Reign Over Me (DVD) Reviews
Description:Genre: Drama / Theatrical Release: 2007 / Director: Mike Binder / Actors: Adam Sandler, Don Cheadle ... / DVD released ... more
Reign Over Me (DVD) ... 20 August, 2007 at Sony Pictures Home Entertainment / Features of the DVD: Anamorphic, PAL / One of the first films to examine the aftermath of post- 9/11 New York City, Reign Over Me shows how much even indirect contact with those who lost loved ones in the tragedy can greatly affect. Like rings of debris spiraling out from an explosion, Charlie Fineman's (Adam Sandler) loss also devastates his in-laws, who he refuses to speak to, and ex-college roommate, Alan Johnson. Reign Over Me stars Johnson, a successful dentist with a gorgeous wife, Janeane (Jada Pinkett Smith) and two kids, who finds Charlie reverted back into a teenage wasteland, unable to face his unbearable sadness. Sandler as Charlie looks like Bob Dylan and acts like Dustin Hoffman in his great dramatic performance. Listening to The Who and The Boss through headphones, playing video games, and continually remodeling his kitchen, Fineman's escapism disturbs Johnson, who, in turn, feels squelched by his stiflingly normal lifestyle. As the two reacquaint, Johnson is the only person who can help save Fineman from self-obliteration. The story analyzes Post Traumatic Stress with some accuracy, though excess sentimentality undermines emotional scenes. Survivor's guilt, assessing mental illness, and absolute incapacitation due to grief are all topics covered within the bounds of the enduring friendship forged between these two men. Ultimately, Reign Over Me's message is one of compassion, as a reminder to treat victims of loss with patience and care. But interestingly, it also pays heed to smaller human tribulations, which are obstacles to healing when left untreated. --Trinie Dalton
Newest Review: ... He loses his family and the grief caused by this causes him to both leave his job and isolate himself from others. The second ... more
... main character is Alan Johnson (Cheadle). On the surface it seems he has everything he needs with a loving wife, children and a successful career as a dentist. He though feels overwhelmed with coping with the pressures of balancing both family and work. He sees no relief from his hectic work and home life. In a chance meeting the two former college roommates are reunited in a New York street. It seems that Charlie has fallen far since college days but Charlie and Alan both seem to need help from each other. T...more
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Customer Reign Over Me (DVD) Reviews (16)
by - written on 25/01/08 (Very useful, 64 readings)
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Synopsis Alan Johnson (Cheadle), a New York dentist, runs into his college roommate, Charlie Fineman (Sandler), by chance after Fineman loses his family in the September 11 tragedy. The two re-spark their friendship, beginning a tentative journey towards recovery. Story Alan Johnson, a dentist in a successful New York practise should be happy. Apart from his career he has a loving family (a wife and two daughters) and a nice house and lifestyle. But Alan feels a little suffercated by his wife, in bed by 10.30pm, doing jigsaws, photography classes and never going out. Alan then has a chance encounter with his old college room-mate, ... Read the complete review
Come Reign and Shine (605 words)by - written on 02/01/10 (Very useful, 79 readings)
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To cut smartly to the chase, Adam Sandler is quite fantastic here. Or, to give him his full title, Adam Bloody Sandler; as in "It's got Adam Bloody Sandler in it? Let's watch something else ..." An actor more accustomed to decidedly low-brow comedy (in some cases to considerable success), Reign Over Me does for Sandler much what Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind did for Jim Carrey, another actor tarred with a one-trick brush. Despite past typecasting, Sandler turns in a quite exceptional performance in a film that as a whole is laudably restrained. The film opens as disillusioned dentist Alan Johnson (Don Cheadle) encounters ... Read the complete review
by - written on 26/04/10 (Very useful, 46 readings)
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Alan Johnson s a hard work dentist who has a wonderful family and life. He is stuck in traffic one day when he spots his old college room mate Charlie Fineman. He calls for Charlie but he does not hear him. Alan tells his wife about seeing Charlie and it is hear that we learn about Charlie and how he lost his wife, 3 daughters and dog when the plane they were on was used to crash into the twin towers on September 11th 2002. Since this happened none one has seen or herd from Charlie and he has even given up his Dentist practice. Alan pursues Charlie and finally manages to meet him but Charlie cannot remember Alan at first but when Alan talks about the college ... Read the complete review
by - written on 30/01/09, updated on 30/01/09 (Very useful, 9 readings)
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Directed by: Mike Binder Written by: Mike Binder Genre: Drama Country: USA Certification: 15+ Language: English Released: 20th August, 2007 (DVD) MAIN CAST: Adam Sandler (Charlie Fineman) Don Cheadle (Alan Johnson) Jada Pinkett Smith (Janeane Johnson) Liv Tyler (Angela Oakhurst) Saffron Burrows (Donna Remar) Charlie's wife and daughters were aboard one of the planes that crashed into New York City's Twin Towers on 9/11. Unable to cope with their deaths, he deals with the situation in his own way... by forcing himself to forget that they ever existed. Distancing himself from all ... Read the complete review
by - written on 15/02/10 (Very useful, 78 readings)
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Reign over me was produced in 2007 starring Adam Sandler and Don Cheadle. It also stars Liv Tyler as a psychiatrist and an appearance from Saffron Burrows who is a slightly disturbed woman. All I can say is wow, this film was not what I expected at all. It completely blew me away and as for Sandler he was truly amazing in this film and he was playing it straight! I can honestly say I did not rate him much as an actor but more like a joker getting paid for having fun but boy did he kick me in the teeth with his talented performance here. There hasn't been a film of late that had my full attention but this sure did. So from my other reviews done ... Read the complete review
