No pain, no 'Reign'

0 Comments | USA TODAY, March, 2007 | by Claudia Puig

Reign Over Me

*** out of four

Stars: Adam Sandler, Don Cheadle, Jada Pinkett Smith,

Liv Tyler, Saffron Burrows, Robert Klein, Donald Sutherland

Director: Mike Binder

Distributor: Columbia Pictures

Rated: R for language and some sexual references

Running time: 2 hours, 5minutes

Opens today nationwide

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In Reign Over Me, a scruffy Adam Sandler bears a strong resemblance to the midcareer Bob Dylan.

His performance as a sad and lost man is occasionally as poignant as one of the heart-wrenching songs on Dylan's seminal 1975 album Blood on the Tracks. Indeed, music from that era plays a big part in the film. The songs chosen for the score -- rock ballads by Bruce...

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