Don Cheadle, Harve Presnell, Jeremy Piven

Wall Street playboy, Jack Campbell is 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 ...( read more  read more... )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, 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 he loves.

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66% liked it

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53% liked it

126 critics

PG-13, 2 hrs. 5 min.

Directed by: Brett Ratner

Release Date: December 22, 2000

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DVD Release Date: July 17, 2001

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  • September 25, 2009
    Not as schmaltzy as I thought it would be. It?s the only film I find Tea Leoni really attractive in.
  • September 6, 2009
    This movie was really boring. I was just not a fan at all.
  • February 28, 2009
    This is a little bit like "It's a Wonderful Life" set in current time. Nicolas Cage - a high NYC roller with lots of money gets to test out a life as a poor middle-class father with a loving wife (Leoni) and two kids.
  • December 29, 2008
    This movie was like an enchilada wrapped in a predictable and yet heartwarming tortilla.

    What that means, whothafuckccares?
  • September 6, 2008
    The Family man is a movie that I have had a passion for, since the moment I first saw it in the theater. This movie makes me laugh and sob, every time I see it.
    It's a fabulous story of the things we all take for granted, and the things we think are important.
    I adore Nicolas Ca...( read more)ge in this movie. He really makes Jack Campbell believable. Tea Leoni was well cast, as Kate Reynolds. The chemistry that the two share is very powerful.
    This is a fantastic movie to watch. It makes you appreciate the things that are really important in life. This is definitely a feel great movie for all!
  • November 7, 2009
    the end was not the best, all the rest is great
  • November 7, 2009
    ill remenber my exboyfriend whit this exceptional movie, is mistery when he find her, in the final secuens film, ist real love....?

    to will be together in the real live.... i thing about me, and feel nostalgia

    Recommended to see, enyoiment!

    Mariela
  • November 7, 2009
    Me encanta esta pelicula es una de las mejores actuaciones de Nicolas y es muy conmovedora, se las recomiendo a todos
  • November 5, 2009
    VERY enjoyable movie
  • November 3, 2009
    A good re-make of It's A Wonderful Life.

Critic Reviews


March 22, 2002
Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail

A series of moments, sentimental and comic, that never do add up to a coherent fable. full review

December 22, 2000
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

The movie is sweet, light entertainment, but could have been more. full review

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  • perfectgentlemn
    July 20, 2008
    Incredible. Loved it. Puts life into perspective !! What's important, a real tear jerker at times ! :'-( Excellent ! ;-) Enjoy.
  • rsh37930
    December 24, 2007
    Brilliant. Best film ever for me. Epitomy of art imitating life -- especially at 2000.
  • rsh37930
    December 24, 2007
    This film is brilliant.

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