The Family Man

2000

Action / Comedy / Drama / Fantasy / Romance

81
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 54% · 130 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 68% · 100K ratings
IMDb Rating 6.9/10 10 129018 129K

life reprioritizing businessman workaholic midlife crisis holiday second chance

Director

Brett Ratner Photo
Brett Ratner

Top cast

Nicolas Cage Photo
Nicolas Cage as Jack Campbell
John F. O'Donohue Photo
John F. O'Donohue as Tony the Doorman
Téa Leoni Photo
Téa Leoni as Kate Reynolds
Jeremy Piven Photo
Jeremy Piven as Arnie
720p.BLU 1080p.BLU
850.94 MB
1280*720
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles
23.976 fps
2 hr 5 min
Seeds 55
1.70 GB
1920*1080
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles
23.976 fps
2 hr 5 min
Seeds 34

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by secondtake 7 / 10

A worthy imperfect but charming version of a Scrooge dream...

The Family Man (2000)Because this is a Christmas movie, I've now seen it twice, and it's really not bad at all. The best aspects, like Don Cheadle, are too brief, and the plot is sometimes rammed into position by sentiment and a need to be popular. But it eventually makes sense and you come around to see the ordinary charm that pervades.Not that Nicolas Cage is exactly charming. He's painted as a spoiled stockbroker jerk, both in life and in his dream. But like a Scrooge seen from within, and seeing an alternate life before his eyes, he has the revelation that changes his life. His arrogance slowly dissolves, and that's maybe what he learns most from the dream.Téa Leoni is chipper and realistic in her cute way and makes for a love interest that isn't an over-idealized cliché, thankfully. And so she draws him into her life with natural ease. It's too easy of course, and there are unanswered questions—even "It's a Wonderful Life" is more believable in that sense, the logic of an alternative life—but it's fine by the end. And in fact, dreams do whatever they want, so there it is.Add this to the growing list of movies that play with this profound and fun idea of seeing what your life would be like if…if whatever, if things had been different, or if you had been better. It's worth seeing on a lazy evening.
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Reviewed by zakkattackkkk 7 / 10

Great film but kinda sad

Really enjoyed this movie, I felt like the chemistry between Tea and Nic was excellent. Not usually my type of film but I was engrossed. The ending felt like it was kind of sad, no? It caught me off guard, I was expecting a "feel good" ending. It seems most people have this emotional response to the ending but for me it just was a little depressing. The Kate he sits down with at the end is not the same Kate he was married to in his other life. ALSO, his adorable children they had he will never see again. Idk maybe it's just me, I definitely enjoy this movie. But the ending is much more sad than most people seem to admit

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