Adam Sandler plays a character named Charlie Fineman who lost his family during the September 11th attack. He is a very distraught man who has to deal with the pain and suffering of loosing the ones he loved. Allen Johnson, his old room mate, who...
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Adam Sandler plays a character named Charlie Fineman who lost his family during the September 11th attack. He is a very distraught man who has to deal with the pain and suffering of loosing the ones he loved. Allen Johnson, his old room mate, who helps him deal with everything. Once Allen asks him questions about his family, he gives wild tantrums and yells a lot. He likes to consider Allen as a friend because he didn't know his family. Charlie thinks it would be a lot easier and that Allen wouldn't ask him a lot of questions about it but he was wrong.

It is sad the way we humans work. If this movie had starred some complete unknown in the lead roll it would have done better. The box offices totals would have been higher and the reviews, more complex.

Alas, It starred Adam...
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It is sad the way we humans work. If this movie had starred some complete unknown in the lead roll it would have done better. The box offices totals would have been higher and the reviews, more complex.

Alas, It starred Adam Sandler whom has been typecast by his many comedic roles and I would hazard to guess that few people forked out eight bucks to see a movie they felt confused over.

But they should have.

This is a compelling story of remorse, guilt, and the slow very painful process of finding something tangible to survive for. A man who had the world taken from him in the blink of an eye living with the endless array of guilt and sorrow that only serve to remind him of what he's lost. Adam Sandler is very good in this movie, his portrayal of a man completely lost to the world is excellent, right down to his in ability to feel anything. It is impossible to not suffer his heart right along with him and thankfully, Don Cheadle does such a beautiful job of conveying that for us that we don't have to work to hard at it.

The subplots are well done, work with in the frame work offered by the overall story, and the supporting cast from Jada Pinkett Smith to Saffron Burrows do such a good job of keeping things in their right depth that you don't get lost in the sub-stories or feel them trite and pretentious.

My only complaint is the end. I found it a little to Hollywood and would have liked this ending to have been more near the end of Act II. Obviously it was to give us hope, that independent souls have the ability to find peace and rebirth, but it would have been played better if he done it earlier. I never mention favorite scenes, but I was so touched by the courthouse scene with his In-laws that I have to mention just how great that scene was, right down to the fidgety hard play Sandler's character showed when after delivering that beautiful monologue about how much he misses them, he leans and gives his mother in law a kiss. It is moments like that which allow us to realize the depth of our own lives.

Overall, I was impressed. It was a very moving picture. Don Cheadle, as is always, presented another strong performance, though lately, his roles seem very similar. But, for me anyways, Adam Sandler surprised me in his role as the grief-stricken...
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Overall, I was impressed. It was a very moving picture. Don Cheadle, as is always, presented another strong performance, though lately, his roles seem very similar. But, for me anyways, Adam Sandler surprised me in his role as the grief-stricken widow who has shut himself off from the world. I found it very convincing and real. Maybe I shouldn't be that surprised as it seems that comedians have this ability to understand the full range of our human condition, like Jim Carrey, Tom Hanks, and Robin Williams. Anyways, I did find myself entangled in the story and really genuinely feel for the characters in every minute throughout the movie.

It was a new idea and a good one at the same time