Reign Over Me - BLU-RAY Version (2006)

david hodgson from england , 25/08/2007

Adam Sandler may be more familiar to cinemagoers for his enraged caricatures and zany humour, but in Reign Over Me he finds his true calling with a subtle, anguished performance; at times intense, at times almost heartbreakingly subdued.

Sandler’s Charlie Fineman is an empty man. Having lost his wife and young daughters during 9/11, he has withdrawn into himself. Keeping the world at bay with his dishevelled clothes and evasive demeanour, Fineman finds solace in the monotony of video games and isolation from all but the most basic of human contact.

Following a chance meeting with former college roommate Alan Johnson (Academy Award nominee for Hotel Rwanda, Don Cheadle), Fineman rekindles an alliance that slowly but surely brings him back into the world.

Johnson wants to help Fineman, though he too is troubled. Despite a seemingly perfect life, a successful dental practice, an erratic though devoted wife (Jada Pinkett Smith), children and wealth, he cannot shake the feeling that somehow, something is missing.

Having recently been falsely accused of sexual harassment by a jilted dental patient (Saffron Burrows), Johnson sees Fineman as aiding in his own renewal. As the two men hit town and finally live a little, they once again discover what it means to be happy.

And yet Fineman still cannot exorcise his demons, as an unwillingness to deal with the past stalks his every moment. When he inevitably cracks, Fineman’s outburst lands him in the type of trouble that could not only lose him his best friend, but also the right to a normal life that, deep down, he now craves.

Reign Over Me’s impressive cast is rounded off by Golden Globe winner Donald Sutherland and The Lord of the Rings’s Liv Tyler. It is directed/ written by award winning filmmaker Mike Binder.

In tackling perhaps the single most shocking day in recent history, Binder has created a moving and at times very funny drama, handled with passion and absolute sensitivity.

Reign Over Me is not a ‘9/11 film’, it’s a relationship rites of passage between two men who have journeyed to crisis point and are in desperate need of each other to find their way home.

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A customer from England , 12/11/2007

This film had a touching storyline to it and great acting by Adam Sandler. The trouble was it was just too long.

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madboy from Eastbourne , 31/08/2007

Something different for Adam Sandler, doing dramatic roles. The story is not unique although based on recent events in the US, it still is a great film to watch.

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A customer from London, England , 22/09/2007

Excellent! Never been a fan of Adam Sandler but he does a sterling job in this film. You will be laughing one minute but crying the next, well your girlfriend will be with another little giggle to see you through the moment. Highly recommended and one you will enjoy.

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A customer from London, England , 22/09/2007

Excellent! Never been a fan of Adam Sandler but he does a sterling job in this film. You will be laughing one minute but crying the next, well your girlfriend will be with another little giggle to see you through the moment. Highly recommended and one you will enjoy.

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A customer from England , 12/11/2007

This film had a touching storyline to it and great acting by Adam Sandler. The trouble was it was just too long.

  5 out of 5 people found this review helpful

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