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Summary: Why Why WHY??
Review: Oh dear lord, there are so many things wrong with this picture, its enough to make one long for Gone in Sixty-TWO seconds. Take It's a Wonderful Life and mix in the heavy-handed schlock of A Robin Williams holiday movie--especially the god-awfulness of What Dreams May Come---and you have this ego fart of a movie. Nicholas Cage can't decide what to do now that his uncle has bought him the required Oscar nepostism gets you in Hollywood (hello Angeline Jolie, how are you?), so he decides on crap. crap crap crap. I'll say it again. crap.
Tea Leoni, showing her brilliance in role choices that have delivered unto us Jurassic Park 2 and The Naked Truth and made her so memorable and successful, plays the most one-dimensional, idotic, houswives-do-NOT-look-like this-or-act-like-this housewife in Cage's "glimpse" flashes. Also, Don Cheadle appears in this movie, and nothing says "got the job through the director of Boogie Nights" more than Don Cheadle. I mean, c'mon, is there any point to this man other than to work in the vicinity of famous people? He deosn't scare me, amuse me, bethought me, or in any way shape or form serve a purpose. His finest performance comes when he exits.
Coming from a person who nearly paid full New York City prices for this movie, I'd say what these people responsible for this reprehensible piece of trash deserve is to actually to be banished to the land Hollywood can't understand worth a dime: suburbia.
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Summary: A surprisingly fabulous film
Review: My husband and I first saw this movie in the theater in 2000. Based on the initial trailers, we were expecting your typical banal formula film. Not expecting much, we were pleasantly surprised by this wonderful film. The dialogue, emotions etc were incredibly realistic and believable....an amazing feat considering the storyline is one huge fantasty! The acting is superb....Leoni and Cage have wonderful screen chemistry. The supporting cast is also wonderful and again, believable. I have watched this movie several times, and it captures my attention each and every time. I never cease to enjoy it! My husband and I both agree that this is one of our favorite movies, even though we usually have vastly different tastes. I think it's because this movie resonates to both our experiences of transitioning from the urban professionals we were when we met to the contented suburbanite family we have become. This movie will enchant both singles and married alike.... Don't miss it.
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Summary: It IS a great movie
Review: You have to watch it a few times to realize how great of a movie it really is. I spent one evening watching it twice, the second time with the director commentary and it gave me such an appreciation for the story, the acting, and the directing. This movie sold me on Nick Cage, Tea Leoni, and Brett Ratner.
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Summary: MONEY CAN'T BUY HAPPINESS !
Review: This movie focuses into a somewhat adventurous GLIMPSE of a man who's unaware of the fact that he had not everything he "actually" needed though he was just thinking the opposite.His business deals necessitate more work on his work in order to make more money even in Xmas time.But it is obvious that he!s content with that."MATERIALISM" vs. "IDEALISM" pretty neck and neck.Which one would you choose?Well, the latter seems to be genial and heart-warming.But the first is about wealth and fortune and granted to stroke your senses in some other way.
For our man Jack Campbell (Nicolas Cage)it's a long time ambivalence before he chooses the option which he considers right and palatable.
Also, Kate (Téa Leoni) was remarkable.She was the person who gave its soul to this production and indeed preceding Cage in many parts.
I watched this film for the first time in Christmas eve and it really made me feel good.
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Summary: Career Vs. Family or Chick Flick for All
Review: Jack Campbell (Nicolas Cage) is perfectly content with his high profile Wall Street work near around the clock lifestyle until enter a modern day Clarence (of the Angelic It's a Wonderful Life variety) expertly played by Don Cheadle to show him what could have been if he had been married to his ex-love Kate Reynolds (Tea Leoni) all these years. So it sounds trite, contrived, and all you men's men out there are touting...it reeks of "Chick Flick" but I'm here to tell you, it all works. It is a movie with heart and a movie that makes you stop to think about what's important and the choices we make. Not to mention that Tea Leoni originally from Abilene, Texas is about the most beautiful presence to grace the widescreen since the days of Audrey Hepburn. It makes you wonder why she hasn't appeared in more movies so we can admire her grace and style and poignant beauty. Nicolas Cage is in his element here as well...put in an unusual circumstance the director allows him to rant and rave and scream at all things awry. It's a good match. I had misgivings going into this from seeing the trailer, but I arrived on the other side all the more satisfied for having seen it. A big plus is the DVD is loaded with extras that make owning it that much better than renting it. All you macho, beer-swilling, pig-skin watching lugs, this just could be the one movie your significant or insignificant other can curl up on the couch together and be equally entertained.
