Click Review
by Tim Voon (winklebeck AT hotmail DOT com)December 14th, 2006
Click (2006)
A film review by Timothy Voon
Copyright 2006 Timothy Voon
2.5 out of 5 stars
Cast: Adam Sandler, Kate Beckinsale, Christopher Walken, David Hasselhoff, Henry Winkler, Julie Kavner, Sean Astin, Director: Frank Coraci
I found that 'Click' slowly started to grate on my nerves as Adam Sandler started to stamp his brand of humor on the entire movie. This movie is all about him and everyone else seems to fade into the background. Even Kate Beckinsale's lovely screen presence is overwhelmed by Sandler, and the delightful Henry Winkler suffers the same fate.
The story begins with Michael Newman (Sandler) who is in the race to get ahead in life. Due to his long hours at work in order to become a partner in the architecture firm owned by Ammer (David Hasselhoff), his family life begins to suffer. In fact, you sense that he feels that his family is more trouble than they are worth. His rush to finish things quickly makes life a real chore -everything from sex, attending the kid's swim meets, spending time with them and holidays becomes a great burden. Then one night, as life would have it, his remote control for his television set goes kaput. He rushes out in the middle of the night to find a universal remote control and finds himself in the lab of a 'mad' genius Morty (Christopher Walken). It just happens that the remote control he is given by Morty allows him to fast forward, rewind and freeze his life as he pleases.
I didn't find the humor associated with the remote control very humorous at all. I mean, turning off the volume on your wife who is making a legitimate complaint is not the way to solve the problem. Or turning your face different colors isn't very amusing unless you are seven years old. Or making someone speak in different languages i.e. Japanese or Latino, and then laughing at them is racist. Also freezing your boss, slapping him numerous time before farting in his face is both childish and offensive.
However, what does save this movie is the conclusion. Life is not meant to be rushed through for any reason, not for money, promotions or success. You need to value the things that are important in your life such as your family and this means spending time with them. This is the lesson that Michael learns by the end of the movie, and needless to say he gets a second chance to change his life. If only Sandler would tone down his antics and not overwhelm the film with his presence, it would have been more enjoyable.
Timothy Voon
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