The Family Man (2000) Critic Reviews

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San Francisco Chronicle | Bob GrahamAdd Critic to Favorites

Cage gives a performance that invites audiences to lay cynicism aside in a romantic fable.Read the full review

Chicago Sun-Times | Roger EbertAdd Critic to Favorites

Sweet, light entertainment, but could have been more.Read the full review

USA Today | Susan WloszczynaAdd Critic to Favorites

Despite solid acting, it's a fantasy for those who don't know jack about what really makes for a wonderful life.Read the full review

Entertainment Weekly | Owen GleibermanAdd Critic to Favorites

Schlock weeper.Read the full review

Variety | Joe LeydonAdd Critic to Favorites

A slickly produced slice of sentimental hokum that borrows freely from a half-dozen or so other, better feel-good fantasies.Read the full review

Los Angeles Times | Kevin ThomasAdd Critic to Favorites

Not even a sincere and heroic effort by Nicolas Cage can redeem the film's essential phoniness.Read the full review

Rolling Stone | Peter TraversAdd Critic to Favorites

Starting to feel sick? Just you wait.Read the full review

Boston Globe | Jay CarrAdd Critic to Favorites

Sitting through it is like waking up on Christmas morning to find a stockingful of styrofoam.Read the full review

The New York Times | A.O. ScottAdd Critic to Favorites

A piece of moldy wax fruit if ever there was one.Read the full review

Washington Post | Desson ThomsonAdd Critic to Favorites

Nothing more, or less, than a cheap, dirty grab at our Christmas spirit.Read the full review

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