premise: Adam Sandler is absent from the cast of Reign Over Me.
hypothesis: Adam Sandler . He has ventured into more dramatic territory with his roles in Punch-Drunk Love ( 2002 ) , Spanglish ( 2004 ) , Reign Over Me ( 2007 ) , Funny People ( 2009 ) and The Meyerowitz Stories ( 2017 ) . Reign Over Me . The film stars Adam Sandler , Don Cheadle , Jada Pinkett Smith , Liv Tyler , Donald Sutherland , Saffron Burrows and Mike Binder himself .