Reign Over Me ending reveals that Charlie is trying to establish a new relationship while Alan makes up with his wife and children.
Reign Over Me is a movie starring Adam Sandler and Don Cheadle who are going through their own personal trauma of their life.
The movie entails the story of two former dentistry college roommates and old friends Alan and Charlie. Among them, Alan is successful in life with his work, wife and children but feels the constraint around his life.
Meanwhile, Charlie lost his wife, daughters and his dog in the September 11 Attack and is living a traumatized life suffering from PTSD.
Other than the leads, the movie also stars actors such as Jada Pinkett Smith, Liv Tyler, Donald Sutherland, Saffron Burrows and Melinda Dillon.
Reign Over Me Ending Explained
Reign Over Me ending shows Alan moving towards Charlie to give him his moped. The end signifies the importance of friendship and family.
Charlie is talking to the psychoanalyst who is trying to calm him down after the court trial.
Alan’s patient Donna comes near them and he allows her to sit beside the psychoanalyst. For some time, Charlie had been trying to open his heart to Donna.
After calming down, he goes to his in-laws and tells them that whenever he walks around, he sees his wife’s face and his children’s.
His in-laws are devasted because they always thought he never cared about his wife and children’s passing away.
Then, Charlie moves out of his apartment which reminds him of his wife. Before leaving the apartment, he leaves the lamp for his in-law and Alan asks them to take the case back to send him to any institution.
In the new place, he is playing the game Shadow of the Colossus. He invites Alan to play, but Alan declines as he needs to go.
Then Donna and Angela come with pizza and drinks. But Angela doesn’t stay to give some time to Donna and Charlie.
After staying with both of them for a while, Alan comes out of the apartment. During that time, Charlie seems to look at Donna and shows he wants to move on from his past relationship to establish a new one.
At the same time, Alan also seems to have realized that his life doesn’t need to be constricted with small rules, but he can enjoy his moments with Charlie or his wife and family or his work.
At that time, his wife calls him to ask him to come home.
Her call lets him be open about the anxiety of his life. And he tells that he had done it wrong. Both of them tell each other that they love them and he tells her that he is going to come home.
As he is about to go, the doorman brings out Charlie’s moped.
He tells the doorman to take it to Charlie’s room but ignores him. Then Alan takes the moped and rides it to get home ending the movie.
Though the movie ends with that, it shows that both college roommates find what they had been searching for themselves.
Charlie who is traumatized by his family passing finds a new beginning in Donna.
Meanwhile, Alan may have been tired of his monotonous life and was envious of Charlie’s freedom. But he learned that he also needs to take some time to enjoy the little things in front of him and open up to his wife.
But the interesting part of the movie is that only after both Alan and Charlie meet each other that they escape the quicksand situation that is making them stuck in their situation.
This also shows that sometimes, opening up about your problems with your friend and family may do more good than you had thought.
Reign Over Me Movie Review
The reviews and critics for the movie are quite good and supportive of the characters the actors have portrayed.
IMDb’s reviews explain that they found the movie very remarkable that showing the incident of someone who is going through severe grief. The movie also focuses on the importance of family and friendship.
One of the viewers wrote that the movie had a deep meaning to people going through a traumatic journey.
Along with that, the movie is very heartbreaking and provocative. Plus the movie is proof that Adam Sandler can also act in dramatic movies which are different from his normal genre.
While one of the viewers gave 9 stars rating stating that the movie makes the audience laugh, and five minutes later fills their eyes with tears.
The viewer also stated that if the movie didn’t move someone to tears, his/her pulse should be checked.
Hollywood Reporter states that the movie doesn’t exploit the emotions of September 11, but simply states the story of an individual going through the trauma he suffered from that day.
The movie also resonates with wide and appreciative audiences.
Variety states that Adam Sandler and Don Cheadle are both excellent actors individually and both acting in the same movie has brought out their best in the movie.
One of the top critics from the San Francisco Chronicle states that the movie was not much interesting but the subject matter of the movie is quite powerful.
Another critic from Los Angeles Times comments that movies about friendship among men are given little value but the movie gives more than just value. It resonates with the friendship among them.
Where Is Reign Over Me Streaming?
Currently, Reign Over Me can be streamed on Amazon Prime Video. The movie was available for renting or buying as per viewer wish.
The movie can be streamed on Amazon Prime Videos which has a vast selection of movies and series for viewers to watch. The viewer can watch the movies and series along with Amazon’s exclusive Originals.
The viewers only need to pay USD 5.99 for a month to start the service of the streaming platform. They can join anytime they want and cancel the subscription anytime.
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Other than Amazon Prime Videos, the movie is also available and can be streamed from Netflix, Apple TV and HBO Max. The movie is also available on other streaming services such as Vudu, Tubi, DirecTV and in Microsoft.
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