a powerfully wonderful movie . you be hold in a death grip once you let yourself get involve with the story . a successful dentist and alan johnson ( don cheadle ) and be tear in a life crisis of balance his career with his family . he notice his former college roommate charlie fineman ( adam sandler ) and want to touch base . he find that charlie and who lose his wife and family in the 9 11 attack on america and be no longer in touch with reality . choose to involve his mind with his favorite music from the past and video game . the former roommate rekindle their friendship and strengthen their former bond . johnson have his friend angela oakhurts ( liv tyler ) and a psychiatrist and to try and bring charlie out of his grief . but it be alan that accomplishes in get his friend to emerge from his deep darkness . jada pinkett smith play johnson wife . writer and director mike binder play the role of charlie attorney or guardian . also in the cast represent saffron burrow and donald sutherland and adell modell and robert klein . outstanding soundtrack feature the like of bruce springsteen and graham nash and pear jam and the pretender . note represent i have never be a sandler fan while but i find him outstanding in this role . in some of the scene and i think out loud . why have he never be approach to play singer or songwriter bob dylan in a biopic .