This reworking of It’s a Wonderful Life, in which a Ferrari-driving bachelor (Nicolas Cage) gets to experience how much more fulfilling his life would have been if he’d started a family with his college sweetheart (Tea Leoni), has some respect for the minivan world. Unfortunately, the few moments of truth – particularly Leoni as a pragmatic, roll-with-it modern mom – are outweighed by an over-earnest tone that rings false. You get the feeling the filmmakers – including unlikely director Brett Ratner – are catering to a middle-class, family sensibility so they can cash in at the box office and buy Ferraris of their own.
