Reign Over Me

It feels like I saw this a long time ago, and I’m lazy, so I’m not going to say all that much about it. Mostly though, I was disappointed. I think the idea of facing post-9/11 issues like the one presented in this film is important, but other factors in the movie distracted its focus. There is also one subplot involving sexual harassment that is simply annoying and does nothing for the movie. Don Cheadle and Adam Sandler give good performances, especially a confession scene with Sandler and his emotional story of his family killed in one of the hijacked planes. It’s sad, however, how little playtime these issues get, compared to smaller, less important day-to-day events. It’s definitely a push in the right direction for starting dialogue about traumatic events, but it just gets lost on the way.

Directed by Mike Binder
Runtime: 124 minutes