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Summary: If Take Your Relationship Too Lightly, Watch This
Review: I actually watched this for the first time on a hunch. I had never seen it before and was curious as to what it was about. I never paid much attention to buying the movie, frankly, but all that changed.
After I watched this movie one time, I could never put it down. If any one of us needs a little encouragement to explore what's truly important in our lives, this movie provides it.
This movie is one of the most beautiful I have ever seen; it's message is so sentimental, heartfelt and quite charming.
After just watching it once, I cried because it touched me in such a profound way. Every time I watch it I cry some more. I cannot think of how anyone would not be affected by this movie. This movie taught me very deeply about the most important things in my life and I would encourage everyone to see it.
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Summary: The Decisions we make in life!!
Review: This is a wonderfully moving film that has Nicolas Cage as a Hotshot Wallstreet Broker who has everything a bachelor could ever want, a penthouse apartment, killer job, women at his disposal, a farrari, & for the most part enjoys his solitude, that is until he meets a would-be robber who turns out to be an angel in disguise, Don Cheadle does a wonderful job here as he reminds Cage that his life is empty & gives him a glimpse into what his life might have become had he not ditched his girlfriend some 13 years earlier, Cage awakens the next morning only to discover that he is now married to his girlfriend(Tea Leoni)& that they have children, at first he is in shock, & desperately flees back to his life that he knows only to discover that it no longer exist, faced with this new reality, he goes back & discovers that his life is that of a modern married man, as he tries to ajust, he realizes it is not so bad after all, & begins to realize that down deep he still loves Leoni, soon he is wrapped up in his new life & in a way does not want his old life back, but Cheadle appears & reminds him that it is just a glimpse, as Cage desperately pleads for him not to send him back, soon after he awakens only to discover his old life is back, & totally ignores his female escort & goes in search for Leoni, when he finds her she too is successful & still single & moving on to a more privleged life, this is where the heart of the movie takes place as we see that there is still love between them, as Cage desperately realizes the mistake he made in letting her get away 13 years ago, although it ends with them having coffee, it leaves the viewer with notion that they may rekindle their love for one another, but it leaves it to the viewer, athough one could argue that this movie shows how selfish some of us are, I think it handles it pretty well, that being single & independent is not all bad, & that being married is not all bad, that there are good & bad in both roads of life, being single & independent has its advantages & disadvantages, & that married life has both its advantages & disadvantages, there is no right or wrong way to live, just the decisions we make in life!!
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Summary: A wonderfully moving film!
Review: I originally saw the film just because of Nicholas Cage and Tea Leoni...I thought it was an excellent story. It really helps you to appreciate how much more valueable a history with family and friends are in comparison with money and a career. Nicholas Cage's Baby Blues get you every time, and Tea Leoni's talents make you wish she was in more films. I wish they had shown more of what happened to them in the end, but it still screams "Feel Good" when you're done.
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Summary: Not a Bad movie at all
Review: This is an interesting movie, but I was little confused about the "angel" who whooshed Nick Cage back in time. For whatever reason, he goes from being a mega-billionaire to a car salesman, and he's finally with the woman he once loved and she has two kids. The kids are wonderful, but he's not buying that they are his, and he continues to resist it until he finally figures it all out, and then he's whooshed back to the present, whereupon he tries to correct years of history by finding his old girlfriend who he almost married. The acting was first rate, and the relationship he has with his "wife" is believable and they really click together on the screen. The children are cute, too. The whole ensemble cast makes it work well, but this stuff is a little heady and unrealistic, and life really doesn't work this way. You do get a chance to live, by God's grace, but you live with the consequences of your choices. There are no second chances. Recommended, as pure entertainment, and who knows, it might bring up some provocative questions and maybe some needed change.
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Summary: The Family Man
Review: "The Family Man" is a wonderful film starring Nicholas Cage and Tea Leoni. I hadn't expected much when I began watching it, but it held my attention throughout. The movie begins in 1987 with Jack Campbell (Cage) getting ready to board a plane to London. His girlfriend, Kate (Leoni), asks him to stay and "choose us", but he boards the plane anyway. We then go to 13 years later when Jack meets a man who offers him a "glimpse" of what his life would have been had he married Kate in 1987. Jack's whole world is different, but he grows to love his "life" with Kate, 2 children, and a house in New Jersey, but he also knows that a glimpse by definition is temporary. The acting by Cage and Leoni is superb. I really enjoyed this film. It is highly recommended!
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