 | The Family Man Thea Desrochers - Friday, January 12, 2001
Director: Brett Ratner
Producer: Marc Abraham
Studio: Universal
Stars: Nicolas Cage, Tea Leoni, Don Cheadle, Bo Derek, Jeremy Piven
MPAA Rating: PG 13 (for language, sensuality)
Reviewed by: Thea Desrochers
Our Rating: * * * *
Run time: 2 hr. 6 min.
Nicholas Cage stars as Jack Campbell, a Wall Street investment banker enjoying the fast-paced life as a wealthy single professional. Offered the opportunity to see how his life might have turned out had he not broken up with his former college sweetheart (Tea Leoni) for his career, Jack accepts and wakes up the next morning as a suburban husband, father and tire salesman. Moving through this alternate existence, Jack begins to feel content and he eventually comes to a point where he must decide which of the two paths to take. This movie points out the values of family, love and relationship and the temptations of greed, materialism and comfortability. | |