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6.0 out of 10

Mixed or average reviews- based on 24 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. 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: 7 out of 14
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 14
  3. Negative: 6 out of 14
  1. 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
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  2. 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
    • 0 of 0 users said yes

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