FILM: Reign Over Me

Reign Over Me was a very heartfelt film. Adam Sandler plays the role of a man who lost everything that was close to him. He is depressed because everything around him reminds him of his loss and he longs for moments to escape remembering. Enter Alan Johnson (Don Cheadle -- Hotel Rwanda) who befriends Adam Sandler noting that they were once college roommates. Johnson is the one person that helps Sandler escape, forget his losses and live a semi-normal life of video games and music.

As my friend said, the movie started out a little slow. Nothing was really fast-paced about it. My other friend thought it was OK, but he is more of the blood and guts type of guy. After the film he said "Lets go see 300!"

I liked the film, thought it was well-made and put across a strong message. It had a little bit of comedy mixed in (how could you have Adam Sandler without comedy?) and a set of characters with a mixture of different personalities. And, as lives suddenly converged, things got interesting.

I recommend this film as the theater also seemed to enjoy it. They remained quiet throughout the film, wanting to hear every line out of every characters mouth.