Reign Over Me
Short description
Charlie Fineman is a former dentist living in Manhattan who lost his wife and children in the September 11 attacks and has not recovered from the loss. By chance he runs into Alan Johnson, his old college roommate, who has since built a settled life as a dentist and family man. Alan sets out to rebuild the friendship, and the renewed contact becomes a turning point for both men, each of whom needs a trusted friend.
Mike Binder wrote and directed the film, which followed his earlier features The Upside of Anger and Man About Town, and preceded Black or White by several years. Adam Sandler plays Charlie, with Don Cheadle as Alan. Jada Pinkett Smith, Liv Tyler, Saffron Burrows and Donald Sutherland appear in supporting roles, and the credited cast numbers 39. The production had a budget of about 20 million dollars and took roughly 22 million dollars worldwide.
Audience response has been favorable: on IMDb it holds 7.4/10 from around 103,000 votes, and on TMDB 7.2/10 from roughly 1,251 votes. A film critics' rating of 6.4/10 from 151 reviews is lower than the audience scores, indicating that viewers have responded to the film more warmly than reviewers did.
What's left behind the scenes
- The film's original title, “Reign over me,” is taken from the title of The Who’s song “Love, reign over me” (from the album “Quadrophenia”).
- The video game Charlie is playing is “Shadow of the Colossus,” released in October 2005 for the PlayStation-2 platform.
- Initially, Adam Sandler turned down the offer to star in the film, although he really liked the character. About a month later, he reread the script and agreed to participate in the filming.
- The Manhattan Criminal Court scenes were filmed at Baruch College in New York.
- At one point, Javier Bardem was considered for the role of Alan, which was eventually played by Don Cheadle, but he was busy with other projects at the time, and the role went to Cheadle. However, Bardem deserves credit for Adam Sandler being cast in the film. He recommended Sandler to screenwriter and director Mike Binder after seeing him in the romantic comedy “Rebound.”
- The role of the main character was written for Tom Cruise by Mike Binder, but he declined to participate in the project.
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