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FilmPG-132000
The Family Man
Directed by Brett Ratner
Jack's lavish, fast-paced lifestyle changes one Christmas night when he stumbles into a grocery store holdup and disarms the gunman. The next morning he wakes up in bed lying next to Kate, his college sweetheart he left in order to pursue his career, and to the horrifying discovery that his former life no longer exists. As he stumbles through this alternate suburban universe, Jack finds himself at a crossroad where… From TMDB
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The Family Man is a 2000 comedy drama romance film, directed by Brett Ratner, starring Nicolas Cage, Téa Leoni and Don Cheadle.
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60 of 131 · most liked firstThe Family Man (2000) 🎬🎄❤️ Directed by Brett Ratner
neutral · AI labelView post →I'm obsessed with The Family Man, a film I would struggle to give better than a ***/*****, even if I were feeling exceptionally generous.
negative · AI labelView post →What is your favorite feel good holiday movie? Or top few because I know it is hard to pick just one❣️ Prancer Drummer boy The Family Man serendipity Home Alone (ofc) Friday after Next! Batman returns❣️ Edward Sizzorhands Gremlins Christmas with the kranks The nightmare before x mas
neutral · AI labelView post →This week on @podcastlikeits The 2000s @emilystjams.bsky.social and I magically wake up in a quaint blue collar life with adorable kids and a loving wife (the horror!) as we discuss The Family Man. Listen to Emily and I come up with innumerable alternate versions of this movie 🎄
neutral · AI labelView post →4 Christmas films to get to know me Honourable mentions: The Family Man, the OG Miracle on 34th Street, & Little Women
neutral · AI labelView post →OK, final thoughts on The Family Man. It started out as a comedy of sorts, but ended with seriousness. That's fine for a movie with a moral, but was a bit uneven in that regard. Still, overall, a nice story carried along by Cage, Leoni, and of course, Annie! #hatm
neutral · AI labelView post →I am starting on my list of Christmas movies.Today is "Trapped in Paradise" and "The Family Man" bot Nicolas Cage and very cozy movies. #film #movies www.imdb.com/title/tt0111...
neutral · AI labelView post →What’s the most random movie you watched over and over again as a kid? I watched Rat Race and The Family Man a weird amount of times for a kid
neutral · AI labelView post →Also, Nicolas Cage is kind of a miracle, isn't he? A genuine studio movie star for a while. A genuine original character actor. I don't think there's anyone like him. I'm watching The Family Man.
neutral · AI labelView post →I’d literally never heard of the Nic Cage Christmas film “The Family Man” until today, but he’s so fucking funny in it.
positive · AI labelView post →Brett Rattner is in the Epstein files- who made movies like -the Rush Hour film series, The Family Man, Red Dragon, X-Men: The Last Stand, Tower Heist, and Hercules 💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀
neutral · AI labelView post →What if you could wake up in the life you almost chose? This happens in movies surprisingly often, so it must be something we long to explore. But only The Family Man subjects Nicolas Cage to the experience, and we're all better for it. filmfortheholidays.com/2025/12/03/t... #FilmForTheHolidays
neutral · AI labelView post →Watching "The Family Man" tonight. I honestly like this one, takes the "It's a Wonderful Life" concept and runs with it. Although, to be honest, I didn't know this cartoon was a bizarre parody of it until I watched the movie for the first time. (Slight NSFW) youtu.be/5PJddmfesaA?...
positive · AI labelView post →Wow. Hard to believe, but ... Here's my holiday movie list. I'm sure you've seen at least a few: Love, Actually. Serendipity. The Family Man. The Holiday. BC Christmas. Die Hard. Home Alone. The Family Stone. While You Were Sleeping. Feast of the 7 Fishes.
neutral · AI labelView post →Your Christmas Movie Advent Calendar. From yours truly, A Legit Christmas Baby ❄️🎁🎄 December: 1.Prancer 2.Frosty the Snowman 3.Bad Santa or Christmas Vacation 4.Gremlins 5.Santa Clause: The Movie 6.Planes, Trains & Automobiles 7.The Family Man 8.Die Hard 9.The Family Stone 10.The Last Holiday 1/4
neutral · AI labelView post →Tonight's #superscarychallenge movie is RETURN OF THE FAMILY MAN. (I didn't even know he was gone.)
