Clinton Yuen This is a comedy/drama about an alternate reality. Some of us have probably wondered how life might have been had we made one decision over another. So is the case of Jack Campbell (Nicolas Cage) an egotistical, arrogant New York corporate investment deal-maker who is assigned to Europe for a year, leaving his college sweetheart Kate (Tea Leoni) behind. Kate's final appeal to him to stay back and be with her is declined. Jack awakens the following morning, not in his hotel room in Europe, but to a fast-forwarded version of what life (15 years later) would have been like to listened to Kate. Cash (Don Cheadle) is his guardian angel. This life is one of an average 9-5 salary family man living in the New Jersey suburbs married to Kate with a baby boy, and elementary school aged daughter. Jack distresses over this change. He dislikes living on budget, his low paying job as a tire salesman, and abhors the responsibilities of being a dad. After a few weeks, however, Jack begins to enjoy this life, Cash shows up again to return him to his original starting point. Jack falls asleep that night and awakens to his original life. Having seen a version of how life would have played out with Kate, he is now determined to have her.

maraki-lost I rated this film 6/10 because I agree with some of its messages. It's about a man who seems pretty happy with what he has, thinking he has all he needs. But the film sets out to prove him wrong by showing him exactly what he's been missing out on since he got on that plane and dumped his girlfriend 13 years ago.It's all about compromise, and choosing the best option for your life. He learns he should choose love over personal needs because you can't have it both ways and life isn't perfect. He understands having a messy home and two screaming kids and a job he doesn't like isn't the end of the world as long as you love the person you're with. I understand where this was going because in reality, you also can't have everything and you need to make changes when life gives you lemons and everything sure doesn't turn out exactly like you planned.On the other side, the film is telling you you should be happy being poor as long as you've got the love. You should be happy settling for less than you want because it's okay, that's life and you're an empty person if you're rich, single and happy with it. It's being judgemental towards Jack's life in the first minutes of the movie, which is how a lot of people actually live and like it..

armsidechannel I always tell myself that the final goal of my life is to have a happy family. The way achieve that is to work hard, giving my wife and my children great living environment, which including a nice house, good food, great education chance and so on. these all stuffs are required money. Therefore, in my opinion, working hard and making more money is important.However, after viewing this movie-the family man, I start thinking that am I missing the right track? Do I really know what is the most essential part? Sometimes I am so confuse.The Jack, the main character in this movie, the main reason for him to go abroad is to have a better career, which means a better salary to have a better life with Kate. But the funny thing is that this is exactly the reason they broke up.Maybe, I think, is that having a happy family is not the ultimate goal for Jack, and maybe that is a nice sugar coat for Jack to chase his real goal, like making more money, meeting better world. Because normally, the ultimate goal means the NO.1 thing, the most priority thing that nothing could compare with, if there is a alternative question, you should go with this goal without any doubt.Apparently, staying with Kate is not for Jack, or they won't broke up. So, that will make me think what is the best for my future family? Is going abroad to make more money the best for my future family? Or staying with my girlfriend by missing the excellent career chance? I found the answer in this movie. The answer is love. Love is an amazing thing, it is not about creating something for each other, it is about scarifying for each other for staying with each other. just like the movie said, "I choose us", not a personal purpose, not a personal thought like "oh I think this is the best for us." something like that. It is always about "us", living together, solving problems together, facing difficulty together, raising kids together and so on. If there is a moment that will possibly separate "us", we should reject this moment, we should stick around with each other.Of course, it is not only required love, but also a rational mind, you could not purely choose "us" because you are afraid of lonely, because you just thinking yourself. There could not be a little selfish mind. The choice have to be made rationally by love.I am a person who also choose to abroad for better education, and that would maybe spent 2 years without seeing my girlfriend. But, After viewing this movie, I will still stick with my choice, because I really start understanding what is real means of my ultimate goal. I know maybe sometimes I will miss the right track, fortunately, there is a movie that could always remind me, that could always make me thinking, that could always teach me, this movie is named The family man.

dontsueme This movie depicts a man who has it all. A high paying job, an amazing apartment, an amazing car, and the opportunity to sleep with any woman he pleases. What if....after an angel shows him what his life would've been if he made one last minute snap decision that would change it all. what if he could have the other end of the "American dream". Jack Campbell must go through the journey of finding out that there is more to life than making money. Personally I HATED it. Instead of Jack making the best of the situation he goes into a hole of self loathing, and the loathing of all those around him. He blames everything wrong in his life on his wife. He does finally "enjoy himself" only to be thrust back into his old life....pretty pointless right? I mean Why him? and what is he supposed to do? chase after the one that got away? procreate the children that wont exist anyway? He fell in love with the life in his "glimpse" and wont love the one he can create. Nice way to make a person who is happy miserable, then happy and then even more miserable...then when they realize it is far too late probably suicidal... Merry Christmas Jack Campbell I hope you enjoyed the ride.