Adam Sandler Acts!?! And Decently!?!

Rating: 8/10 (2 July 2006)

OK I have never been the biggest Adam Sandler fan, I'll admit it but this is just crazy. I now have to admit that he can act (darn, drat et cetera). The proof is in this movie. He plays an junior architect at a firm who is just trying to make a better life for his family and works too hard and too many hours (just like lots of us out there). He goes looking for a universal remote to make his life simpler and that's where the fun begins as his new remote takes over his life. From that point on he learns life lessons about family work and what should be really important in any adults life. Yes it does come off like a Frank Capra movie but it's heart is in the right place and it does sell the "money isn't everything" storyline effectively. Cast is effective, especially Adam Sandler as the main man as far as the storyline goes and Kate Beckinsale as the wife and mother of his children. Almost a perfect film with a message that is obvious without overpowering the entertainment quotient