...an often painfully conventional concoction that does, for the most part, fare reasonably well...

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Sep 22, 2021

A Family Man isn't good, but it's far better than its lazy foundations and cheap motivations deserve.

| Original Score: 5/10 | Aug 25, 2017

A Family Man is enjoyable at times but falls into the preconceived pitfalls that so many similar films have.

| Aug 7, 2017

Suffers from sentimental overload and a tidal wave of conscience-searching clichs.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Aug 1, 2017

The boy's suffering certainly serves the classic disabled-person-as-inspiration function for his father, whilst the boy himself gains nothing except, perhaps, a soupon more attention.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Jul 28, 2017

Some truths about corporate greed and absentee parenting are buried deep within this superficial redemption melodrama that's more predictable than provocative.

| Jul 28, 2017

Not great, not terrible, mostly bearable, occasionally insufferable; you might watch it all the way through if you were tucked into a blanket on a couch and weren't so thirsty, hungry or in need of a bathroom break that you felt compelled to get up.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Jul 28, 2017

[A]t a certain point, we simply start to believe that Dane is a bad guy through and through.

| Original Score: 1.5/4 | Jul 28, 2017

Warmed-over 'Glengarry Glen Ross' mixed with afternoon soap opera...watching the mawkish movie might make you gag on its mixture of bluster and treacle.

| Original Score: C- | Jul 27, 2017

Butler's a bit out of his league here, but few actors could make blah writing stand up and sing, with most of "A Family Man" too generic, especially when it's away from the war at home.

| Original Score: C | Jul 27, 2017

Alternately crass and treacly, overbearing and under-finessed, the film ... is on life support from get-go.

| Jul 27, 2017

Cliché-ridden redemption story about an unscrupulous corporate go-getter who changes when his son is dying of cancer.

| Jul 26, 2017

Repellent family drama with a "hero" you hope will end up in handcuffs by the time the movie ends.

| Original Score: 3/10 | Jul 26, 2017

Minus the less would have been more family illness plot point distraction, the film evokes an admirable confrontation of art vs capitalism and what should matter most, whether in US society or the actors of conviction opting for small projects like these.

| Jul 15, 2017

Gerard Butler is given a rare opportunity to show some dramatic range, but despite his best efforts, A Family Man remains a cliched and painfully by-the-numbers offering.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Jun 16, 2017

A film that doesn't know how to go beyond its intentions to manipulate feelings and crush our heart. Butler walks the screen like a zombie without knowing where it comes from and where it goes. [Full review in Spanish]

| Jun 14, 2017

A Family Man is a predictable story about the quest for redemption. [Full review in Spanish]

| Jun 8, 2017

As manipulative, tedious and generic as they come.

| Original Score: 1.5/5 | May 31, 2017

The whole thing feels like an exercise in demonstrating Butler's acting range as his character arc takes him from boardroom beast to homely hero.

| Original Score: 2/5 | May 31, 2017

Without earning the investment of the viewer after the playful opening act, it makes for a rather tedious second half.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Sep 27, 2016