Click
By Mal Simons, Blockbuster.co.uk

Adam Sandler, Christopher Walken and David Hasslehoff star in this fantastic comedy from the director of The Waterboy and The Wedding Singer. A workaholic architect is given a ‘universal remote’ that not only controls his television but also allows him to pause, fast forward and rewind to different parts of his life. Things get complicated when the remote starts to overrule his choices.

I have to admit, I had been looking forward to seeing Click for a long time. I had heard nothing but good things about it when it was at the cinema. Usually when I build a film up in my head and I finally get around to watching it; I find myself massively disappointed. With Click however, I’m pleased to say that this more than exceeded my expectations – this is a funny, touching and wonderfully compelling movie – possibly Adam Sandler’s finest work for a very long time.

Adam Sandler is Michael Newman, a work obsessed architect who repeatedly puts his career ahead of his family in the hope of getting a promotion from his sly and sleazy boss Mr Ammer (The Hoff!). Michael has a beautiful wife, two lovely children, loving parents, not to mention a dog with a soft giant toy duck fetish; but when Michael gets home, he rarely finds time for them – instead concentrating on his work.

After an argument with his wife and the daily annoyance of getting his multiple remote controls mixed up, Michael heads down to the ‘Beyond’ section of a ‘Bath’s, Beds and Beyond’ store and meets a quirky TV salesman (Christopher Walken), who gives him a ‘universal remote’ for free. Heading back home, Michael soon discovers that this universal remote controls not only his television but also allows him to pause, fast forward and rewind his life as well. He has a control that controls the universe.

Initially things are great for Michael, his boss has given him a massive project to work on over the weekend and he is also coming down with a cold; the universal remote allows him to skip the weekend until he is better. He can also rewind back to remind himself of things that his wife has said and improve his marriage. But when his promotion doesn’t happen as soon as he likes and things get tough letting down his family; Michael decides to skip a couple of months until his scheduled promotion. Skipping ahead, Michael finds himself at an office party to mark his promotion but discovers that he has missed not only weeks or months but over a year with no way to go back and live that time again.

Michael tries to get rid of the remote control and to take charge of his life again but it is too late. The remote control is locked in to him and returns to him whenever he tries to get rid of it. Even worse – the remote starts to skip ahead on its own and Michael finds himself missing years of his life. In the future, he discovers that concentrating on his career, has resulted in him losing his wife, family and even his health. He must find a way to stop the remote before it is too late – but can he?

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