Gede: There is one movie that, oddly enough, I did enjoy more than I expected. It is also a movie that happens during Christmas, so I suppose it qualifies as a Christmas movie. It is "
The Family Man" with Nicholas Cage.
The story is quite simple and predictable enough, there were some good performances, the budget was modest and tells a personal story with small stakes (nobody saving Christmas, escaping nazis or anything of the sort). But I think it is impossible to watch this movie without falling in love with Téa Leoni's character.
PaterAlf: Thanks to you Santa has a new movie for his watchlist. In return he left a little gift in your stocking.
Thank you so much, Santa! I shall follow the instructions and be a good boy!
The DVD extras for the movie are some funny notes. For instance, the director really wanted Cage to play the part, but after doing a dark movie, like "
8mm", the actor was not feeling much into it. So the team contacted Cage's friends and adapted the script to include his favourite diner, food, band of clothes, car and so on. And it seemed to have worked. Another funny fact: the Ferrari that Nicholas Cage drives in the movie, and the producers had rented for a few scenes, had been previously owned by Nicolas Cage. It was him who noticed. So the production team, unknowingly, really did walk the extra step in in adapting the movie to their star actor.
