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Movie Reviews of The Family Man
Movie Review: Only Nicolas Cage Movie I Ever Liked!
Summary: 5 Stars
This is a great movie! I thought it would be a "knock-off" of "It's a Wonderful Life", but it is very different. It is about a man who LOVES his life as a rich, successful bachelor. He is truly happy and bluntly states that "he has everything he needs" - and that is where his journey begins. Tea Leoni (as Cage's girlfriend/then wife in the "what could have been" part) is perfect! She successfully walks a fine line between the comedic and serious sides of her role, making the film truly believeable. Cage (as usual) overacts, but it works in this film, since his character has been thrust into the "what could have been" world where he first panics; then is frustrated by the routine of family life and his job; then finally realizes that the woman he left 13 years earlier is what gives the MOST meaning to his life. In the end (Jack (Cage) and Kate (Leoni) both realize that they would have fulfilling lives apart, but Jack persuades her to "choose us" instead.
If you are a male, after wathching this movie if you don't want TEA LEONI as a wife, then you are "nuts"!
Movie Review: The Two Difficult Choices - Family or Career?
Summary: 5 Stars
Jack Campbell (Nicolas Cage) was a highly sucessful wallstreet businessman. Thirteen years ago, he had left his college girlfriend, Kate Reynolds (Téa Leoni), to study law in the UK. Despite how hard she tried to convince him to stay, he had decided to leave. They never kept in contact after that.Jack went to bed on Christmas eve and woke up on Christmas morning in a noisy house with a wife and two kids. Apparently, this was the alternate life that he would lead if he had not left for studies 13 years ago and stayed to marry Kate. He slowly discovered the importance and joy of having a family in the rest of the movie.
When Jack returned to his real life, he went to look for Kate, hoping to start afresh with her. Kate had long gotten over Jack and was in the midst of packing up to leave for Paris to work. Jack tried hard to get her to stay.
This is a heart-warming movie, especially during the parts when Jack was searching out his role as a family man. The current ending can be improved if it shows a scene where Jack and Kate live happily together as a family.
Movie Review: 4H: Heartwarming, Humorous, Heartbreaking, and Hopeful.
Summary: 5 Stars
The Family Man (directed by Brett Ratner) is a film of superb quality, acting, and storyline. It centers around a man named Jack Cambell (played by Nicholas Cage), a man who has chosen a path of monetary success instead of marrying his college girlfriend Kate (played by Téa Leoni). After thirteen years since this decision (during which time he has become the president of a major investment firm), he unknowingly meets an angel (played by Don Cheadle). Jack is given what the angel calls a `glimpse' ----in his case, a chance to see what his life had been like if he had married Kate. During this experience, he finds out what is truly important in life. He finds what he has given up, and how empty his life truly is. And at the end, he finds that it still might not be too late to change his ways.
As we follow Jack on his adventure, we are treated to excellent cinematography, directing, acting, and a beautiful score composed by Danny Elfman. This is an excellent film that will touch the entire family.
Ryan Robledo
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Movie Review: NOT JUST FOR CHRISTMAS
Summary: 5 Stars
For years It's A Wonderful Life set the standard not only for Christmas movies but for movies that ask the lingering question: What would life be like had taken this turn...? Capra was the master of the genre and James Stewart was his classic time traveler.Family Man seems to take up things where Capra left off and Nicholas Cage steps capably into Stewart's shoes.
Don't think that this movie is just for the holidays. Isn't it interesting that all of the very best holiday stories teach lessons that are as applicable on the Fourth of July as they are on Christmas Eve? It's A Wonderful Life, A Christmas Carol, Home Alone and While You Were Sleeping all have overt holiday themes but invite the viewer to live throughout the year as though life mattered and went beyond holidays.
The Family Man is just such a movie. Christmas just happens to be a minor prop in a story about integrity, priorities and love. Buy it today and watch it on Labor Day and then again on your mother-in-law's birthday and again on Halloween and...regardless of the day you'll love it!
Movie Review: This Movie really reach me deep inside !
Summary: 5 Stars
A modern-day Frank Capra story. Jack Campbell, a successful and talented businessman, is happily living his single life. He has everything, or so he thinks. One day he wakes up in a new life where he didn't leave his college girlfriend for a London trip. He's married to Kate, lives in Jersey and has two kids. He, of course, desperately wants his life back for which he has worked 13 years for. He's president of P. K. Lassiter Investment House and not a tire salesman at Big Ed's. He drives a Ferrari and not a mini-van that never starts. And most importantly he doesn't wake up in the morning with kids jumping on the bed. After a bad start, day by day he's more confident in his new life and starts to see what he's been missing. Turns out money's good to have but that's not everything. - Jack Campbell: a 36 years old, 6'1'', Nicolas Cage.
- Kate Reynolds: a 34 years old, 5'8'', Téa Leoni.
- Annie Campbell: a 6 years old, Makenzie Vega, who is half-Colombian and half-Italian.
- Josh Campbell: Twin Brother Jake and Ryan Milkovich.