Fresh
Director Mike Binder has twigged on to the fact that if you root Sandler's genially churlish moron act into a more sober foundation, a vulnerable, believable and even lovable character can begin to emerge.
David Jenkins, Time Out
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Reign Over Me
Overview
A man who lost his family in the September 11 attack on New York City runs into his old college roommate. Rekindling the friendship is the one thing that appears able to help the man recover from his grief.
Director and cast
- Mike Binder Director
- Adam Sandler as Charlie Fineman
- Don Cheadle as Alan Johnson
- Jada Pinkett Smith as Janeane Johnson
- Liv Tyler as Angela Oakhurst
- Saffron Burrows as Donna Remar
- Donald Sutherland as Richter Raines
- Robert Klein as Jonathan Timpleman
- Melinda Dillon as Ginger Timpleman
- Mike Binder as Bryan Sugarman
- Jonathan Banks as Stelter
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
64%
Tomatometer
Rotten
The film is slick when it needs to be raw, tidy when it needs to sprawl, and amorphous when it needs to focus.
David Edelstein, New York Magazine/Vulture
Rotten
Binder's insistence on pitching everything at the level of either sitcom shenanigans or movie-of-the-week weepiness compromises any significance the subject matter might have.
David Fear, Time Out New York
Fresh
For all its flaws, Reign Over Me is still surprisingly affecting.
Scott Tobias, AV Club
Fresh
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.
Claudia Puig, USA Today
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