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Directed By
Frank Coraci
Written By:
Tim Herlihy, Mark O'Keefe, Steve Wayne Koren
Cast:
Adam Sandler, Christopher Walken, Kate Beckinsale, Blake Heron, Allen Covert, Peter Dante, David Hasselhoff, Sean Astin, Rachel Dratch, Henry Winkler, Katie Cassidy, Jonah Hill, Sophie Monk
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Click (2006)
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Movie Review by Jen
June 24th, 2006
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First truly great movie of the summer
Movies have become increasingly disappointing to me recently. As I was saying to a friend while we walked into the theater last night to see the Adam Sandler comedy Click, I cannot remember the last time I walked into a theater and saw something fantastic.
Welcome to the world of summer blockbusters. A world of films consisting mostly of mushy artificial sweetner (Nacho Libre) lukewarm reheatings of yesterday's greats (Poseidon, The Omen), and the best of intentions, great in concept but poorly thought out and awkwardly written and lacking in talent. (The Lake House).
However, Click really breaks that mold. The movie has all the conventions of your typical Sandler film (Lots of angry outbursts and yelling, a hysterical appearance by Rob Schneider) but it's really a departure for Sandler. He is moving away from the sophmoric comedies that made him famous and instead decided to work on a film that actually says something.
He plays everyguy Michael Newman, a man who is only guilty of being a workaholic, slaving away every day for his thankless boss (played very comedically by David Hasselhoff) so that he can provide the right life for his wife (Kate Beckinsdale) and two adorable kids. However, there are only so many hours in a day, and he finds himself missing out on time with his family, which includes his adorable aging parents. (Henry Winkler).
Desperate for some control in his life, and more importantly his television, he travels to bed bath and beyond, meeting in the "Beyond" section with Morty the technician, a suave, sometimes creepy omnicient customer service rep (Christopher Walken is cast perfectly in this role) who hands him the "Remote Control to his Universe".
Hilarity ensues as Michael learns to use all the features of the remote to his advantage. But when he makes the decision to fast forward through all the tough parts of his life, he runs into problems. The remote begins fast forwarding on its own, putting Michael through entire years, during which he was on "Auto Pilot".
Somewhere in the cute jokes and great futuristic set and costume design, Sandler and Walken bring home a very poignant message about how we spend the time in our lives. At one point, when Michael complains about the remote fast forwarding through even the important moments in his life, Morty points out that he was "Fast forwarding through life long before he met him." Powerful statements are made about consumerism versus the things in life that really matter, and while I don't particularly care for the style of ending used (I won't give it away for those of you who haven't seen it), for this particular film it really works as an acceptable, though not perfect alternative.
The writing team did a great job of not just making this a mindless concept for the dumb masses. People come to the theater not just to be entertained, which most movies do, but to identify with something. And the three writers on this film did fantastically at thoroughly planning this out. The direction was very clever, and Frank Coraci took made a lot of interesting choices. The entire film, in its writing and directing, is a welcome return to the classic conventions of Frank Capra's "It's a Wonderful Life", without being a blatent rehashing of what we've already seen. It's witty, it's innovative, it's unique. Which, for a summer blockbuster, is realy saying something.
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 | AJ
Jun 24, 2006 5:54 PM
also wrote a review of Click 
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Sandler has been in much better movies where he makes a departure from his usual sophomoric comedy, like Punch-Drunk Love, Spanglish, and even portions of 50 First Dates.
To me, this is a return to everything that I don't want to see him doing...I didn't find it witty nor innovative nor unique. Maybe the message would've held more weight had 50% of the film not consisted of dogs humping stuffed animals and tiresome and lazy fart jokes.
The same-old, same-old Hollywood pic that I am just absolutely sick of. |
 | Rodney
Jul 8, 2006 11:33 PM
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i have to agree with AJ on this one. Sandler wasnt the problem this film. It was the plot that was predictable and got old extremely fast.
and its not powerful statements about consumerism, but common sense pep talks about keeping our priorities straight: family first.
I can only hope Sandler strays from his latest flops (longest yard, click). |
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