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The Family Man (2000)
What
if...
Directors: Brett Ratner, rated PG-13
  Starring: Nicolas
Cage, Téa Leoni, Don Cheadle, Jeremy Piven, Saul Rubinek,
Makenzie Vega, Lisa Thornhill, Saul Rubinek, Josef Sommer
DML Rating:
★★★★★★★☆☆☆
- good
"I choose us." - Kate
Why watch this?
This modern day
It's A Wonderful Life
(1946)
is poignant and endearing.
Plot Summary: Jack
Campbell is a wealthy, single Wall Street executive who
seemingly has it all. However, on Christmas Eve, he wakes up in
an alternate reality where he's a married man with children,
living a more modest suburban life in New Jersey with the
girlfriend he let go 13 years prior. This unexpected
transformation forces him to confront his priorities and examine
the life he chose versus the life he could have had.
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Dad's Preview:
How would your life change if you made one different decision?
Like
It's A Wonderful Life (1946) before it, this wonderful "what If" film
grants one man a glimpse into a future that could
have been. Here, our over-confident subject will
witness his
perception of "success" change. Cage is dependably great, but Téa Leoni steals the
show as his sweet wife,
Kate, who is willing to
do anything to save their marriage. |
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Beacon
Pictures, Saturn Films;
Universal Pictures
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