Pleasant movie despite some predictability.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Dec 28, 2010

It's rare that an American movie lets slip such a snobbish distaste for the humdrum lives of its blue-collar audience base, but of course it doesn't last.

| Jan 26, 2006

A holiday film Joe Lieberman could love, unembarrassed by its wholesome, sugary pro-family message.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Mar 10, 2003

If it were only predictable, syrupy, and overlong, The Family Man might still be worth watching for the appealing performances from Leoni and Cage.

| Original Score: D+ | May 8, 2002

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

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4 | Mar 22, 2002

A pleasant change of pace for both Cage and director Ratner.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Apr 16, 2001

The outsize ticky tackiness of Jack's new life has been stitched together out of the broadest possible series of middle American clichs.

| Original Score: C+ | Dec 22, 2000

Too much of the movie is pure formula nonsense.

| Dec 22, 2000

It's the sort of steamroller seasonal entertainment calculated to make us average folks out here feel temporarily warm and happy about our averageness.

Full Review | Dec 22, 2000

The absolute choices it forces on its hapless hero are far too mutually exclusive to be credible.

Full Review | Original Score: 1/4 | Dec 22, 2000

The film has so many spiffy individual scenes.

Full Review | Dec 22, 2000

Desperately needs a more centered, consistent performance from [Cage].

| Dec 22, 2000

Holiday moviemaking by the manual.

| Dec 22, 2000

Ratner probably thought it would be Capra-esque, but, really, it's just boring.

Full Review | Dec 22, 2000

Despite an aura of dj vu and a too-neat fadeout, this time-warp comedy feels fresh and original, and not a little heartfelt.

Full Review | Dec 22, 2000

Although the rhythms of the movie directed by Brett Ratner ... are familiar in terms of the story, Cage and Leoni make it offbeat.

Full Review | Dec 22, 2000

Nicolas Cage gives a performance that invites audiences to lay cynicism aside.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Dec 22, 2000

Yes, this movie is schmaltzy -- but ... so what? It's also heartfelt, a great date movie and perfect for the holidays.

Full Review | Dec 22, 2000

Aimed at the unfussy consumer of Christmas schmaltz.

Full Review | Dec 22, 2000

Mostly it's a reminder of better movies in this genre.

Full Review | Dec 22, 2000