The Family Man
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Metascore
42 out of 100

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6.3 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 28 Ratings

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  • Starring: Nicolas Cage, Téa Leoni
  • Summary: In this romantic comedy drama about life's possibilities, Jack Campbell (Cage) must choose between a his glamorous, fast-paced career or life as a suburban husband and father. (Universal Pictures)

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 28
  2. Mixed: 15 out of 28
  3. Negative: 5 out of 28
  1. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: Jack Mathews
    75
    Cage is a wonderful light comedian; were someone to remake "It's a Wonderful Life," he'd be on the short list for the role of George Bailey. And Leoni is Donna Reed, reborn.
  2. Newsweek
    Reviewed by: David Ansen
    60
    What charm, quirkiness and warmth the movie possesses is due largely to them (Cage and Leoni).
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  3. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Owen Gleiberman
    58
    Schlock weeper.
  4. Boston Globe
    Reviewed by: Jay Carr
    38
    Sitting through it is like waking up on Christmas morning to find a stockingful of styrofoam.
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 15
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 15
  3. Negative: 6 out of 15
  1. NY32
    10
    A fantastic movie. Do you want to feel the magic of emotions? Watch this movie opening your heart... Much more better than "Sliding doors", another planet. Trust me, enjoy this movie...… Expand
  2. EconomistBR
    9
    Very interesting movie. It presents the "what if"s of life in a great way and it also shows the strugle in dealing with dreams that didn';t become reality.… Expand
  3. Intact
    3
    I hate Nicholas Cage, he's a crappy actor and this movie showed his true talent in a generic family movie with as evidenced by the title of the movie. I watched this movie in class for God's sake, and everyone started laughing at me in my class because they all knew my hatred of Cage.… Expand

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