Everything2
Near Matches
Ignore Exact
Full Text
Everything2

The Family Man

created by cordelia

(thing) by cordelia (3.3 mon) (print)   ?   (I like it!) Mon Jul 30 2001 at 3:44:56

Movie starring Nicholas Cage and Tea Leoni. Jack Campbell (Nicholas Cage) is a Wall Street tycoon who has everything but Kate Reynolds (Tea Leoni), the girlfriend he left 13 years prior. On Christmas Eve, Jack is given a Glimpse - he wakes up the next morning living the life he would have led had he not left Kate 13 years prior.

This movie is very formulaic. Jack Campbell is a rogue who leads the "perfect life" -- and knows it. The ending is predictable from the very start of the movie. Nicholas Cage consummately portrays his character -- as someone you don't like, and who persists in being an arrogant ass throughout much of the movie. He is so unlovable you don't want him to come out ahead (a lesson could have been learned from The Invisible Man, where the rape scene was deleted so that the audience could associate with Kevin Bacon's character).

There are only two redeeming features to this movie. One is Tea Leoni. She plays the confused Kate wonderfully, and graces us with an eye candy scene in the shower (sure, we know it's probably a body double, but that's okay). The second is the score by Danny Elfman. While it still has some action adventure overtones (he's written music for too many of those), it's a fun listen.


printable version
chaos

The Invisible Man February 6, 2008 Jeremy Piven DMX
Unbreakable body double The Damnation of Tom Waits David Hookes
As Much As You Can Nicolas Cage Téa Leoni Danny Elfman
formulaic Hollow Man
Y'know, if you log in, you can write something here, or contact authors directly on the site. Create a New User if you don't already have an account.
  Epicenter
Login
Password

password reminder
register

Everything2 Help

Cool Staff Picks
The best nodes of all time:
Do female homosexuals have it easier than male homosexuals?
Why strapping buttered toast to a cat's back will not produce infinite power
Les Fleurs du Mal
Anna Leonowens
central dogma
snapshot
Invader ZIM
How to land a jet plane on an aircraft carrier
human growth hormone
Analysis of Everything
Buy a Gun
There's nothing harder than learning how to receive.
Chihiro Iwasaki
New Writeups
XWiz
Trism(review)
artman2003
Briefcase Full of Souls - Part I(fiction)
Dreamvirus
Alan Ladd(person)
waverider37
Harold Holt(person)
The Debutante
Until death do us part(fiction)
Ysardo
a brother to a sister(personal)
antigravpussy
your warm whispers(personal)
Clarke
Multiculturalism(idea)
aneurin
Earl of Landaff(person)
Heitah
Pseudocide(idea)
XWiz
Google Knol(lede)
Mythi
July 24, 2008(personal)
locke baron
The fall of Earth(fiction)
BookReader
Fear the Cold(dream)
Pavlovna
Kathleen MacInnes(person)
Everything 2 is brought to you by the letter C and The Everything Development Company