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Film Review: “The Family Man”

By Nils A. Shapiro ticket is a phony. The the best of it…which means working for Kate’s father, in the
Is there anyone of a “respectable” age who does not ticketholder pulls out man’s auto dealership. It turns out to be a good life when the
remember and love the film, It’s a Wonderful Life, starring a gun and threatens to love he had felt for Kate those many years ago is rekindled,
Jimmy Stewart? You know–the one in which an angel in the shoot the store owner. and the joys of fatherhood added.
form of an old geezer gives Jimmy a peek at how his life Jack resolves the But when the business partner of his other, corporate life
might have turned out if he had done things differently, and issue by paying the enters the auto dealership one day the memories of those
how that would have affected others’ lives as well. lottery ticketholder exciting, luxurious times kick in and Jack manipulates the
That all-time classic 1946 film still shows up around his winnings. But opportunity into an invitation for a business meeting that leads
holiday time even these many years later, but I was especially the latter’s strange to a critical decision about which of these two very different
reminded of it while watching a film first released in 2000 response—informing lives is right for him.
and now being streamed on Netflix. Jack that he has And then, in a totally unexpected twist of the film’s story
The Family Man is a wonderful example of Nicolas Cage now brought the line, Jack discovers that the final decision is not really his to
at his best, equally convincing in both aspects of a dual role. consequences on make after all!
In a brief opening scene set at New York City’s JFK himself—leaves Jack Fortunately for the readers of this column, the only
airport, Jack Campbell (Cage) is rushing to catch his flight bewildered. decision you have to make is whether to find this film on
to London for an important temporary financial training As we soon learn, Netflix. And that should be an easy one. The answer is,
opportunity with Barclay’s Bank, despite his girlfriend, Kate, in this film the ticketholder serves the same role as the angel definitely!
(Tea Leoni in the role) pleading with him not to go for fear in It Happened One Night. For when Jack awakens the
that it will lead to the end of their relationship. next morning, instead of being in his Manhattan penthouse
We then see Jack 13 years later—sure enough, a apartment he finds himself in a New Jersey home with a wife,
bachelor—now a highly successful, wealthy New York Kate—the former girlfriend he last saw at JFK Airport—and
financial executive in the process of putting together a multi- two children!
billion-dollar corporate merger. When he leaves his office Confused and panic-stricken, Jack races to his Manhattan
and stops at a small shop on the way home to his penthouse office only to be turned away by doorman and staff who don’t
apartment he becomes a bystander in a dangerous situation: recognize him at all. That Jack Campbell no longer exists
the store owner refuses to accept a winning $238 lottery ticket and this new one realizes that, no matter how or why his life
and pay its owner (played by Don Cheadle), claiming the has been turned upside down, he has no choice but to make

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