The Family Man

Starring: Nicolas Cage, Tea Leoni, Don Cheadle, et al.

Product Description

Nicolas Cage stars as Jack Campbell, a Wall Street playboy at the top of his professional game with little time for anything else. Jack's lavish, fast-paced lifestyle drastically changes one snowy Christmas night when he unwittingly stumbles into the middle of a grocery store holdup and in a bold display of self-preservation disarms the gunman. The next morning he wakes up in a suburban New Jersey bedroom lying next to Kate (Leoni), his college sweetheart who he left in order to pursue his career, and to the horrifying discovery that his former life no longer exists. As he stumbles through this alternate suburban universe, Jack begins to feel strangely comfortable in this new role of loving husband and father to two children. Jack finds himself at a crossroad, where he must choose between his high-powered career and the woman

• Format: DVD
• Language: English
• UPC: 025192094125
• Release Date: July 2001
• Rating: PG-13
• Publisher: Universal Studios Home Entertainment
• Director: Brett Ratner
• Starring: Nicolas Cage, Tea Leoni, Don Cheadle, Jeremy Piven, Amber Valletta, Harve Presnell, Troy Hall, Josef Sommer, Paul Sorvino, Lisa Thornhill
• Runtime: 2 hours, 6 minutes
• Number of Disks: 1
• Weight: 0.22 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Well-done, formula movie.

This type of what-if story has been told many times, for example, “Mr. Destiny” (1990). So the concept is not unique. Yet Nicolas Cage and Téa Leoni pull it off pretty well. The basic story is a "what if?" A single successful man is shown what it would be like if he had married the girl he left. He wakes up in the new environment and is disoriented. One good touch that you do not see too often is that the daughter (Makenzie Vega) perceives the change and helps him cope with his new life. This is like “Peggy Sue Got Married” (1986), where, also starring Nicolas Cage, on recognizing her dilemma, they try to help her get back. The movie is worth a second watching. First for the story and second for the details.

This is so good!

What a great timeless movie! So well done with a fascinating storyline! So good!