The Family Man

(2000)

★ 6.9 IMDb · 2,273 votes

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Fantasy

Year: 2000

Runtime: 125 min

Country: United States of America

Director: Бретт Ратнер

Cast: Николас Кейдж, Теа Леони, Дон Чидл, Джереми Пивен, Сол Рубинек

Plot

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 he must choose between his high-power career and the woman he loves.

A modern-day Frank Capra story. Jack Campbell, a successful and talented businessman, is happily living his single life. He has everything, or so he thinks. One day he wakes up in a new life in which he didn't leave his college girlfriend for a London trip. He's married to Kate, lives in New Jersey, and has two kids. He, of course, desperately wants back the life for which he has worked 13 years. He's president of P. K. Lassiter Investment House and not a tire salesman at Big Ed's. He drives a Ferrari and not a mini-van that never starts. And most importantly he doesn't wake up in the morning with kids jumping on the bed. After a bad start, day by day he's more confident in his new life and starts to see what he's been missing. Turns out money's good to have but it's not everything.