Directed by: Frank Coraci
Starring: Adam Sandler, Kate Beckinsale, David Hasselhoff, Henry Winkler, Julie Kavner, Christopher Walken, Sean Astin
Click stars Adam Sandler as an overworked architect and harried family man who visits Bed, Bath, and Beyond one night in search of a universal remote control for his television. What he receives is a "universal remote" but one that will control his universe and not just the TV. He can mute the dog if he's barking too loud, fast forward past uncomfortable confrontations, and wants a promotion so bad he fast forwards to the point in his life when he finally receives it...one year later.
Sandler's Michael Newman is forever torn between work and family, with family usually taking a back seat to his work ambitions. Morty (Walken), the helpful but sinister clerk in the "Beyond" section of Bed, Bath, and Beyond who introduces Michael to the remote shows Michael the features including segments in which James Earl Jones can narrate Michael's life. Some of this is amusing while the other slapstick gags fall flat, but the best parts are when Click turns sentimental and Michael learns the cost of his choices with the remote. He misses out on years of his life and various events. He wakes up one day to learn he is divorced and another day he learns his father passed. Other issues come up which blindside Michael and Morty can only stand by and tell Michael that his life was the sum of his choices.
Sandler's Michael is an amiable fellow whose pressures are relatable while Beckinsale, as Michael's long-suffering wife Donna, is also in an unenviable position. Click is a mixed bag with the humor Sandler made his bones from and sentimentality which works better. Sandler is an actor capable of depth, and we've seen it in previous movies and others following Click. We see the beginning of an evolution here, and some of it is pretty moving.
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