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June 2006 CLICK

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By Krista Vitola CLICK Distributor: Columbia Pictures Director: Frank Coraci Producers: Adam Sandler & Jack Giarraputo Screenwriter: Steve Koren & Mark O'Keefe Cast: Adam Sandler, Kate Beckinsale, Christopher Walken, Henry Winkler, David Hasselhoff, Julie Kavner, Jennifer Coolidge, Sean Astin, Jake Hoffman, Sophie Monk, Rachel Dratch

As with every summer, there is always a need for that typical family comedy movie, the one that’s appropriate for every generation geared to teach some type of moral notion at the end of the film. Well, ladies and gentleman, we have a winner. Click, which features comedic actor Adam Sandler as main man Michael Newman, takes the audience for a ride through his burdening life of family man, rising business partner and all of the life crises one must face at his age. But because his life is just SO hectic, Michael (Sandler) is fortunate enough to meet Morty (played by the one and only Christopher Walken) whose “crazy mad scientist” looks don’t ward off Sandler but instead, allow him to take a “universal remote” from the man. After figuring out what the remote does, Sandler realizes he can control his whole universe: skip fights with his charming wife (played by Kate Beckinsale), fast forward annoying events such as showering, and even go back in time to remember things he had forgotten. Predictably, Sandler’s amazing remote actually becomes a bad thing and by the end of his long and drawn out life, mostly fast-forwarded and paused throughout the film, he realizes the remote has been going on automatic memory, skipping whole events and time periods which have left him single, fat and lonely. Work had taken over all of his life, ultimately losing his wife as well as the relationship with his kids and parents. Emotionally upsetting at times, my primary question while watching this film was "When is Sandler going to have his damn epiphany so we can all get out here!" and soon enough it arrived bringing Sandler's closing words to the ones he loved: family comes first. A touching, and altogether charming notion, this clichéd film, directed by Frank Coraci (whose worked with Sandler before in The Wedding Singer), brought together a charming cast of individuals to relay a message about love, life, family, careers, and the order in which we prioritize them. Sandler and Walkens’ blatant comedic scenes caused sporadic laughs, especially from the guy sitting a few seats away from me, while Sandler’s parents, played by Henry Winkler (a.k.a. “The Fonz” from Happy Days) and Julie Kavner made you want to take them home as your own parents/grandparents. Baywatch hunk David Hasselhoff, who plays Sandler’s boss in the film, is that extremely annoying but goofy man who causes you to smile at his stupidity, while Kate Beckinsale plays an adoringly poignant role as mother and caring wife. An altogether cheeseball, if given the “universal remote” I may have fast-forwarded my viewing of the film a little.

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