Day Sixty-One: Click

CLICK

Starring:
-Adam Sandler
-Kate Beckinsale
-Christopher Walken

Directed by: Frank Coraci

Screenplay Credits: Steve Koren & Mark O’Keefe

MPAA Rating: PG-13


The premise is a simple one. What if you had a universal remote that controlled your universe? It’s an idea I’ve certainly considered, even long before this movie was released. I’m sure you’ve had similar thoughts, especially when doing something hard or boring, like a math test or something similarly horrible. Add to that all the good things that could happen, like pausing something you liked the looks of, or muting the dog’s obnoxious barking.

Michael Newman enjoys both the blessings and the curses of the universal remote that he receives from Bed, Bath, & Beyond employee (and angel of death) Morty (Walken). When the remote starts controlling his entire life, Michael practically fast forwards to his death and winds up missing his entire life. His children grow up, his father passes, his wife marries someone else, and he even loses his beloved duck-humping golden retriever Sundance.

Eventually Michael experiences his own death and makes the amazing revelation that “family comes first.” Morty cuts him some slack and lets him get back to where he started. Only this time, Michael is kinda like an Aerosmith song. He doesn’t want to miss a thing.


While this starts out as a kind of raunchy comedy, it has an amazing message that actually made me tear up. I love the part when he bursts in on his parents in the middle of the night to hug and kiss them. If I could go back to another time and burst in on my parents or grandparents, I would hug and kiss them for hours.

This movie will mean more to you if you understand what it’s like to want to fast forward to the good parts of your life. If I ever have that temptation again, I will remember this movie and I will be smarter.


FINAL GRADE: A-

Off in search of Way, Way Beyond,

M.