Sunday, April 1, 2007

Reign over me


Growing up, one of my favorite movies was Billy Madison. There is nothing funnier than watching Adam Sandler put flaming bags of poop on Old Man Clement's front porch. Well, it appears that Sandlers days of nudi magazines and chasing penguins are over. He has matured into more serious roles such as Spanglish and Punch Drunk Love. His most recent release, Reign over me, with co-star Don Cheadle is one of his best yet.

The story is quite simple. Sandler and Cheadle were roommates during dental school, but grew apart after graduation. The two are reunited during low points in both of their lives. Cheadleoperates a successful dental practice, but is bored with his work and feels suffocated by his wife (Jada Pinkett Smith.) Sandler suffers from the loss of his wife and daughters who were killed in the September 11th terrorist attacks.

The rest of the movie follows the friendship that is reignited between Sandler and Cheadle. Sandler does an excellent job playing the role of a man who has not grieved over his loss. Cheadle attempts to "fix" his friend with varying degrees of sucess. Both actors do an outstanding job in a movie that will make you tear up as Sandler describes his family as well as laugh out loud when Cheadle deals with an obsessed patient.

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