What if you made different choices? What if you said yes, instead of no? What if you got a second chance?
Jack's lavish, fast-paced lifestyle changes one Christmas night when he stumbles into a grocery store holdup and disarms the gunman. The next morning he wakes up in bed lying next to Kate, his college sweetheart he left in order to pursue his career, and to the horrifying discovery that his former life no longer exists. As he stumbles through this alternate suburban universe, Jack finds himself at a crossroad where he must choose between his high-power career and the woman he loves.
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Contemporary, classical in form, earnest and effortless.
- contemporarynostalgic
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- effortlessdemanding
- sparerichly built
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Cast
- Nicolas CageJack Campbell
- Téa LeoniKate Reynolds
- Don CheadleCash
- Jeremy PivenArnie
- Saul RubinekAlan Mintz
- Josef SommerPeter Lassiter
- Makenzie VegaAnnie Campbell
- Jake MilkovichJosh Campbell
- Ryan MilkovichJosh Campbell
- Lisa ThornhillEvelyn Thompson
Crew
- Brett RatnerDirector
- David DiamondScreenplay
- David WeissmanScreenplay
- Dante SpinottiDirector of Photography
- Danny ElfmanOriginal Music Composer
- Mark HelfrichEditor
- Marc AbrahamProducer
- Howard RosenmanProducer
- Alan RicheProducer
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