Something about “The family man”

Jack Campbell, a successful and talented businessman, is happily living his single and busy life. He has everything, he thinks. One day he wakes up in a new life where he didn't leave his college girlfriend for a London trip. He's married to Kate, lives in Jersey and has two kids. He, of course, desperately wants his life back which he has worked 13 years for, rather than works as a tire salesman at Big Ed's. And most importantly he doesn't want to wake up in the morning with kids jumping on the bed. However, as time goes by, day by day he's more confident with his new life and starts to find out what he once ignored, turning out money's good to have but that's not everything.

During the whole film, what impresses me most is the lovely girl, who figures out that her father has changed into someone completely strange. Though she is scared ,she still wants to defend her brother against the “alien”. She is so smart and brave ,and we must admit that children are adorable spirits of sensitivity and imagination.

At the end of the film, Jack goes back to his original life, making every effort to retain his love. According to the usual mode of films, it’s not difficult for us to infer the old-fashioned ending-----prince finds his true love and live a happy life with the princess. What a beautiful fairy tale.

However, to be honest, I don’t endorse this movie. Well,"The unexamined life is not worth living." Brett Ratner puts this theme into The Family Man, but neither of the parallel lives led by the main character is shown to be flawless, I think. I would rather take them as two different individuals after they make their choices. Choice can change one’s life ,environment can grind one’s edges and corners, failure can kill one’s will ,but what they cannot change is the character of a person. This character, or nature, is formed after our childhood. So I don’t want to judge the lives of two Jack which is better. I just want to say,

every one has his own life.

Original Jack ,as he said, makes perfect plans to everything, never doubts, never regrets. He is satisfied with his life, working hard without any loneliness. But he is thrown into another world, which is full of daily trifles. He is shown to another Jack’s memories, photos, videos, forced to received other’s life style. He , as well as us ,is brainwashed into believing that the man should have been like this. But why? Who prescribed? Because it accords with the warm imagination of the majority ? Isn’t it unfair to him?

At the beginning of the movie, the successful Jack is still single after many years. Can’t he even find a woman to marry except Kate? In the view of his status and capability, it’s impossible. It just shows a fact that he doesn’t want to get married, starting from the airport. Compared to love others, he prefers wealth, status, freedom, all the time.

This is the first Jack, an out-and-out businessman ,maybe he is indifferent, but he is successful.

Well, there is another part in the Parallel world makes me feel ridiculous. Jack managed to get executive position through his eloquence and confidence from his previous boss. He looked forward to a better life together with his family, while Kate started to brainwash, saying I can scarified everything -----the house, good school for children , brilliant career, just because of love, as if their life would have been totally destroyed by a superior apartment.

Every one has his limit of ability, and it’s happiness to recognize it and satisfy. But when you have the ability to enjoy a cozy life, you insist stay in the slums. This not called happiness.

I feel sorrowful. We all have dreams, why is it noble only when the dream is about love and family, why not career? Even somebody may have sympathy to the first Jack: you are

certainly wealthy and capable, but you lack friendship, love and family. You can just own one-night stand instead of a wife. Haha~ In fact ,Jack has his daily circle and life style----delicious food, wonderful trip, beautiful girls, and most important, career. I can’t understand ,why happy life must be ordinary. This is another hidden rule imposed on our mind: the rich know nothing about love and happiness. Ordinary happiness of family life is destined to be destroyed by great ability of work. But that is not a truth, not necessarily.

Let all “what if ” go to hell and live as you choose,I just want to say. As long as you select, please be faithful to the heart, have no doubt, and never regret. .

第二篇：居家男人英文故事梗概、影评、经典语句等

居家男人The Family Man 出品时间2000-12-22制片成本$60,000,000/estimated

拍摄地点美国新泽西州 美国纽约州纽约市

拍摄日期19xx年11月22日 - 20xx年3月14日

导 演布莱特·拉特纳Brett Ratner

编 剧大卫·戴尔蒙德David Diamond

类 型剧情 / 喜剧 / 爱情 / 家庭 / 奇幻

主 演尼古拉斯·凯奇Nicolas Cage .....Jack Campbell

，蒂娅·里欧妮Tea Leoni .....Kate Reynolds

，唐·钱德尔，杰里米·皮文 ，绍尔·鲁宾内克

片 长125分钟上映时间20xx年12月22日

票 房全球：124,745,083美元

这部电影有谁执导，拍摄于什么时间，片长，什么时候上映，票房怎么样，票房大概是成本的2倍。

Part1 Basic Information

The film named The Family Man was directed by Brett Ratner, which was made between the end of 1999 and the beginning of 2000. Then it was released at the end of 2000. The 125-minute-long film received a box office which was about twice its cost.

