What do you know, Adam Sandler can act. I have never been a big fan of Adam Sandler. I enjoyed him in “50 First Dates” and “The Wedding Singer” but not in some of his other sophomoric roles. So it was a pleasant surprise when my wife and I saw “Reign Over Me” at a preview showing the week before it released. This movie has been billed as Adam Sandler’s dramatic debut. Don Cheadle carries this movie as the central character but Sandler delivers a convincing performance as a man who is left “broken” by grief. When we first meet Charlie (Sandler) he is in such bad shape that he does not recognize Alan (Cheadle) who was his college roommate. As Alan gets drawn more and more into “Charlie world” we see the building or rebuilding of a relationship that will dramatically affect both men. Two thumbs up for this superbly written and well acted movie.
