honestly I would have enjoyed this movie so much more if adam sandler wasn't in it

Always a fan of Sandler and never heard of this one until today. As a young widower I understood more than anyone I think and as a gamer too, the fact that he plays a game where the character pursues the resurrection of his love was a fine touch.

Sandler stepped out of his comfort zone and showed that he can also play drama. But why this main character lisped, that made Sandler resembled his comedic act.

Reign Over Me is a powerful and timely film that deals with some controversial and sensitive issues. The story follows a struggling family man named Alan Johnson who rekindles an old friendship with a college roommate who’s suffering from severe PTSD after the loss of his wife and children in the 2001 World Trade Center attacks. The film does an impressive job at depicting the challenges of mental illness and at showing how it affects those around them. Don Cheadle and Adam Sandler lead the cast and deliver excellent performances. And they’re helped out by a strong supporting cast that includes Saffron Burrows, Liv Tyler, and Donald Sutherland. Reign Over Me gets a little overdramatic at times, but delivers a compelling look at the bonds of friendship.

Great movie with important messages and Sandler's perfomance was just amazing i didn't expect that. 7.6/10

This is the story of a Manhattan dentist (Don Cheadle) that stumbles across his college roommate (Adam Sandler) years after Sandler's family had died on 9/11. Sandler had become a shell of his former self and as the story unfolds you see the depths to which Sandler had sunk. I never thought I'd say this but Sandler stole the movie. He was decent in the first half of the movie but it was right about that time that he had a couple of scenes that really made the movie. Who knew? The movie was still fairly flawed but the good scenes were still good enough to carry the movie.

Shocking. The last Sandler movie I watched prior to this was _Zohan_ which was a horrible step backward after this flick. I thought his evolution into the non _Billy Madison/Big Daddy_ movie world had started with _Click_ which was a combination of those type comedies with some of the drama. Here he jumps in with both feet as Charlie, a man who lost his family during the 9/11 attacks. Sandler's portrayal at times had a little too much _Rain Man_ to it but overall it was fantastic. If you don't feel for him, you should see a psychiatrist. I loved how his old college roomate's attempt to "rescue" Charlie parallels the problems he has in his own life, namely the feeling of isolation they both overcome through video games, Chinese food, and Mel Brooks. Give this movie a chance, it will move you.