Adam Sandler is funny and dramatic in this original work

Rating: 8/10 (21 May 2010)

I have always known Adam Sandler to be the funny, goofy character that he usually is. In the case of this movie, he is only half funny. The other half is more dramatic.
In Click, he plays Michael Newman, a workaholic architect who wants to spend time with his family, but says he can't because he is given too much to do. When he takes a break to watch TV and can't find the right remote, he decides he needs to find a universal remote. However, Michael gets more than what he bargained for.
Then he meets Morty, played excellently by Christopher Walken. At first, Walken shows us that Morty is a nice guy. Morty works in the "Beyond" section of Bed, Bath, and Beyond. He helps out Michael by giving him a universal remote. However, instead of it controlling a TV, DVD player, stereo, and other electronics, the remote controls Michael's life. It starts out being a good thing helping him out. Michael wants to enjoy the good parts of his life, but he manages to have programmed the remote to skip parts of his life that are good and bad. Michael misses many parts of his life because of the remote skipping. Later near Michael's death, Morty turns out to be the Angel of Death.
Michael learns his lesson and is given another chance at his life when he is back at the point of his life before he gets the remote.
It is a good movie that shows that Adam Sandler can be a good actor and still be funny.
Director Frank Coraci shows that he can mix the elements of an Adam Sandler comedy and have some good drama, and it works.
The makeup effects of Adam Sandler's character are some brilliant work by the best makeup artist in the movie business, Rick Baker.