In the film, ambitious Jack Campbell(acted by Nicolas Cage) left his beloved girlfriend,Kate Reynolds(acted by Tea Leoni), and went to London alone in the hope of being a success 13 years ago. When he left, he promised he would be back after one year. 13 years later, Jack realized his dream and turned to a successful man. Everything with him looked so perfect and he thought he got all he needed.

However,things were different when Jack woke up on Christmas morning.He found himself in a cluttered room with Kate lying next to him. Besides, to his surprise, he was a father of two children. The previous life disappeared.

He couldn’t accept the present situation. He felt confused, uneasy, unhappy. As time passed, he adapted to the new life gradually, though they were not that rich. At last, when he had to end his fantastic experience, he even didn’t want to leave. He realized that he loved Kate deeply. Therefore, when he was back to his previous life again, he tried to retain his girlfriend, save their love and lead the life they desired 13 years ago.

剧情简介：

当他一觉醒来时，发现自己身在新泽西老家，凯特成为他的妻子，两人更育有两个可爱的孩子。全新而对立的人生让杰克无所适从，而他终将在金钱和亲情间做出抉择??

杰克·坎贝尔是华尔街的一名投资经纪人，凭借扎实的专业和对财经信息的敏锐嗅觉，他成为行内公认的高手，并受到众多投资人的青睐。然而，他奢侈、快节奏的生活方式在飘雪的圣诞节夜晚被一场意外事故彻底改变了。

翌日，他奇迹般的发现自己身处新泽西郊外的一个卧室里，在这里，他第一次当上了“住家男人”，有着深爱自己的妻子和两个可爱的孩子，而他从前的生活却不复存在了，在渐渐地适应了这种温馨舒适的家庭生活后，他发现自己处在了十字路口，因为他必须在心爱的女人和精力充沛的事业上做出抉择。

剧情介绍：

十三年前（即19xx年），踌躇满志的杰克·坎贝尔（尼古拉斯·凯奇 Nicolas Cage 饰）告别女友凯特（蒂娅·利奥尼 Téa Leoni 饰），只身前往纽约打拼。杰克坎贝尔前往伦敦实习之前，他承诺他的女友凯特：一年之后一定回来。 13年后，杰克已然成为华尔街炙手可热的投资经纪人，他的事业一帆风顺，生活奢侈优渥，身边美女如云，俨然一个完美无瑕的成功人士。 今晚是圣诞夜，杰克已经是个既高薪又有权势，并且在华尔街过著上流生活的单身汉，凯特早已经是个逝去的回忆。在下班回家的路上，杰克和便利商店老板凯许争执起来，他质问杰克的生活有什么价值，杰克只是回答：「我已经拥有我想要的一切了！」然而，就在圣诞夜节的前两天，杰克的人生发生翻天覆地的变化。

当晚，一如往常地，杰克蜷缩在他那间纤尘不染的名宅中，不知不觉便睡著了?隔天醒来，杰克发觉自己竟置身在一间零乱不堪的卧房里，凯特就睡在他的旁边，隔间房里传来婴儿的哭声，还有个六岁大的女儿叫他爸爸，而这一连串的惊声尖叫只是个开场而已。

面对这一切，从企业家杰克变成居家男人，房子也从纽约名宅变成纽泽西的公寓，杰克简直吓坏了。如今他不再是华尔街里穿梭商界、叱吒风云的名流仕绅，充其量只是个在「BigEd''s」公司卖轮胎的。看著法拉利跑车变成小货车，身上也从上千美金的名牌西装变成棉布T恤，改变尽在一夜之间，不可说不大，而且真的发生了。

为了寻回失落的一切，杰克决计去曼哈顿弄个明白，结果他赫然惊觉不仅是他曼哈顿名宅的警卫，甚至是他公司大楼的保安人员，都不认得他是谁。直到他试图去探问便利商店老板的口风，他才像获得救赎般恍然大悟。从凯许闪烁的眼神中，杰克总算了解到这一切遭遇的来龙去脉，然后他对杰克撂下一句话：「这是一种观想（glimpse）。」随后便突然消失，留下杰克一个人去面对全新的生活。

