The Family Man (DVD) Reviews

This movie left me feeling very depressed, and I have no idea why. It was not what I had expected. The advertising had made it seem like a comedy, and yet this film had deeper undertones. Very intense undertones. Jack Campbell (Nicolas Cage) is a go-getting Wall Street wheeler-dealer who has a life where he can afford to buy anything ...  Read the complete review

I missed out on The Family Man during it's cinema run and to be honest I wasn't al that bothered about seeing it in a hurry, but I was recently in the video shop and it caught my eye. I generally enjoy Nick Cage, although he has had some rather poor roles recently what with Bringing out the Dead (which many enjoyed, but was wasted ...  Read the complete review

This film was brilliant to start with and even during the film the talents of Nicholas Cage, Tea Leoni and their co-stars was outstanding. In fact the only thing I was slightly dissappointed with was the ending but I will come to that in a minute. The film starts off, 13 years ago, with Jack Campbell, played by Nicholas Cage, being seen ...  Read the complete review

This film follows the traditional 'what if' scenario - rich, successful guy who has it all? gets a glimpse of what might have been if he had taken another path in his life, that of marrying his college love. I thought this was a great idea and although its been done before I felt Nicholas Cage could add something extra to it. It started ...  Read the complete review

He's done a lot of intense work in recent years, Nicolas Cage, as well as a few ultra-cool actionfests. Time for a change, then...or perhaps, in actual fact, not so much of a diversion. Following Face/Off, 8MM, Bringing Out The Dead and Gone In 60 Seconds, this romantic fable plays the mainstream card without sacrificing Cage's inherent ...  Read the complete review

Are you like me? Seen every film in the shop, that you thought you wanted to see? Well take some advice, for once let the girl pick! (last night) I was in the local video shop browsing the shelves with my 'one and only' looking forward to another night in with a standard movie, 'i've seen all the good one's i ...  Read the complete review

I watched this film with an high expectation only to find that it was'nt all that good as i had hoped it would be. Nether the less it was a good film so dont let me put you off. Nicolas cage play's Jack Campbell.a workaholic bachelor who gets to see what his life might have been like had he stayed with his childhood ...  Read the complete review

The Family Man is a movie about a Wall street investor Jack (played by Nicolas Cage who is known for such films as Moonstruck) who gets the chance to see what his life would be like if he choose family before his career. This movie uses every trick in the book to push every emotional button. This is to make you care or feel sorry for ...  Read the complete review

You ever find yourself trying to like a movie more than it deserves? Like, certain plot turns or lines of dialogue will ring false, yet you'll still muddle through, thinking happy thoughts and giving the subject a break? Not me. I did come close, though, while I was sitting through the saccharine falseness that was The Family Man. I wanted to ...  Read the complete review

'The Family Man' is a typical 'feel good at Christmas' type of a film. Although saying that I dont think that should put you off watching it at any other time of the year. If you have seen the trailers then basically you have got the idea. A rich powerful business man gets a glipse of what his life would have been like if ...  Read the complete review

I had high expectations of The Family Man. The story concept sounded interesting and I admire Nicolas Cage. I planned to see it over the next couple of weeks, but having found myself alone in central London for an evening I figured I’d take myself out for a night at the cinema. I pootled along to the Odeon at Leicester Square, ...  Read the complete review

Family Man is a new comedy starring Nicolas Cage and Tea Leoni. It is about a business man who has made a decision when he was younger which changed his life. He has the opportunity to see what his life would have been like. This film is very similar to Sliding doors which was released a few years ago. I enjoyed it but have to admit that ...  Read the complete review

In one sense, the most suspenseless film of the year 2000 - given a glimpse of what happy family life would have been like had he made different choices, will Wall Street capitalist titan Jack Campbell realise the error of his ways, or will he remain happy to spend a fortune, drive a Ferrari and enjoy meaningless sex with anonymous blondes? ...  Read the complete review

Nicolas Cage is Jack Campbell, who gets to see how different his life might have been had he made a different choice in life. Jack is a Wall Street tycoon who is greedy, yet he isn't the typical one-dimensional driven-to-succeed kind of guy found in many films. He doesn't walk around saying "Bah Humbug," but he is ...  Read the complete review

'The Family Man' follows in a fine tradition of romantic comedies from the 'what if.. ' school of film-making. Nicholas Cage plays Jack, a high-flying company president working in Wall Street, earning an unfeasibly large amount of money, who seeming has everything.. everything that money could possibly buy that is. You ...  Read the complete review

~ ~ If you, like me, cannot let a Christmas season pass without viewing the classic “feel-good” movie, “It’s A Wonderful Life” starring James Stewart, then you will probably want to see, and most likely enjoy, this latest offering from director Brett Ratner, “The Family Man”. ~ ~ Starring that ...  Read the complete review

Here’s a movie that’s listed as a ‘romantic comedy’! I heard no laughs where I saw it though. If the director’s intention was comedy it was a poor job. This film did keep me entertained though. Set in America at Christmas time the plot centres on a romance that could have been, was, ...  Read the complete review

This review of Family man mentions quite a bit of the storyline but I don't think that reading this review will spoil your enjoyment of the film. If you don't want to know any more however please do not read on. Jack (Nicholas Cage) is about to leave his college girlfriend Kate (Tea Leoni) to head off to England for a ...  Read the complete review

American life-swap fantasy movie with a more magical than supernatural flavour, thanks to a generous helping of Christmas spirit and a cosy moral stance. It has an intriguing, if unoriginal, premise: successful single person wonders about ex, then wakes up married to them - plus kids - in a parallel universe (see the superior but undervalued Me, ...  Read the complete review

Nicolas Cage, as Jack Campbell, the wealthy president of a mergers-and-acquisitions firm, is living La Dolce Vita in his Manhattan penthouse and savoring every minute of it. With $2,400 suits, a lightning-fast Ferrari and his own limo, he has it all, right down to a "closet" that is like an expensive men's clothing boutique. ...  Read the complete review