Reign Over Me

Starring: Adam Sandler, Don Cheadle, Jada Pinkett Smith, Liv Tyler, Saffron... Review: No way does Adam Sandler deserve to be penalized for dumping comedy to take on a dramatic role. For my money, he worked the territory with distinction in Paul Thomas Anderson's Punch-Drunk Love. But as Charlie Fineman, a Manhattan dentist who lost his wife and two children when their jet crashed into the World Trade Center on 9/11, Sandler is stuck in a movie that won't come unstuck. Writer-director Mike Binder wrote the fictional script on spec for Tom Cruise, who turned it down. Veering between sentimentality and exploitation with a few misguided stops at raunchy sex farce, Reign Over Me never finds a tone to suit its purpose. There's little doubt that Binder feels compassion for Charlie, who has stopped practicing dentistry and basically stopped living, except in... Rating: 1 Stars

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