The Family Man (2000)

De steenrijke yup Jack Campbell heeft het prima voor elkaar. Hij heeft een ruim luxe appartement, een supersnelle Ferrari, gigantisch veel geld en hij is nog steeds vrijgezel. Dan wordt hij op een ochtend gewekt door... zijn hond, zijn twee kinderen en zijn vrouw in hun doodnormale huis in een heel gewone buurt. Alles is plotseling anders, heel kleinburgerlijk. Zijn appartement is opeens niet meer van hem, en op zijn werk hebben ze nog nooit van hem gehoord. Onverwachts voor hem blijkt echter dat het familieleven ook zijn aantrekkelijke kanten heeft: liefde, romantiek, gezelligheid en humor. Hij krijgt hier meer ...
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dan zijn deel van en begint zich al af te vragen of hij wel terug wil naar zijn oude vertrouwde snelle zakenwereld.
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Nicolas Cage stars as Jack Campbell, a career-driven workaholic who has everything: an exciting job, a Ferarri, a closetful of Zegna suits, and the attention of any woman he wants. His life changes when, after working a full day on Christmas Eve, he intervenes in a convenience store holdup. The apparent criminal, Cash (Cheadle), speaks to Jack in epigrams about his satisfaction with life. When Jack wakes up the next day, he's suddenly living in a New Jersey suburb, where he's married to his college sweetheart (Leoni) and is the father of two children. At first he is aghast, but Jack soon warms to his new life eve...
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n though he knows that it cannot last. Unabashedly sentimental, the film is also a great comedy, as Cage gives a superb performance that makes the most of his character's obvious disgust with his suburban surroundings and even allows for a few moments of hysterics reminiscent of VAMPIRE'S KISS. Filled with great performances (notably Ms. Leoni's role as Jack's wife), inspired comedy, and a premise that suggests a slightly darker version of classics like A CHRISTMAS CAROL and IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE, THE FAMILY MAN is an affecting and entertaining holiday film.
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In this whimsical romantic comedy that recalls It's a Wonderful Life, Nicolas Cage plays Jack Campbell, a workaholic bachelor who gets to see what his life might have been like had he stayed with his old sweetheart, Kate (Tea Leoni). Thirteen years before, Jack accepted a brokerage internship that marred his relationship with Kate, under the promise that they would only be separated one year. But much later, Jack has become an urban Wall Street exec with no wife or family of his own, and a mysterious proxy (Don Cheadle) offers him the opportunity to step into the life he left behind. After falling asleep in his p...
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osh New York apartment, Jack awakens to find himself in bed with his now-wife Kate, daughter Annie (Makenzie Vega), and a new baby, none of which he has ever experienced in his fast-paced single life. After discovering his "real" life has been eliminated, he begrudgingly tries to fit in with his newly appointed life as a family man. The Family Man also stars Saul Rubinek and Jeremy Piven.
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