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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 AJ 
June 24th, 2006
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You know, I like Adam Sandler. No, really, I do. Happy Gilmore's funny, The Wedding Singer was sweet and enjoyable, 50 First Dates was actually quite entertaining, he gave a great performance in Spanglish, and, well, Punch-Drunk Love is one of the greatest movies I have ever seen. But everything else that he's done? Absolute dreck, just like this new dreadful mess concocted by Wedding Singer helmer Frank Coraci. Maybe from the writers of Bruce Almighty I was expecting a funnier story about a man with near-godly powers, but the script here leans far too often on the crutches of humping dogs and fart jokes that are tired even before they're onscreen. In fact, so little attention has been paid to Sandler's Michael Newman that he comes across as a royal jerk, and while that is the intention near the beginning of the movie, I still didn't care when he had his huge epiphany at the end. Newman is no George Bailey, and Adam Sandler is no James Stewart. I will admit as the movie gets more dramatic near the end, there are a few nice moments that save it from being completely awful (especially a tender one between Sandler and Henry Winkler as his father), but I much prefer arthouse Sandler to boringly silly and idiotic Sandler. I've seen all of this before, and it wasn't that funny the first time around. Sandler's Happy Madison Productions has made some bad movies, and this is one of their very worst.
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 | Jen
Jun 24, 2006 10:52 PM
also wrote a review of Click 
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| I will agree with you that this is not arthouse sandler, and I do love Punch-Drunk. I will agree with you that Adam Sandler is no James Stewart, most definitely. But I disagree about Newman being a complete joke. I think there are a lot of touching moments with him and his kids, and at the heart of it, he is just a stressed out guy trying to make good for his family. Yes he's misguided into thinking that providing monitarily for them will make up for his lack of quality time, but that, unfortunately is a common mistake made by workaholic families in today's society. The dogs did get gratuitous, I suppose, but to say this was the worst movie Happy Madison has done is melodramatic. Have we forgotten the debocle known as "Little Nicky"? |
 | Rodney
Jul 8, 2006 11:23 PM
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| the family guy ep you were talking about had peter flying in the "beyond" section and then finding the coffee mugs. |
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Jun 25, 2006 7:25 AM
Little Nicky was a bad movie, yes, but Sandler's ultimate crime was Eight Crazy Nights... *shudder*
Jun 25, 2006 7:55 AM