neutral · AI labelView post →Tonight: The Family Man ❤️ "Forget it, we'll go get a funnel cake, it'll be the highlight of my week." 😂😂 - Jack Campbell Love this movie.
positive · AI labelView post →“A glimpse, by definition, is an impermanent thing,Jack” Our Christmas film of the night is “The Family Man” with Nic Cage, Téa Leoni, Don Cheadle.
neutral · AI labelView post →The Sound of Music, The Family Stone (Diane Keaton movie), The Family Man (Nicholas Cage movie)
neutral · AI labelView post →The Family Man - it’s such an underrated gem of a film
positive · AI labelView post →I know it isn’t a great movie, but she might enjoy The Family Man for the holiday season.
neutral · AI labelView post →Tomorrow we are doing a film fest of movies which primarily take place between Xmas Eve and New Year’s Day. Our list so far: Diner, While You Were Sleeping, The Family Man, The Holiday. The Cary Grant movie Holiday prob fits too. Other suggestions welcome.
neutral · AI labelView post →What’s the last movie you watched? TELL ME. I don’t care what it is, I just wanna know. Mine was The Family Man starring Nicholas Cage. I loved it. Because it was so corny and heartwarming. 😂
positive · AI labelView post →he also made us watch the terrible Nicolas Cage movie The Family Man because he thought it had an "important message." yes he was on the PE faculty
negative · AI labelView post →I'm watching The Family Man. I love this sci-fi Christmas movie. 🎄✨
positive · AI labelView post →Fantasy movies with no special effects: YESTERDAY WHAT WOMEN WANT / WHAT MEN WANT GROUNDHOG DAY LIAR LIAR COHERENCE PRIMER BIG FREAKY FRIDAY THE FAMILY MAN IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE #movies #film #screenwriting #oscars
neutral · AI labelView post →Watch "The Family Man" with she and Nic Cage. Awesome film.
positive · AI labelView post →As a final treat before the calendar flips over to 2025, ToB presents their annual Christmas Special, with a discussion on a very odd but fun Nic Cage film, 'The Family Man'. Plus, a bonus gift! A conversation on James Gunn's 'Superman' trailer. Happy Holidays! www.patreon.com/posts/tob-fi...
neutral · AI labelView post →25 Days of Christmas Movies! Day 19: The Family Man
neutral · AI labelView post →The Family Man (2000) is a perfect film.
positive · AI labelView post →It's always good to have a "I need a good cry" movie. Mine is "The Family Man." I bawl every time.
positive · AI labelView post →I've decided that I am, I'm fact, an emotional robot. Watching The Family Man with Nicholas Cage. I know where the movie goes. But I watch the first scene and see him in his new york sky rise with some hot chic and expensive suits and think.... I'll take all of that, thank you.
neutral · AI labelView post →Hey, Nicolas Cage fans! You're invited to our Discord movie night. Come watch The Family Man tomorrow at 6:30 PM PST!
neutral · AI labelView post →Starting December with The Family Man. I used to start my Christmas movie viewing with this seems good for December 1st. I actually think it's one of Nicolas Cage's very best.
positive · AI labelView post →Yes. That’s definitely the vibe Cage was attracted to. I also enjoy The Family Man. He was certainly seeking a way to cement himself into a perennial Christmas season film.
positive · AI labelView post →Long story short, she's in the Nicholas Cage movie "The Family Man". My dad originally didn't want kids until my mum showed him that movie, and after seeing it he decided he wanted them, and I was born 2 years later. So I owe her and Nicholas Cage my life lmao.
positive · AI labelView post →The Family Man (2000) is a wild movie lol #filmsky
neutral · AI labelView post →#christmasmovie Just watched “The Family Man” kind of a “Christmassy” movie for me. Not a big fan of Mr. Cage, but I like him in this. (most of the time)
positive · AI labelView post →Absolutely loved this episode. Celebrating now with a festive Hallmark film. But seriously thank you for mentioning The Family Man - my all time Christmas film but no one ever talks about it!
