Quote Originally Posted by Worf101
1. "Reign Over Me" - C - What typical Hollywood drivel. They spend the first 45 minutes making a semi-decent flick then they spend the rest of their energy making the remaining 3 hours into interminable mawkish nonsese. Chick flick of the lowest order. Don't say no one warned ya.
Okay, so I went and saw this one earlier this afternoon. I might agree with yr letter grade but I think I did like it a little more than you. Cheadle really carries the movie... I thought that most of the scenes with he & Sandler were fairly compelling and the whole thing lost a lot of momentum whenever one of the 300 subplots came up. There were a lot of interesting parallels to The Upside of Anger-- both examine the way that we cope with loss and struggle to find meaning in lives of suffocation, and both feature a character who seems to be in arrested adolescence. I mean, there are similarities right down to the family of all daughters and Binder shoehorned into an awkward supporting role. Ultimately I left this one kind of the way I left that one-- appreciating the performances and feeling let down about the film as a whole.

Oh, and on the appearance of Sandler's character-- he does have that Dylan haircut going on, but I really think that he must be sort of dressed up as Binder himself.

-Coop