I haven’t watched two movies in a row at a movie theater in so many years that I’d be hard pressed to tell you the last time it happened. But, that’s exactly what Kellie and I did yesterday. After we finished watching Superman Returns, we took a second set of tickets and went to see Adam Sandler’s new movie, Click.
The premise of the movie is pretty straight-forward. Sandler plays an architect and father of two with a job that is getting the best of him. When he goes shopping in search of a Universal Remote for the television, he gets more than he bargained for. Soon, he finds that he has a device that can control his universe — doing everything from silencing a barking dog to fast-forwarding through things he’d rather avoid, including family time.
There are plenty of laugh-out-loud funny moments as Sandler gets used to using the device. But, then the movie takes a serious turn as he finds himself fast-forwarding through his entire life, missing out on his children’s life, his marriage, and the rest of his family.
This isn’t the most profound movie you’ll ever see, but its funny and it has a message that will probably strike home with more of us than we’d care to admit.
July 2nd, 2006 at 5:57 pm
I saw Click a few days ago. I have to agree that while it is not the best Adam Sandler movie, it is definitely a good movie to watch on a lazy afternoon. Especially with all this rain preventing the typical summer activities.