"The Family Man": This Generation's "Wonderful Life"

Stardate: 0308.17

[Sir Gawain]

Thre was another one like it. Maybe Michael Caine and Jim Belushi were in it.

Mr. Destiny

[Ronly Bonly Jones]

Oh, there are tons of white angels (my favorite has to be a very young and extremely hot Jessica Lange as the Angel of Death in "All That Jazz") but how many white angels enlighten black characters? Anyone? Bueller? Bueller? Bueller?

[Intolerant in NJ]

... "The Family Man" is going to become a perennial Christmas favorite as the years go by....I kinda like my wonder and magic a little closer to real life, like when an apparently self-absorbed and distracted father nevetheless zones in on his son's fervent wishes for a BB-gun for Christmas and buys him "the greatest gift I had ever had nor would I ever receive" in spite of warnings from all over that "you'll shoot your eye out, kid"...

A Christmas Story gets my vote for modern-day classic.....

[dfwgator]

Oh wait, I thought you meant "Family Guy."

[Ronly Bonly Jones]

Come to think of it, I don't think that Wilson would have worked as a soccer ball....

[The Wizard]

"A Christmas Story" has already become a yearly fave.....

[The Wizard]

"A Christmas Story" has already become a yearly fave.....

[new cruelty]

Men in Black (Agent J and Agent K help save the world)

Training Day (though in the end, Detective Alonzo Harris was killed)

Sister Act (Mother Superior and Sister Mary Patrick help Deloris Van Cartier/Sister Mary Clarence)

Courage Under Fire (Lieutenant Colonel Nathaniel Serling struggles with inner demons while investigating Captain Karen Emma Walden’s worthiness for the Medal of Honor)

Wild Wild West (Capt. James 'Jim' West received guidance and assistance from U.S. Marshal Artemus 'Artie' Gordon)

Othello (well, maybe not. Listening to Iago wasn’t all that enlightening)

Blade (Blade is assisted by his father-figure Abraham Whistler)

Brian's Song (the story Gale Sayers and Brian Piccolo and how their friendship on and off the field was affected when Piccolo contracted a fatal disease)

Men of Honor (Master Chief Carl Brashear overcomes adversity with the help of his long time friend Master Chief Leslie W. 'Billy' Sunday)

Philadelphia (Joe Miller overcomes homophobia with the help of his client Andrew Beckett)

Changing Lanes (Doyle Gibson and Gavin Banek trade punches but in the end find ways to help each other)

Jackie Brown (Jackie Brown gets help from Max Cherry)

Any Given Sunday (Willie Beamen gets sage advice from head coach Tony D'Amato)

Bad Company (Jake Hayes is recruited by Oakes to help the CIA)

Enemy of the State (Targeted by the NSA, Robert Clayton Dean receives help from Edward 'Brill' Lyle)

Rising Sun (Lt. Web Smith is aided by Capt. John Connor)

To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar (I just had to include this one : ) )

[HitmanLV]

Sorry, she is a hag!

[HitmanLV]

I'm a huge movie fan - I have so many faves! Probably my #1 of all time is 'Casablanca'

[cincinnati65]

I would buy into the "A Christmas Story" thing, if TBS/TNT didn't show the darn thing 400 times between Thanksgiving and Christmas.

[Intolerant in NJ]

I would buy into the "A Christmas Story" thing, if TBS/TNT didn't show the darn thing 400 times between Thanksgiving and Christmas...too true - I've even seen it shown occasionally as part of the new craze - "Christmas in July" - just to get us in the (shopping) mood early, apparently - still, it seems to capture the holiday feeling better than any other film for me.......

[Clemenza]

Another movie featuring a "magical negro" (Don Chedle).

Liked the movie, even though it featured the disgusting Tea Leoni.