Friendly Buddies
Reign Over Me
Mike Bender
Don Cheadle, Adam Sandler, Liv Tyler, Jada Pinkett-Smith
16
Sandler, usually to be found in comedies (where he usually manages to be charmless) turns in an excellent serious performance in what is a heart-pulling drama.
He plays a man whose life falls apart when he loses his family in the 9/11 tragedy. He comes across an old college room-mate (Cheadle) and their friendship and mutual support lies at the heart of the film.
It’s certainly a serious attempt at understanding the meaning of support and friendship but when the set-piece hankies-at-the-ready moment arrives we have somehow lost interest in a plot that has long lost its way.
3/5
