Reign over Me
When the Twin Towers went down in 2001, Charlie Fineman lost everything important in his life. Charlie runs into his old college roommate. Rekindling the friendship is the one thing that appears able to help the man recover from his grief.
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August 26, 2008
A personal drama made accessible by Binder's unusual touch.
March 26, 2007
The film is slick when it needs to be raw, tidy when it needs to sprawl, and amorphous when it needs to focus.
March 23, 2007
At the very least, it puts a whole new spin on Billy Madison.
June 16, 2008
It's a gripping and very sad glimpse at grief and it's lasting effects on us when we truly lose something we cherish...
August 27, 2009
Mike Binder, a director of TV-sized smarm, continues to dismantle his own best effects
April 19, 2007
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.
March 24, 2007
For all its flaws, Reign Over Me is still surprisingly affecting.
February 02, 2009
Reign Over Me is like spending two hours with a shrink. Self-absorbed and repetitive, it has an occasional moment of truth, and a lot of hot air.
October 16, 2007
Like the characters populating it, this film leaves us with a sense that something is missing, but it's still smart, compelling, offbeat, and worth seeing.
March 23, 2007
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.
March 03, 2008
The main problem is Reign Over Me always skirts around the issue instead of tackling it head on. Depression and loss are hell, and hopefully friends can be there to bring you out of it.
March 24, 2007
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.
