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Product Description: Adam Sandler Don Cheadle Jada Pinkett Smith and Liv Tyler star in this heart-rending story about Charlie Fineman (Sandler) who has slipped away from reality after the sudden loss of his wife and children. But Charlie s life takes a turn for the better when he runs into his old college roommate Alan Johnson (Cheadle) whose life is torn between the demands of career and family. Their renewed friendship rekindles their long-forgotten bond and both men emerge enriched and enlightened. Bill Zwecker of CBS-TV hails REIGN OVER ME as A truly brilliant film. System Requirements:Run Time: 124 Mins.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: DRAMA Rating: R UPC: 043396173873 Manufacturer No: 17387 Average Rating:
 Rating: - Reign Over MeAdam Sandler is fantastic in this movie. It shows he can play serious parts besides his comedy side. Rating:  - A Portrait of Quirky Despair"I just feel that it would be good if you opened up to someone." Another rare film which tells its tale in every detail. One man (Cheadle), lonely and withdrawn in spite of his familial and professional success, spots an old friend (Sandler), and realizes that, comparatively, he has it pretty good. Sandler's character is a mentally shattered 911 widower, lost in his own sad world; Cheadle is the only one who can reach him. The two men, as they reforge an old bond, step closer to closure and wholeness. It's no fairy tale. The movie has laughs, and sweet moments, but it also has jarring scenes of mental illness, violence and despair. It is a bittersweet and moving piece, not a cute one. I applaud Sandler's new depth; almost every actor in the film subtly reinforces the message of the importance of communication and connection, in a tragic world. Rating:  - Good message but mediocre execution2.5 stars. This movie started with a good premise but due to a couple of bad casting and a rambling script this movie falls short. Don Cheadle's performance feels watered down mainly because Adam Sandler and Liv Tyler gives him very little to work with. I can't help but feel Adam TRYING to act. It's a reoccuring problem that shows up in his dramatic efforts of the past. Only time he shines is during the few comedic moments-and even then Adam Sandler is Adam Sandler. He's not like a Robin Williams who flip the script effortlessly between comedy and serious dramatic roles. Liv Tyler truely is a blank slate-her acting range is near zero since she seems to be playing herself no matter what the role as well. My main problem with the film is that it FEELS long. Cheadle's storyline tends to get dropped for large portions of the film and I wonder why Jada Pinkett can't land a part that will give her more than 20 minutes of screen time. Over all it's not a very memorable film. Rating:  - Don Cheadle at last has made a "paycheck film."Every actor goes slumming once in a while. Nicholas Cage does it quite often, and always with the highest sense of, "I'm doing this because I want to" shooting from his psychotic eyes. I didn't, however, ever believe that Don Cheadle, my favorite strut-walking acting dynamo, could ever go slumming at a time when he is arguably at his zenith in terms of recognition. Well, he went slumming in Reign Over Me, a quasi-sophisticated film about the burden of friendship and the importance of healing. If you watch this film closely and remove yourself from the garage sale-type plotline, you will see a Sandler laughably trying too hard, and a Cheadle not trying hard enough. This combination is horrifically combustible and acts like a pin being thrust into your left kneecap while your torturers merrily play John Tesh music in the background. Sandler, as always, resorts to screaming and looking red-eyed as opposed to actually playing a believable character not named Billy Madison. Cheadle, on the flipside, seems mentally engaged in some other realm, wandering an ethereal plain of lower consciousness where the paychecks play water polo in Paycheck Land. PLOT: Two friends meet after years of separation following the 911 tragedy that took the lives of one of their families. They banter on about music, they play video games, they get drunk, they strategize about women, they heal, they weep, Sandler overacts, Cheadle under acts, and in the end, you'll likely ... Read More Rating: - Adam Sandler Builds His Dramatic ChopsREIGN OVER ME is a powerful drama with a few liberal portions of comedy mixed throughout. It is also Adam Sandler's most powerful and upstanding performance to date. Many movie watchers have probably seen plenty of the post-911 movies that've come out in recent years: World Trade Center and United 93 being the most notable. But what most movie-goers haven't seen is the long-term after-affects of that day on the lives of those left behind. Film studios wanted to show the special effect, the gore, or the panic of the day. But if we take our heads out of the clouds (and off of those collapsed structures) and focus them on the heads of those who lost everything, the glimpse is much more personal, much more gripping. I wasn't expecting much when I heard that Adam Sandler (Click) had taken one of the lead roles. He's known more as a Saturday Night Live goofball and comedic talent. And although there are funny moments in Reign Over Me, none of them really fall in Sandler's normally outlandish comfort-zone. Sandler plays John Dillon lookalike Charlie Fineman, a man who lost his entire family on one of the planes that struck the Twin Towers. Years have passed and he suffers from the worst case of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder you could imagine. Wandering around on his gas-powered skateboard, he acknowledges no one, living a secluded life both externally and internally. Until... Alan Johnson (Don Cheadle, Crash) went to college with Charlie, both of them ... Read More Browse for similar items by category:
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