| Critics Reviews |
Average Grade: |
C+ |
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| Source |
Brief Review |
Grade* |
Boston Globe
Ty Burr |
"...it's about male friendship and 9/11 and healing and closure, and it is, surprisingly, not as unbearable as that sounds." more... |
B- |
Chicago Sun-Times
Richard Roeper |
"...occasionally touching but maddeningly inconsistent..." more... |
C |
Chicago Tribune
Michael Wilmington |
"It's better than you'd expect but not as good as you'd like it to be." more... |
B |
E! Online
Alex Markerson |
"...the frequent outbursts and climactic catharsis lack emotional punch." more... |
C+ |
Entertainment Weekly
Lisa Schwarzbaum |
"...a strange, black-and-blue therapeutic drama equally mottled with likable good intentions and agitating clumsiness." more... |
B- |
filmcritic.com
Sean O'Connell |
"...a nauseatingly shameless disaster..." more... |
D+ |
New York Post
Lou Lumenick |
"...it's not exactly a surprise the makers of Reign Over Me feel compelled to manufacture a happy ending for a story that really has none." more... |
C |
New York Times
A. O. Scott |
"...maddeningly uneven." more... |
C- |
ReelViews
James Berardinelli |
"This is a shameless and clumsy tearjerker..." more... |
C |
Rolling Stone
Peter Travers |
"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." more... |
C- |
San Francisco Chronicle
Ruthe Stein |
"...muddled by a script that tries to pack in too much." more... |
C |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
William Arnold |
"Despite a few weak points, the most heavily dramatic Sandler vehicle to date is a striking, genuinely touching, meticulously well-acted friendship parable, and a big audience pleaser." more... |
B+ |
USA Today
Claudia Puig |
"...the chemistry between Sandler and Don Cheadle keeps us engaged." more... |
B |
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