Adam Sandler, B.J. Novak, Cicely Tyson
A man, who lost his family in the Sept. 11th attacks and has never recovered from his grief, runs into his former college roommate who is determined to help his ex-roomie come to grips with his loss.
DVD Release Date: October 9, 2007
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June 9, 2009This is a wonderful movie. Adam Sandler in a serious role about his struggle to deal with the grief of losing his entire family in the 9/11 attack. Sandler is just barely holding himself together when he meets his college roommate (Don Cheadle) who actually is not doing so hot h...( read more)
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May 9, 2009Heart-wrenching superb performances by Sandler and Cheadle with just enough humor to ease the heaviness of the story-line.
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February 8, 2009The first mainstream post 9/11 drama has Adam Sandler in a serious role. Ok, you're thinking that he's not up for it and all that you can wait for is another goofy performance. He already has "Punch-Drunk Love" to prove that he can put aside the Sandler we're used to and give a t...( read more)
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January 18, 2009Sandler does a great job showing how maddening and crippling the loss of a family could be.
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November 14, 2009I have yet to see this movie, but I would most definitely like to see it. It seems like it would be a heart wrenching movie, but I would love to see it.
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November 13, 2009Adam Sandler meets Pearl Jam - what more could you ask for. One of my favourite films of all time - one minute you're laughing the next crying.
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November 1, 2009Excelente história sobre um homem que perde a família no 11 de setembro e vive traumatizado desde então até ser encontrado por um ex-colega de universidade que decide ajudá-lo.
Um filme com muitos personagens que necessitam de tratamento psiquiátrico e uma ótima abordagem do tem...( read more) -
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October 25, 2009A powerful, emotional and thought provoking ride, excellent character development and structure and fabulous acting from all the cast, espically Adam Sandler who for once isnt playing his usual self. Overalll an amazinf film definitley worth seeing
Critic Reviews
March 26, 2007
Pete Hammond, Maxim
March 26, 2007
David Edelstein, New York Magazine
The film is slick when it needs to be raw, tidy when it needs to sprawl, and amorphous when it needs to focus. full review
March 23, 2007
Claudia Puig, USA Today
This is not a simple, uplifting tale. It's never clear whether Charlie will fully recover, and that sense of realism is the film's strength. full review
March 23, 2007
A.O. Scott, The New York Times
Reign Over Me uses the rhythms and moods of comedy to explore, and also to contain, overpowering feelings of loss.
March 22, 2007
Stephanie Zacharek, Salon.com
Reign Over Me is a very gentle picture, intended to soothe us, not to jolt or shock us. But it's so gentle that it lacks any discernible energy. full review
March 22, 2007
Colin Covert, The Minneapolis Star Tribune
There's no quick label for the kind of assured, humane films that writer-director Mike Binder makes. full review
March 22, 2007
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
As Charlie Fineman, a Manhattan dentist who lost his wife and two children when their jet crashed into the World Trade Center on 9/11, Sandler is stuck in a movie that won't come unstuck. full review
March 22, 2007
Nick Schager, Slant Magazine
Tackles issues of tragic loss, survivor's guilt, and psychological defense mechanisms with disarming sincerity. full review
March 20, 2007
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker
Reign Over Me closes with, at best, a cautious hope, leaving us more anxious than when we went in, and throughout the film there is a stunned and bewildered air hanging over the city, like a heavy smog. full review
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August 11, 2007A great movie. One of the best that i have seen in a long while and a must see for sure!
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July 1, 2007
I just saw this movie it was great i am not the biggest fan of dramas but i like the odd one, but this cast was brilliant and the story was touching it is sad to think that there really are people like charlie and i hope god gives them the strengh to make it through. The story did lack a little pace a little slow but it did have its funny parts for such a deep and moving movie. A must see!! sandler and cheadle should make another movie together they did a great good this time!! And i to was surprised at how well adam potrayed this role simply brilliant!!
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April 9, 2007
Wow! I caught this flick,yesterday and say I never saw Sandler in a darker,emotional role. He was Awesome
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April 2, 2007GREAT MOVIE, best movie i have seen in a long time . GOOD ACTING and great storyline. really touching. I put this one on the must see list. a dramatic role for Adam Sandler but after seeing the movie I just can't imagine anyone else playing that role.
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March 25, 2007When I first saw the commercials for Reign Over Me I thought it was a bad idea for a movie, but when I actually saw the movie I was so wrong.
Now there I was thinking that Adam Sandler could only act in comedy movies, because in those funny movies Adam acted in he was NOT serious at all. But when I was watching the movie I realized that he can act, like that he can really act. Not just to funny movies but to movies that had heart felt emotions in them.
Dude, Adam Sandler totally nailed the scene where he was telling Don Cheadle about his family. The crying looked like it had so much feeling into it, this has really taught me about not judging a book by its cover. Cuz you know on the outside Sandler looks like a funny guy, but to put that much emotion into the part of "Charlie" wow.
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