positive · AI labelView post →"The Family Man" (2000) with Nicolas Cage, Tea Leoni, and Don Cheadle is indeed a great Christmas movie 🎄🌟🍿
neutral · AI labelView post →Just realized that The Family Man is a multiverse movie ❤️
neutral · AI labelView post →We're trying to watch a Christmas movie everyday- today is The Family Man
neutral · AI labelView post →My other favorite movie this time of year is The Family Man with Nicolas Cage & Tea Leoni.
positive · AI labelView post →If you are a #Christmas movie person, what’s your favorite #Christmasmovie? Mine is The Family Man with Téa Leoni and Nicholas Cage. m.imdb.com/title/tt0218...
positive · AI labelView post →Christmas movie...Nicholas Cage in The Family Man
neutral · AI labelView post →Does anyone else think The Family Man is a Christmas movie? No…just me?
neutral · AI labelView post →Nice to see some love for The Family Man. It never makes best holiday movie lists, but it has always worked for me. Spectacular use of “Once in a Lifetime.”
positive · AI labelView post →Tonight we’re watching The Family Man, starring Nicolas Cage. It has been a few years since we last saw this film but it is an engaging story of love, loss, regret and second chances. With a beautiful score by Danny Elfman. If you haven’t seen it, do it. If you love Nic Cage, don’t hesitate.
positive · AI labelView post →Most overrated Christmas movie: A Christmas Story Most underrated Christmas movie: The Family Man
positive · AI labelView post →The Family Man. Not normally a Nicholas Cage fan but it’s such a fun romcom, Christmas movie. Plus Tea Leoni and Don Cheadle makes anything worth watching.
positive · AI labelView post →I had never heard of the Robert Mitchum Christmas movie Holiday Affair (1949) until last year. And most people I know still haven’t seen The Family Man which is an eminently rewatchable modern inverse-remake of It’s a Wonderful Life.
positive · AI labelView post →But, of course, Quint can't survive the film because he's a relic of the Past (he's basically a Shane figure). Brody, the Family Man, becomes the true hero. A compromise figure between the two. He saves the Community from both the Mayor and the Shark. It's a really compelling fable!
neutral · AI labelView post →Just finished watching The Family Man. Such a great Christmas movie! Now to fill stockings & go to bed.
positive · AI labelView post →Rewatched The Family Man yesterday. Hard to believe Ratner had that good of a movie in him.
positive · AI labelView post →For reasons that are obscure even to me, I watched the 2000 Nicolas Cage flick 'The Family Man,' which is a kind of 'It's a Wonderful Life' in reverse. Not exactly a great movie, but pleasant enough, with some fun Cage-y moments. I was persuaded that it would be easy to fall in love with Téa Leoni.
neutral · AI labelView post →I hadn't heard of The Family Man either. "Let's have Danny Elfman score sentimental, sad music for a Christmas movie but PLOT TWIST! No superheroes. No undead Hessian mercenaries. No CLOWNS. Nope. Just wistful the entire score?"
neutral · AI labelView post →Add "for Tax Purposes" to a movie: The Family Man for Tax Purposes
neutral · AI labelView post →27. The Family Man A note to creep-ass Brett Ratner: you don't need to show the baby's genitals. This movie is remarkable because Nic is so natural as a guy who doesn't know how to live in the real world. Also, dude tried to fumble peak Téa Leoni for the whole movie, which is a crime.
neutral · AI labelView post →Just remembered more off the top of my head: - That Boy Meets World episode where the guy gets into a motorcycle accident. - The Family Man - The Mitchells Vs. The Machines - Wall Street: Where Money Never Sleeps - An Extremely Goofy Movie. - Doug's 1st Movie (It was my request, don't ask)
neutral · AI labelView post →The Family Man starring Nicolas Cage should be a more popular Christmas movie.
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