Reign Over Me Critic Reviews
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Based upon 13 Critic Reviews- Highest Rated
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In its best moments, Reign Over Me quietly says that we're our problem friends' keepers. At its worst, the movie IS a problem friend.Read the full review
A strange, black-and-blue therapeutic drama equally mottled with likable good intentions and agitating clumsiness.Read the full review
Movies about male friendship are often trivialized with the "buddy" tag, but this one resonates beyond that.Read the full review
It's tough to make a good tearjerker - one need look no further than this misfire to understand why.Read the full review
Veering between sentimentality and exploitation with a few misguided stops at raunchy sex farce, Reign Over Me never finds a tone to suit its purpose.Read the full review
As moving as some parts are, it's muddled by a script that tries to pack in too much. There's sufficient material for a couple of films and a sitcom.Read the full review
It doesn't exploit our emotions about Sept. 11; it simply tells a story that exists because of what happened that day -- one that should resonate with a wide, appreciative audience.Read the full review
Reign Over Me uses the rhythms and moods of comedy to explore, and also to contain, overpowering feelings of loss, anger and hurt. And like that earlier movie ("The Upside of Anger"), this one is maddeningly uneven.Read the full review
At its heart a simple story about friendship and loss, carried over with enough genuine feeling to excuse its uncertain footing.Read the full review
This is not a simple, uplifting tale. It's never clear whether Charlie will fully recover, and that sense of realism is the film's strength.Read the full review
