he wakes up married to his college sweetheart Kate Reynolds (Leoni) and he has children. When he finds his old life no longer exists he has to adjust his lifestyle to fit in with his family.

With slight comparisons to Sliding Doors in the way the story works and the concept of life altering decisions 'Family Man' is very entertaining, charming and heart warming, not to mention subtly amusing throughout. Cage and Leoni are a great on-screen couple and the story is definitely intriguing enough to make for compulsive viewing.

7/10 Not as good as Sliding Doors, but its definitely worthy of your attention.