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Reign Over Me (2007) -- 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.
Reign Over Me (2007) -- Clip: We Were Roommates
Reign Over Me (2007) -- Interview:  Liv Tyler On Adam Sandler's Acting Range
Reign Over Me (2007) -- 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.
Reign Over Me (2007) -- 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.

Overview

User Rating:
7.8/10   36,250 votes
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Director:
Writer (WGA):
Mike Binder (written by)
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Release Date:
23 March 2007 (USA) more
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Tagline:
Let in the unexpected. more
Plot:
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. full summary | full synopsis
Awards:
2 nominations more
User Reviews:
An unexpected good dark comedy/drama from Sandler more (192 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Adam Sandler ... Charlie Fineman

Don Cheadle ... Alan Johnson

Jada Pinkett Smith ... Janeane Johnson

Liv Tyler ... Angela Oakhurst

Saffron Burrows ... Donna Remar

Donald Sutherland ... Judge Raines
Robert Klein ... Jonathan Timpleman
Melinda Dillon ... Ginger Timpleman

Mike Binder ... Bryan Sugarman
Jonathan Banks ... Stelter

Rae Allen ... Adell Modell

Paula Newsome ... Melanie
John de Lancie ... Nigel Pennington
Paul Butler ... George Johnson

Camille LaChe Smith ... Cherie Johnson (as Camille LaChe-Smith)
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Empty City (USA) (working title)
Reign O'er Me (USA) (working title)
À coeur ouvert (France) (DVD title) [fr]
Die Liebe in mir (Germany) [de]
En algún lugar de la memoria (Spain) [es]
La esperanza vive en mí (Mexico) [es]
La esperanza vive en mi (Argentina) [es]
Règne sur moi (Canada: French title) [fr]
Reign over me - ystävyyden voima (Finland) [fi]
Reine Sobre Mim (Brazil) [pt]
Saikai no machi de (Japan) (DVD title) [ja]
Vänner för livet (Sweden) [sv]
Zoi apo tin arhi (Greece) (DVD title) [el]
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MPAA:
Rated R for language and some sexual references.
Runtime:
124 min
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2.35 : 1 more
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Certification:
Australia:M | UK:15 | Ireland:16 | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:14A (Alberta/Manitoba/Ontario) | Finland:K-11 | Canada:PG (British Columbia) | USA:R (certificate #42006) | Germany:6 | Sweden:7 | South Korea:15 | Singapore:NC-16 | Brazil:12

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Trivia:
At first Adam Sandler declined his part because he was terrified of it, although he thought the character was incredible after he read the script. A month later, he reread the script and decided that he wanted to do it. more
Goofs:
Continuity: In the bar scene, Alan gets soaked by Charlie's drink, covering his face, shirt, tie, and coat. Alan then turns and when he exits the door, he is completely dry. more
Quotes:
Charlie Fineman: You're a good husband Alan. You remind me of me. more
Movie Connections:
Features Blazing Saddles (1974) more
Soundtrack:
Stop Your Sobbing more

FAQ

What happened to the scene from the trailer of Charlie and his family playing on the bed?
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136 out of 186 people found the following review useful.
An unexpected good dark comedy/drama from Sandler, 13 March 2007
9/10
Author: blaccjesus from san francisco, ca

I saw this at a screening last night too. I was totally blown away at how much better this movie was than what I expected. Not many movies can combine dark comedy and current event drama and not have it fall apart in the conclusion.

I won't bother rehashing the plot too much because I think the less you know about this movie going into it makes it that much better. But I will say that Adam Sandler's performance was really refreshing and real. He was funny, and much funnier than most of his most recent comedies. Don Cheadle was believable as always.

This movie isn't funny like Borat or Billy Madison but it has a good pace about it. I'd say 90% of the audience laughed for most of the film. Midway through the movie slows down to address the drama end of things and does a really nice job of tying it all together.

I also thought it was really cool how instead of playing up the whole black friend/white friend thing they chose to just ignore it and focus on the relationships themselves.

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Sandler was straight up robbed!!! Sammmy02
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Did Adam Sandler resemble Bob Dylan in this movie cryptical70
Hundreds of thousands of Grieving survivors blaine3-2
Did she get over it? ckhafre
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