As a young man, Jack Campbell parts ways with the love of his life to pursue an internship. Later on, Jack is a rich executive at a big holding company on wall street. He makes everyone work on Christmas, but that’s okay. Work is important and at least he gets to have eggnog. So he goes to a jiffy store to buy said eggnog and prevents a robbery. The robber gives Jack a glimpse at the life he never had.
Jack wakes up in New Jersey with the love of his life, and two kids. He’s freaked out because he has to get to work and he’s mad that his Ferrari isn’t out front. Instead, he owns a fairly new Dodge Caravan. Not so bad, but I get it. It’s about the money. Living the life he never wanted, Jack Campbell proves himself to be more of a Jack Ass. Somehow, Jack comes around and learns to prefer the more meaningful life of a family man.
The Family Man is a mind bender and a heart warmer, exactly what you want in a Nicolas Cage film. Cage also has a musical number, which is reason alone to tune in. Aside from the greatness of Cage, I think The Family Man is a bit of a turd. Jack’s never-existent daughter believes him to be an alien impostor. To me, Jack’s life-that-never-was is formed by a Jack that still never would have been.
Let's rank some Nick Cage films:
1. City of Angels
2. Matchstick men
3. The Family Man
4. The Croods
You’re gonna be hard pressed to beat out your top most and bottom worst.
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