A Family Thanksgiving

Funny, I was looking for this movie but the W network/hallmark had renamed it, "it's a balancing act"!

It's a cute for TV movie as expected!!

It is a reasonable question to ask what Family Man would have been like if Nicholas Cage had played a workaholic career woman attorney instead of a male Wall Streeter. The producers of A Family Thanksgiving have answered that question. Don Cheadle has been recast as Faye Dunaway but Faye and the script make it a less entertaining part. The kids are older now while the spouse is a stranger instead of an old love. There are a couple nice twists to the Family Man plot. It is interesting to feel different emotional impact when the protagonist finding herself in various family situations is not a man as in Family Man. I was disappointed that the emotional peak of Family Man is missing due to one of the script differences--made me feel like I was watching a TV movie. Bottom line is I enjoyed it and intend to watch it again to examine more closely the emotional impact of the gender switch. But if you haven't seen either and can only see one, see Family Man.

I liked the story. I did find it a little far fetched that a German company would have a factory that does not practice environmental safety. The Germans have been cleaning up rivers and practicing forest management for many years. Your research was not very good.

8/10 - one of the absolute best Thanksgiving films

I was pretty disappointed in this movie. It had 3 to 4 curse words and it is rated G from Hallmark. The lead character was way too manic. For me, once was enough for this movie.