Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.
| Cast |
Adam Sandler, Don Cheadle, Jada Pinkett Smith, Liv Tyler, Saffron Burrows, Donald Sutherland |
| Director |
Mike Binder |
| Screenplay | Mike Binder |
| Music | Rolfe Kent |
| Cinematography | Russ T. Alsobrook |
| Editing | Steve Edwards, Jeremy Roush |
| Sound formats | Dolby Digital, Sony Dynamic Digital Sound, DTS |
| Made in | 2007 |
| Produced by | 3 Art Entertainment, Madison 23, Mr. Madison Productions, Relativity Media, Sunlight Productions |
Official Site | IMDB page | ScreenIt Report
Trailer: Small | Medium | Large
Sex / Nudity |
Violence |
Blood / Gore / Gross |
| Guns / Weapons |
Profanity |
Alcohol / Drugs |
| Smoking |
Disrespectful / Bad Attitude |
Imitative Behaviour |
| Frightening / Tense Scenes |
Jump Scenes |
Tense Family Scenes |
Music (Scary/Tense) |
Music (Inappropriate) |
Topics to talk about |
| Scale (Max) | 20 |  |
What the Critics say | ||
| Cape Argus / The Star Diane de Beer  Serious Sandler can't save dodgy direction. | 5 |  |
| Die Burger Laetitia Pople 'n Aangrypende studie oor verlies. | 10 |  |
| Cape Times Kevin Crust Rock on to a tale of two friends. | 10 | |
| Mail & Guardian Shaun de Waal | 10 | |
| Sunday Times Barry Ronge Adam Sandler and Don Cheadle are superb in this film which, despite a rushed and uneasy resolution, is heartfelt. | 15 |  |
| 24.com Alistair Fairweather The film is too prone to distracting unevenness, and the shifts between comedy and tragedy are sometimes jarring. | 10 | |
| BBC Paul Arendt The film's only real fault is a tendency to sentimentalise the healing process. As so often in Hollywood, almost any agony can be cured with a big hug. | 10 | |
| eye Weekly Jason Anderson The result is like one of Woody Allen's lamentable Ingmar Bergman impersonations glued together with sitcom-style contrivances and populated by characters (including a saintly young shrink played by Liv Tyler) too sketchy to seem true. | 5 | |
| ReelViews James Berardinelli Reign Over Me has the best of intentions but, despite its desire to show how the perseverance of a good man can produce profound results, it bungles the attempt. | 10 | |
| Rolling Stone Peter Travers You leave Reign Over Me feeling as if you've been crushed by an anvil. | 8 | |
| ScreenItThe film can't transcend from good to great. | 12 |  |
| Metacritic.com 33 critics | 12 | |
What the People say | ||
| Internet 6214 Netizens Powerful when it's being original. | 16 | |
Average .. 51% | 10 | |