What if you could change your whole life with a hit of a button, what part of your life would you like to change?Click is a 2006 comedy,drama and fantasy flick starring Adam Sandler, directed by Frank Coraci and written by Steve Koren and Mark O'Keefe. Dozens of classic movies and books, including Frank Capra's "It's a Wonderful Life" and Charles Dickens's "A Christmas Carol," tell stories of wayward men who are forced to stand back and observe their own lives from the outside. In order for the protagonist to reevaluate how past decisions affect the past, present, and future, these supernatural tales all rely on a dramatic device, such as the introduction of a guardian angel. Click, the new Adam Sandler comedy, just uses a device: a remote control.
Click follows the misadventure of Michael Newman (Sandler), who works constantly for Ammer (David Hasselhoff) as an architect vying for a partnership. His workaholic ways come at a price — he often sleeps on the couch working late nights and spends very little time with his wife (Beckinsale) and two children. Then a stranger in the “Beyond” section of a Bed, Bath and Beyond gives him a special gift: technology's latests development, the universal remote control. One that can control the ceiling fan, the garage door, the TV, VCR, toy car and whatever else happens to be lying around the house. What Michael discovers is a remote control that can operate all those things - and his life too. He can mute the dog, fast forward through dinners with his parents, skip over arguments with his wife, pause his yelling boss to punch him in the face and do lots of other cool things that we all could only wish we could do in real life. Michael quickly falls in love with his new clicker, which seems to make his life easier, but things soon go horribly wrong as he gets hilarious complications when the remote starts to overrule his choices.
I had a great time watching Click, it probably has a few too many unbecoming jokes for some and is too sappy for others but I found myself laughing out loud more than once and even getting a bit teary-eyed at other times. The movie is blessed with a strong cast that includes Sandler, Beckinsale, the always delightful but sometimes overrated Christopher Walken and Sean Astin. The scenes involving Astin and Sandler are priceless, especially the whole angle with the speedo.
In the end, Click is a silly movie, there's no doubt about that. There's lots of jokes involving the remote control and it's magical powers. There's even more involving the dog and a big, stuffed yellow bird. Some of the jokes are repeated over and over and others are a bit off-colour but I found myself laughing out loud many times. Then there's the message at the end of the movie that is seemingly beat into our heads for a rather long period of time. It's an important, touching message that I am sure many people in the world should probably pay attention to.
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