
The Family Stone(2005)
An uptight, conservative businesswoman accompanies her boyfriend to his eccentric and outgoing family's annual Christmas celebration and finds that she's a fish out of water in their free-spirited way of life.


“What if you made different choices? What if you said yes, instead of no? What if you got a second chance?”
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.

Nicolas Cage
Jack Campbell

Téa Leoni
Kate Reynolds

Don Cheadle
Cash

Jeremy Piven
Arnie

Saul Rubinek
Alan Mintz

Josef Sommer
Peter Lassiter

Makenzie Vega
Annie Campbell
Jake Milkovich
Josh Campbell
Ryan Milkovich
Josh Campbell
Lisa Thornhill
Evelyn Thompson
The Family Man is a comedy, drama, romance, fantasy film released in 2000 exploring themes of businessman, workaholic, midlife crisis, holiday, second chance, magic realism. Directed by Brett Ratner, it stars Nicolas Cage, Téa Leoni, Don Cheadle. 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.
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