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A series of moments, sentimental and comic, that never do add up to a coherent fable.

-Liam LaceyFull Review

The outsize ticky tackiness of Jack's new life has been stitched together out of the broadest possible series of middle American cliches.

-Owen GleibermanFull Review

Too much of the movie is pure formula nonsense.

-Stephen HunterFull Review

It's the sort of steamroller seasonal entertainment calculated to make us average folks out here feel temporarily warm and happy about our averageness.

-Geoff PevereFull Review

The absolute choices it forces on its hapless hero are far too mutually exclusive to be credible.

-Susan StarkFull Review

Ratner, to his credit, gets the job done and makes it bearable.

-Joe BaltakeFull Review

The film has so many spiffy individual scenes.

-Jay Boyar

Desperately needs a more centered, consistent performance from [Cage].

-Steven RosenFull Review

Holiday moviemaking by the manual.

-Jan StuartFull Review

Ratner probably thought it would be Capra-esque, but, really, it's just boring.

-Eric HarrisonFull Review

Despite an aura of deja vu and a too-neat fadeout, this time-warp comedy feels fresh and original, and not a little heartfelt.

-Glenn Lovell

Although the rhythms of the movie directed by Brett Ratner ... are familiar in terms of the story, Cage and Leoni make it offbeat.

-Carrie Rickey

Nicolas Cage gives a performance that invites audiences to lay cynicism aside.

-Bob GrahamFull Review

Yes, this movie is schmaltzy -- but ... so what? It's also heartfelt, a great date movie and perfect for the holidays.

-(CNN.com) Paul ClintonFull Review

Aimed at the unfussy consumer of Christmas schmaltz.

-Jay Carr

Mostly it's a reminder of better movies in this genre.

-Lou Lumenick

In the end conventional sentiment, rather than any actual morality, is all that the script for The Family Man ... has to offer.

-Andrew O'HehirFull Review

The movie is sweet, light entertainment, but could have been more.

-Roger EbertFull Review

It seems that every few years the studios release movies that seek to offer Christmas magic but end up feeling forlorn and empty.

-Elvis MitchellFull Review

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

-Kevin ThomasFull Review

A warm, glossy holiday fable that hits some surprisingly sweet notes.

-Cody Clark

Nothing more, or less, than a cheap, dirty grab at our Christmas spirit.

-Desson ThomsonFull Review

Once we get past the initial appearance, everything about The Family Man is recycled.

-Philip WuntchFull Review

Highly compensated Hollywood types who make calculatedly commercial movies are the last folks who should be telling us we're unworthy, unfulfilled people if we don't sacrifice everything to raise a family.

-Mark Caro

An easier movie to tolerate than it should be if, like me, you're in love with Tea Leoni, who ... rescues the movie from the tar pit of irrelevance.

-Michael AtkinsonFull Review

The familiar can be awfully entertaining if it's done well. And here, for the most part, it is.

-Eleanor Ringel GillespieFull Review

A string of cliches, clearly intended for a season that sells those cliches.

-David D'Arcy

The screenplay is effective enough to get us thinking about a few philosophical issues ... while it tells a worthwhile story.

-James BerardinelliFull Review


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