ROTTEN TOMATOES: Sandler to Star in 9/11 Drama

Sandler to Star in 9/11 Drama

by Scott Weinberg | June 08, 2006

Big-screen comedian Adam Sandler is going to get a little more serious for his next role. He'll be starring in Mike Binder's 9/11 drama "Empty City," along with Don Cheadle, Jada Pinkett-Smith, and Liv Tyler.

From ComingSoon.net: ""Don't know how to describe the movie, how to sum it up... I can't wait for Mike Binder, the man who wrote it, and hear him discuss it, because I don't know how to phrase this. But it's just about a man who's been through a terrible thing -- he lost his family in 9/11 -- and he has a hard time just living life and just being in the moment," Sandler told ComingSoon.net.

"He doesn't want to know about life. He tries to pretend he never had a family. He can only deal with life by thinking about stuff from his past and growing up and he bumps into... Cheadle plays, we went to dental school together, and my character hasn't spoken to anybody in five years and Cheadle makes him feel comfortable. So it's about friendship, I guess. I'm sorry. I just don't know how to say."

Click here for some extra information.

Mike Binder's previous films include "The Upside of Anger," "Blankman," and "Indian Summer."

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nagyovafan writes:
on Jun 08 2006 07:17 AM

Oh no.... Please tell me this is some kind of sick joke.

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CrazyGhost78 writes:
on Jun 08 2006 09:17 AM

Not only are we going to see yet ANOTHER 9/11 movie, but we have to see another Adam Sandler movie. It's like they're TRYING to make us angry.

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Scarborough Fair writes:
on Jun 08 2006 10:35 AM

oh come on. sandler is really good in dramatic turns (think punch drunk love). he played the perfect manic depressive in that movie and this could be really good. i dont want to see any 9/11 movies, but this could be good, its not really about 9/11, but about someone trying to cope.

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carlos1231 writes:
on Jun 08 2006 11:11 AM

exactly this is not a movie focusing on 9/11 just on one man trying to get over what has happened to his family

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Ciaranmv writes:
on Jun 08 2006 12:07 PM

50 First Dates fused with 9/11... Will the madness never end?

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santyclaus writes:
on Jun 08 2006 01:21 PM

In reply to this comment (#837649)
" oh come on. sandler is really good in dramatic turns (think punch drunk love). he played the perfect manic depressive in that movie and this could be really good."

correction: he played an insecure grown-up who acts like a child with random violent outbursts.
hmmm... seen billy madison lately? or the waterboy? or perhaps happy gilmore? or any adam sandler movie ever made?

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tyler8186 writes:
on Jun 08 2006 02:25 PM

sandler was good in spanglish

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Scarborough Fair writes:
on Jun 08 2006 05:09 PM

"correction: he played an insecure grown-up who acts like a child with random violent outbursts.
hmmm... seen billy madison lately? or the waterboy? or perhaps happy gilmore? or any adam sandler movie ever made?"

sure. but it was good for a change, did you notice that? *he* was good. are you seriously saying that he's going to treat this like the waterboy? OH NO NOT SANDLER! HE'LL SAY ALL THE FIREMEN HAD PEE PEE PANTS!
THAT POLEECE OFFASUH LOST HIS MENDULAH OBLONGATA!
dolt. he's great in dramatic roles.

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IMAmoose24 writes:
on Jun 08 2006 06:59 PM

This is what I was hoping to see from sandler ever since spanglish. I am not a adam sandler fan, but im confident that he can pull out a moving dramatic preformance from this.

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santyclaus writes:
on Jun 09 2006 01:16 PM

In reply to this comment (#837654)
"are you seriously saying that he's going to treat this like the waterboy?"

um, no. i never said that. i was just pointing out that when you think about it, his punch drunk love character was very similar to many other roles he played, but it was in a different light (drama vs. comedy). I liked sandler in punch drunk love, and i liked him in spanglish too, and meanwhile i can't stand pretty much every other movie he's been in. just making an observation is all....

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