Front Cover |
Actor |
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Nicolas Cage |
Jack Campbell
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Téa Leoni |
Kate Reynolds
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Don Cheadle |
Cash
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Jeremy Piven |
Arnie
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Saul Rubinek |
Alan Mintz
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Josef Sommer |
Peter Lassiter
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Makenzie Vega |
Annie Campbell
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Jake Milkovich |
Josh Campbell
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Ryan Milkovich |
Josh Campbell
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Lisa Thornhill |
Evelyn Thompson
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Movie Details |
Genre |
Comedy; Drama; Fantasy; Romance |
Director |
Brett Ratner |
Producer |
Marc Abraham; Tony Ludwig |
Writer |
David Diamond; David Weissman |
Studio |
Universal Studios |
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Language |
English |
Audience Rating |
PG-13 |
Running Time |
125 mins |
Country |
USA |
Color |
Color |
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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.
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 |
Personal Details |
Seen It |
Yes |
Index |
30 |
In Collection |
Yes |
Links |
IMDB
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Product Details |
Format |
DVD |
Region |
Any Region |
Screen Ratio |
1.85 (16:9) Letterboxed |
Layers |
Single side, Single layer |
UPC |
025192094125 |
Chapters |
19 |
Release Date |
2004 |
Subtitles |
English |
Audio Tracks |
Dolby Digital 5.1 - English |
Nr of Disks/Tapes |
1 |
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Notes
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Original - Scott Beaupre |
Extra Features
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Color Closed-captioned DTS Surround Sound Widescreen Dolby |
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