The Family Man Reviews

The Family Man Review
by David N. Butterworth (Rating: 3/4)
In "The Family Man," Jack Campbell is afforded the opportunity to experience life as it might have been. And who hasn't once ruminated over that intriguing impossibility. What if the road not taken were taken? What if we had made different decisions in...more

The Family Man Review
by Dustin Putman
Directed by Brett Ratner. Cast: Nicolas Cage, Tea Leoni, Jeremy Pivens, Don Cheadle, Saul Rubinek, Harve Presnell, Makenzie Vega, Josef Sommer, Mary Beth Hurt, Lisa Thornhill, Amber Valletta. 2000 - 126 minutes Rated PG-13 (for profanity, sexual...more

The Family Man Review
by Robert Strohmeyer
Just in time for Christmas comes a story worthy of both Ebenezer and Jimmy Stewart, with Wild at Heart's Nicholas Cage cast in the role of the out of touch rich guy. Jack Campbell (Cage) is not a bad man. He's not even a callous man. He's just a...more

The Family Man Review
by Homer Yen
In the romantic comedy, "Family Man," Jack (Nicolas Cage) is blessed with a second chance to see how his life would have turned out if he'd gone ahead and married his college sweetheart, Kate (Tea Leoni). He actually left Kate long ago, putting his...more

The Family Man Review
by Jon Popick
If you like your movies lengthy, derivative and shockingly predictable, then haul your ignorant ass down to the theatre to see The Family Man, Hollywood’s umpteenth version of a holiday film that shows a soulless central character pulling a Christmas Eve...more

The Family Man Review
by Susan Granger
Susan Granger's review of "THE FAMILY MAN' (Universal) In this romantic fantasy, Nicolas Cage plays a high-flyer on Wall Street who has everything he wants: wealth, power, position, disposable women and not a shred of regret. But through...more

The Family Man Review
by Harvey S. Karten
Reviewed by Harvey Karten Universal Pictures Director: Brett Ratner Writer: David Diamond & David Weissman Cast: Nicolas Cage, Tea Leoni, Jeremy Piven, Don Cheadle, Harve Presnell, Josef Sommer, Saul Rubinek more

The Family Man Review
by Berge Garabedian
I could relate to the main character in this movie. No, I am not a family man (yet), but I am presently going through a period in my life, where work has taken precedence over much else, and despite most of it paying off, certain sacrifices are being...more

The Family Man Review
by Steve Rhodes
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,...more

The Family Man Review
by Laura Clifford
Jack Campbell (Nicolas Cage) is the president of his own Wall St. investment firm and is on the verge of cementing a multi-billion dollar merger on Christmas Eve. When his intrigued secretary (Mary Beth Hurt, "Bringing Out the Dead") gives him a...more