之后，杰克回到纽泽西的家中，开始尝试扮演好丈夫、好爸爸，过著白天卖轮胎，晚上为奶娃换尿布的生活。尽管他六岁的女儿安妮始终不相信杰克，认为他只是个模拟成她爸爸的外星人，杰克确实渐渐有了家的感觉，也自觉乐在其中。

而且他对凯特又重燃爱火，有了相爱的感觉；尽管她总是睡眠不足、锦囊羞涩，甚至没有华服美衣裳，但如今她在杰克的眼中，远比过去13年来他所认识的所有女人更引人、更有智慧，也更重要。

突然之间，这「观想」中的世界变得比真实生活更真实，杰克不禁好奇，这究竟只是个冥想，还是让生命重新安排的机会？它何时会结束，会不会瞬间消失，一去不返呢？总之，无论如何，这辈子杰克是再也不愿意失去凯特了?

Part II Sentences

1.【00:02:16】

Let's flush the plan. Let's start our lives right now, today.

让我们改变计划。今天，此刻让我们开始我们的生活。

I mean, I have no idea what this life is gonna look like,

我是说，我不知道生活将会变成什么样子，

but I know that it has the both of us in it, and I choose us.

但是我们福祸与共，我要我们在一起。

The plan doesn't make us great, Jack.

照计划做没有前途，杰克。

What we have together, that's what makes us great.

珍爱我们的爱，生活才会很美好。

- I love you, Kate. - I love you too. I do.

我爱你，凯特

And one year in London is not gonna change that.

去伦敦一年不会改变我们的爱

A hundred years couldn't change that.

一百年也不会改变我们的爱。

推荐理由1：之所以推荐，是因为它引发我们的思考，我们是应该在美好未来的构想之下按照一系列计划去追求未来某刻的美好，还是应该抓住此刻，而不去想太多，不想未来未知的困难。

把最后两三句列上，不是说我赞同。相反，我有些不赞同。相爱时，我们会觉得这份爱是坚不可摧的。可一旦隔开，时日过久，便慢慢冷却，以至于最终忘却当初的海誓山盟，忘却曾经的彼此。挥挥手，转身离去。

2.【00:07:43】

December 26. After that there'll be so much money floating around here, 12月26日后，我们会有很多钱。天天都可以当做圣诞节过。

it'll be like Christmas every day.

3.【01:19:00】

Can you imagine a life where everything was just easy ?

你能想象一帆风顺的生活吗？

You know, where you ask for things, and people just bring them to you ? 你要什么都有人帮你准备。

I think about it too. I do.

我也会向往那种生活。 我也会。

I wonder about what kind of life I would have had if I hadn't married you. 我会想如果没嫁给你会怎样。

Then I realize I've just erased all the things in my life that I'm sure about. 但接着我意识到这样我就抹杀了我生活中最重要的东西。

You and the kids. 你还有孩子们。

注：只摘录了二人对话中Kate的语句。

推荐理由：虽然话语很简单。但意义很深。一，知足常乐。二，不要因为走得太远而忘记为什么而出发。一开始，我们是抱着和家人好好生活在一起的梦想。可是，拼搏着拼搏着，或许我们富有，但我们失去了和他们在一起的好时光，不可挽回的好时光。

4.【01:26:50】

Look, I know our paltry little $2 million in sales is about what you spend a year on office supplies.

我知道区区两百万美元的营业额在你们看来只是零头。

And some regional trucking company account is nothing compared to a

multi-billion-dollar merger.

和你们比起来只是小巫见大巫。

No, no, no. I'm not trying to knock the tire business.

我无意贬低轮胎业。

- It's okay. I get it.

没关系，我了解。

I'm in your shoes, I'm thinking the same thing, but here's the deal. 我的想法和你一样，但是无论大城小镇，生意就是生意。

Business is business. Wall Street, Main Street.

It's all a bunch of people getting up in the morning,

不过就是帮孩子筹钱上大学。

trying to figure out how they're going to send their kids to college.

It's just people, and I know people.

生意的重点在人，我很了解人。

5.【01:33:30】

Don't you see ? I'm talking about us finally having a life that other people envy. 你不明白吗？我们终于可以过人人羡慕的生活。

Oh, Jack. They already do envy us.

大家已经很羡慕我们了。

【01:36:13】

But things change. If you need this, Jack, if you really need this,

但是情况变了。如果你需要这份工作，如果你真的那么想要，

I will take these kids from a life they love,

我会带孩子们离开心爱的环境，

and I'll take myself from the only home we've ever shared together...

