It's Christmas eve and bachelor Jack Campbell (Nicolas Cage), heads off to bed, a high-powered Wall Street banker brought up on a diet of fast cars and fast women. But by Christmas morning he's changed into the man he would've been had he chosen a different path in life. Married to college sweetheart Kate, (Tea Leoni), Jack now has two kids, works as an auto supplies salesman - and is floundering in a world he doesn't understand.

Exploiting a favourite sci-fi staple - the parallel lifelines story - Family Man directed by Rush Hour helmer Brett Ratner, joins the likes of Sliding Doors and Run Lola Run, and is a classy feel-good movie that makes full use of Cage's talents.

Struggling to come to terms with this alternative blue collar existence, Jack's response to his predicament slowly changes from dismay to joy as the pleasures of his new life take hold.

Cage handles the transformation brilliantly, and there's plenty of humour to be had watching him changing nappies and looking horrified at the polyester shirts in his wardrobe. An enjoyable family-orientated romantic comedy.