Reign Over Me (Widescreen Edition)
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Actor: Adam Sandler, Don Cheadle, Jonathan Banks, Melinda Dillon, Robert KleinBrand: Sony
Cinematographer: Russ T. Alsobrook
Composer: Rolfe Kent
Editor: Steve Edwards
Editor: Jeremy Roush
DVD: Region Code 99
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); Portuguese (Subtitled); Korean (Subtitled); Thai (Subtitled); French (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround
Format: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 2.40:1
Running Time: 124 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2007-10-09
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Sony Pictures
DVD Reviews of Reign Over Me (Widescreen Edition)
DVD Review: Best Drama I Have Seen in a Very Long Time
Summary: 5 Stars
I had not heard much about this movie before I watched it. I was totally taken by surprise at how good it was. Adam Sandler's portrayal of a man whose life went to pieces after his wife and daughters died in one of the September 11 airplanes was Oscar-worthy. Don Cheadle is such a versatile actor. This is such a great story of two friends who rekindled their friendship when they both really needed someone else. Cheadle's character, a dentist who had lost himself in the responsibilities of being a husband and a father, learned as much from Sandler's character as Sandler's character learned from him. I laughed, I cried. I highly recommend this film!DVD Review: Blunt, Raw & BRILLIANT
Summary: 5 Stars
This movie is a raw, gritty and daring film, that constantly pushes all the buttons. This is about real life... It is an excellent and refreshing change of acting talent and directing, that's been lacking in the majority of today's Hollywood movies. Kudos to Adam Sandler and Don Cheadle for some excellent acting! Highly Recommended DVD Review: Adam Sandler in a Really Different Role!!!
Summary: 3 Stars
I thought this was pretty good. Some parts were mostly serious and it had a few funny moments! Adam Sandler plays Charlie Fineman who lost his family in the 9/11 tragedy. Charlie lives in his own little world and tries to forget what happened. Alan Johnson, a dentist who was Charlie roommate at college sees Charlie and tries to find him. Whenever Alan asks Charlie about the tragic past, Charlie becomes angry and beats up Alan. Throughout the movie, Alan tries to have fun with Charlie, but toward the end, we see Charlie is suicidal and tries to end his life. Will Alan be able to help his friend? To find out, you have to REIGN OVER ME!!!DVD Review: Nice story that shows the importance of being a good friend to the ones in need...
Summary: 4 Stars
Johnston, a dentist, meets by chance his old college roommate Charlie on the street of Manhattan after all these years, to discover the big changes in Charlie's life and personality. Charlie, once a successful dentist, loses his wife and three daughters in a plane crash that totally broke his heart. He suffers from post traumatic stress, quits his job, lives totally alone, and throws his whole life behind. He tries to forget about his family and feels very angry and frustrated with anyone that reminds him of them.
Johnston as a friend tries to offer help to Charlie. Throughout he movie he hangs out with Charlie and encounters all Charlie's angers and disturbances, however remains patient with him. Eventually, with the help of a psychiatrist, Charlie learns to accept his loss and realizes that life must go on, meets a lovely women, and it seems he will get into a relationship with her that surely will help him not stay lonely anymore.
This movie is about the importance of friendship. Many people would be your friend when you are funny, well off, cool, smart, and interesting. But they would run away from you if you start being a source of discomfort to them. Johnston was a true friend and illustrated how friends should stick to each other at both good and bad times.
We really can't blame Charlie for being so disturbing and angry. He lost his whole family in a plane crash. If anyone has a similar experience they will for sure change and will need some professional help. If anyone in a matter of minutes lost everyone he/she knows, it will surely crush his/her heart. However one should believe that losing people doesn't mean the end of them. Its very helpful to believe that they are gone for a short time and we'll catch up with them later and see them again. Faith is a major help during these difficult times.
Remain good and helpful to your friends. There will come times when you will need friends around you.
DVD Review: Adam Sandler was Oscar Material
Summary: 5 Stars
This was a very touching movie with the genius of balanced moments of humor playing off good drama. That is not an easy feat to accomplish, considering the subject matter.
I have heard criticisms of this movie that the topic of 9-11 was somehow belittled and used as a prop. Huh? This topic was treated as tenderly and sensitively as one can imagine. This WAS the central theme: the damage and tragedy caused by that one day of madness. It was NOT a cheap prop.
Don Cheadle was amazing as ever, but the big surprise was Adam Sandler. Definitely Oscar material. He is a superb actor - right up there with the very best - totally moving performance. I FELT his pain. How many times can you say that about the acting you see on the silver screen?
Highly, highly recommended. Another addition to my dvd library.
Description of Reign Over Me (Widescreen Edition)
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.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
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