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Adam Sandler,
Adam Sandler,
Kate Beckinsale,
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Frank Coraci,
Frank Coraci
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: Sony Pictures
: Comedies, Science Fiction , Mad Science
: 107 min.
: English, French
: English, French
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A workaholic architect, frustrated in his job but determined to make a better life for his family, is bestowed with a powerful universal remote that allows him more control over his life than he ever knew possible in director Frank Coraci's high-concept fantasy comedy. On the surface, Michael Newman (Adam Sandler) seems to have it all, yet with all the demands forced upon him by his ungrateful boss (David Hasselhoff), Michael finds that setting aside time to spend with his loving wife, Donna (Kate Beckinsale), and two picture-perfect children, Ben (Joseph Castanon) and Samantha (Tatum McCann), has grown increasingly difficult. When a frustrating bout with the television remote leads the overworked husband and father to a nearby Bed, Bath & Beyond in search of a universal remote with the power to control all of his electronic devices, a curious peek into the back room leads Michael into the company of eccentric employee and talented inventor Morty (Christopher Walken). It seems that Morty has created a device that will not only allow Michael complete control over his television and stereo, but his entire life as well. As Michael discovers that the remarkable device has the power to muffle the barks of the family dog, zoom himself past an irritating quarrel with his wife, and even allow him to travel back and forth through time to different points in his life, the rush of being able to skip straight to the good parts in life soon leaves him feeling as if he's missing out on the total experience. Only when Michael begins to realize that the he has lost control of his life and the remote is now programming him does he finally learn that life is as much about the moments he'd rather forget as it is the moments he will always remember. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
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by talltale
September 30, 2006 - 7:49 PM PDT
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2 out of 3 members found this review helpful
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| High concept with a vengeance, CLICK starts well enough and continues cleverly for a time--until Adam Sandler's inability to stop with the fart jokes and the uber-sentimentality chokes whatever life the movie offers. If you are going to age (and de-age) your actors, for god's sake, do this with some intelligence and consistency. If you are going to tell and show, then tell and show, then tell and show once more that life must be lived fully, not diced and sliced to obtain "just the good parts" (so true, so true!), do you really think we need you to tell and show this several more times, just to make sure we "got it"? Well, perhaps I am setting the bar too high: If any of you out there didn't "get it," then this is indeed your kind of movie. For the rest of us, once the going gets simply too sodden, I suggest three easy actions: Pick up your remote. Press "Stop." And then "Eject." |
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