Total rip-off


Isn't this the EXACT same plot as "Family Man" with Nicholas Cage?

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Lifetime had Comfort and Joy a few years ago with Nancy McKeon.

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I'm not sure how Hallmark doesn't get sued.

Many of their movies are thinly veiled remakes, like this one and last year's "I Do, I Do, I Do" was a response of "Groundhog Day."

I suppos it counts as protected satire somehow.

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They don't get sued because nobody would bother suing a movie that cannot take much of the profits. It's a low budget film. It wouldn't make a dent in anything. It's just like Asylum productions. They almost never get sued for all their rip offs because it doesn't take away the profit from the original/bigger film.

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I haven't seen "I Do, I Do, I Do", but I thought the same thing about "12 Dates of Christmas" which was actually from ABC Family.

Mediocre Marx Brothers is better than no Marx Brothers!

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It's not even the first ripoff of "Family Man" on Hallmark which is funny.

There's "A Family Thanksgiving" too
http://www.hallmarkchannel.com/a-family-thanksgiving

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Think how many times "Scrooge" has been ripped off. Not to mention almost every reality show on TV.

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"Scrooge" cannot be ripped off. 'A Christmas Carol' is a classic novel so there are many adaptations.

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It was cute, but they did use some of the exact same lines (not my house/kids, if you really want this we can do it, etc). I quoted them as they said it when I watched it.

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Yes!!! I thought the same thing. The Family Man is one of my favorite movies. I could not believe how much they took from TFM! It was quite hilarious though.

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I was telling my husband the same thing -- some of the exact same lines. It's kind of crazy.

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Yes! And worse acting.

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This is definitely a gender reversal of The Family Man.

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Yea it was laughable the most blatant was leaving your significant other at the airport to go to a great job and saying you'll be back , then waking up in the house and stealing the mini van and going to work and old apt building to get turned away. Then when he/she returns , significant other is on the phone trying to track them down

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