带我离开我们唯一的家，

and I'll move wherever you need to go. I'll do that because I love you. 你要搬去哪儿我就搬去哪儿。我这样做是因为我爱你。

I love you, and that's more important to me than our address. I choose us. 我爱你，这比我们住在哪儿更重要。我要我们在一起。

6.【01:57:43】

After 13 years of marriage, we're still unbelievably in love.

结婚13年，我们仍然深爱彼此。

You won't even let me touch you till I've said it. I sing to you.

我不说我爱你，你就不让我碰你。我为你唱情歌。

Not all the time, but definitely on special occasions.

不是天天唱，但重要时刻都唱。

And we've--we've dealt with our share of surprises and made a lot of sacrifices, 没错，人生充满了意外，我们牺牲很多

but we stayed together. You see？you're a better person than I am,

但患难与共。你懂吗？你是好人

and it made me a better person to be around you. I don't know. Maybe it was all just a dream.

和你在一起使我也变好。也许，也许那只是一场梦

Maybe I went to bed one lonely night in December, and I imagined it all, but... 也许只是寂寞暗夜的幻想

I swear, nothing's ever felt more real. And if you get on that plane right now, 我发誓 那感觉比什么都真 如果你搭上那班飞机

it'll disappear forever.

一切就会永远消失了

I know we could both go on with our lives, and we'd both be fine.

我们可以各过各的生活，

But I've seen what we could be like together. And I choose us.

但我知道 长相厮守的场景 我要我们在一起。

Part 3 Critics

这部电影剧情简单，台词简单，从这方面来说，这部电影看起来并不那么吸引人。但最重要的是，这部电影能引起我们的思考。关于幸福的定义以及生活关键路径的抉择。

在影片中，非常喜欢Jack的女儿，非常可爱。

The film named The Family Man with a simple story and ordinary lines looked not that attractive. However, from my perspective, it was still a good film and well worth watching. The reason why I appreciated it was that it could cause us to think, to think about the definition of happiness, and what was really important for us. Yes, that was exactly its shining point.

In the film, having experienced a what-if life, the hero, Jack found that life with love was rather good though they were not rich. Therefore, when back to the real life, Jack tried to save his girlfriend and their love.

In fact, many people go too far and forget what they set out for. At first, they mean to pursue happiness. But afterwards, they turn to chase fame and wealth. Besides, lots of people expect too much about life and sometimes the happiness they pursue is the happiness in others’ eyes, which makes them unhappy. Happiness itself is not that difficult to get. The most important important is that we should figure out what the happiness is for us. Then we just need keep to remember that when we are struggling. Kate in the what-if life was really a wise woman. She knew what she needed.

At last, it’s worth mentioning that the little girl in what-if life was so cute.

Part 4 What if......

What if Jack didn’t left his girlfriend 13 years ago? The film presented us with one possibility, that is, they had two children and lived a simple but happy life. However, life was

difficult to predict, which is exactly the seductions of life. Maybe they had bad jobs with quite low salary. They worked hard and was tired everyday, but the life was terrible. We all know that love is just some kind of spiritual handholds rather than material support. And there is an old saying that poor couples sorrow. Therefore, as time passed, maybe they can’t live with the poor situation and began to complain each other. At last, they even may divorce and go their separate ways. This is possible.

If what Jack experienced is the life I mentioned above, maybe Jack would like to get away from it hurrily. Then he wouldn’t meet his pre-girlfriend.

如果Jack体验的是我刚才所提到的假设生活，估计Jack会迫不及待地要逃出这个虚幻的生活，逃出来后估计也不会去找他的前女友。

In fact, when I look back, I always think what if I choose other college, what if I choose my favorite major, what if I try to be extroverted, and what if I am more considerate. Maybe I study with more passion. Maybe she, a kind-hearted girl won’t leave me. Sometimes I just feel a little tired. I want to have a break.

Later, I forbid myself to think about such things. In my opinion, what-if life means little to us. And we have no chance to experience the so-called what-if life. What we should do is that we must think twice before we make decisions when we are faced with significant problems. Once we choose one way or one solution, no matter how difficult it is, we should continue moving ahead optimistically if we can’t make up for the mistakes we made.. Remember, live cautiously and optimistically. Besides, sometimes if we reduce the expectation of life, we may find that life is not bad.