A man who lost his family in the September 11 attack on New York City runs into his old college roommate. Rekindling the friendship is the one thing that appears able to help the man recover from his grief.
Acting
Sandler's kitchen breakdown should've won awards.
Score
Bruce Springsteen's 'The Rising' weaponized for tears.
Writing
Binder's dialogue walks the tightrope between mawkish and real.
Director
Mike Binder
Adam Sandler
Charlie Fineman
Don Cheadle
Alan Johnson
Jada Pinkett Smith
Janeane Johnson
Liv Tyler
Angela Oakhurst
Saffron Burrows
Donna Remar
Donald Sutherland
Richter Raines
Robert Klein
Jonathan Timpleman
Melinda Dillon
Ginger Timpleman
Mike Binder
Bryan Sugarman
Jonathan Banks
Stelter
Paula Newsome
Melanie
John de Lancie
Nigel Pennington
Paul Butler
George Johnson
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Sandler and Cheadle were genuinely friends since their early stand-up days in the 1980s, which explains their effortless chemistry.
One of the first mainstream films to address 9/11 trauma directly; it bombed because audiences weren't ready in 2007. The Shadow of the Colossus gameplay scenes were Sandler's actual idea.
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