Just when I thought I could like an Adam Sandler film...

Rating: 1/10 (27 August 2007)

I have tried... honest, I have tried to like Adam Sandler. Granted he was on SNL and when you think of the quality of that program lately, that's not saying much.
And I've tried to watch several of his movies including Punch Drunk Love and none of them have ever done anything for me. Now, there is one more to add to the list... Click.
Any time I get to look at Kate Beckinsale usually makes the rest of any bad movie go away. But not even her beauty could overcome the rest of this stinko.
It started with the dog humping the oversize stuffed duck... and then again... and then again. And then remark by Donna about the repairs needed to the duck. And then came the ultimate insult to my movie going sense... the "fart joke".
I don't know why anyone over 12 in the movie industry won't come to the realization that ANYONE can do "fart jokes". They are the most common form of humor because anyone can do them. And if that is the range of your comedy, whether it is "The Family Guy" writers or Adam Sandler, then you are pretty limited. I have now seen Adam Sandler urinating against a building, farting in someone's face, beating up an old man (Bob Barker) and making fun of someone with a disability (Carl Weathers). Is there no limit to how low Adam Sandler can go with his humor? Take a look at Robin Williams... at least he balances out his "potty" humor with something worthwhile every now and again like "The Fisher King" or "Awakenings" or "Midnight Sun". And Steve Martin can go for hours without one "fart joke". But not Adam Sandler, Rob Schneider or any of the lot of "new comedians". It is as old and thread worn as wearing a dress and thinking that no one since Uncle Miltie has done it.
I couldn't even watch the end of this movie. I had to turn it off. It makes my list of 10 worst movies, which is now populated by at least 4 Adam Sandler movies; "Little Nikita", "Big Daddy", "Happy Gilmore" and now "Click".
I just ain't cut out for this "new comedy" stuff. Give me a good pratfall artist or someone quick with a quip any day over someone who's idea of comedy is a fart in the face. I guess I just don't get it.