Purely Joyful Movie!

If you're interested in the topic at hand, you should just watch it and judge yourself because the reviews have gone very biased by people that didn't even watch it and just hate (or love) the creator. I liked it, it was well written, narrated, and directed and it was about a topic that interests me.

It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.

It's a good bad... and worth a popcorn matinée. While it's easy to lament what could have been...

I'm not sure why but I always like this movie more than the person I'm watching it with. I've seen it multiple times and I love it every time. I believe that happens when you really like the acting and character development in a film. To me the acting was very well done. The story is great, nothing that hasn't been done before, but still a story I enjoy each time. Worth a look.

There is just something magical about this movie. I haven't seen one as good since. I have watched it many times and probably will continue. Maybe it's the fact that it takes place on Christmas. Maybe it's getting the chance to make your past mistakes right. Excellent film all around from the writing, production and acting. 10/10.

I liked this movie. What starts out as a light life change comedy turns into a drama with a message to all those in the rat race.Nicolas Cage and Tea Leoni play well against each other in a movie which is more than the some of it's parts. I was gently sucked in, then hooked by half way; and almost a little teary at the end.I thought that it was going to be like those body change movies, which are fun but have no substance. This is definitely better than the aforementioned and I recommend it to anyone of working age, especially those city lovers or even the reverse: suburbanites with a desire to seek their fortune in the big smoke.

The movie promotes the good old American values: have a family, work hard, be rich and happy. It also provides two dilemmas: do you live in a boring suburb (New Jersey), or live in the city where everything is happening (New York city)? Do you live with kids with no money and collect coupons or do you live the life of a bachelor and be rich and classy? Do you have to be lonely in NYC not having anyone near you at Christmas, or do you live with your wife and family? Do your kids have to live miserably in the city or do you have make sacrifices and live a boring life in a small town? However, these are false dilemmas. One doesn't always need to choose one to sacrifice the other. Why not live in another city, not as crowded as NYC? Why not have a job, that does not pay as much as a Wall Street job, but one that you can live OK and don't have to work 24 hours? Then you don't drive a Ferrari, but you also don't drive an almost broken minivan. Why do the characters either have to be 1) egoist self-centered assholes who only want luxury or 2) parents who have no ambition and live a dull life? Overall, it is a good idea (make a decision, live with it, then years later suddenly live in an alternative life if the different would have been different, reflect). However, the false dilemmas make it an unsuccessful film.