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Actor: Don Cheadle, John deLancie, Jonathan Banks, Paul Butler, Rae Allen
Brand: Sony
Blu-ray: Region Code 1
Audio: Chinese (Subtitled); English (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); Korean (Subtitled); Portuguese (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); English (Original Language); French (Original Language); French (Dubbed)
Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen, 2.40:1
Running Time: 124 minutes
Blu-ray Release Date: 2007-10-09
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

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Movie Review: Adam Sandler's definitive drama role and a very nice surprise!
Summary: 5 Stars

I love Adam Sandler, first off. I'm a huge fan of idiotic comedies such as Billy Madison and grew up as a teen about the same time they came out, so he's a bit of a favirote of mine as a comedic actor. The best part I think about Adam is that he does most of the writing and stuff for his material and LOVES to bring in his friends to play a small role in almost every movie he makes. Recently, however, his movies have developed a lot more plot sense and they are becoming less and less like the Adam we all know and love, such as 40 First Dates(a very sweet love story, but hilarious all the while) and Reign Over Me.

This movie came as a bit of a surprise for me and my fiance. I had no idea it had a contextual story based on the events of 9/11 until I watched it. There have been a few stinkers in my mind(Twin Towers and the other film I forget the name of right now) that tried to represent a real picture of the 9/11 tragedy. This movie is not in any way like those movies. Reign Over Me attemptes to portray a real life, honest-to-goodness account of someone who's life was directly impacted by the attack, but it never takes center stage.

Adam plays Charlie Fineman, a man who has lost himself in the wake of the 9/11 attacks. I don't like giving too mucgh info on the plot so, long storry short, Don Cheadle is an old, but very close, friend to Charlie and discovers him one day in New York and they begin to rekindle the friendship they once had. The friendship serves as he backbone of the entire movie and is really heartwarming, I must say, you feel like Sandler and Cheadle have been friends for years and they do exceedingly well at pulling off their respective roles. Cheadle's character also stands to gain a lot of perspective from this renewed friendship and the bond they reforge is eventually what causes Charlie to begin to come back to reality. There is a moment in the movie, I won't say which because you'll know if you watch it, where both I and my fiance could not help but cry. Sandler's performance truelly surprised me and I am extremelly happy to say it shows his real skill as an actor. I'm not much of a cryer myself, being a "man" and all >.< but I recently rewatched the movie, by myself, and I cried harder this time than I did the first. I already love Cheadle as an actor and he is very well known as a strong support or lead ever since Hotel Rowanda, so I don't think I need to say much about his performance at all.

All in all, I think this movie should have been nominated for some academy awards but it was overlooked, most likelly due to the fact that Adam Sandler was cast as the lead and god forbid they take him seriously. This movie is funny, sad, happy, heart-wrenching, and ultimatelly satisfying and I hope this review makes more people go out and buy it because I honestly feel you will walk away from the experience feeling nearly as satisfied as I did.

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Summary of Reign Over Me [Blu-ray]

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.

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