spiritually uplifting

Rating: 9/10 (14 May 2008)

Not just another Adam Sandler movie. In "Click", Adam Sandler delivers what is ostensibly another bonehead comedy on the lines of Waterboy or The Longest Yard Remake. But it is much much more than that.
I couldn't understand the turn Christopher Walken's character makes halfway through the movie until the day after I had seen it. Why the "Angel of Death"? Why not just the devil or even a Guardian Angel character like in "It's a Wonderful LIfe." The answer can be found in the book of Exodus in the Bible. In this book, God commands the Jewish people to cover their doorways with lambs blood in order to make the "Angel of Death" pass over their houses, thus forming the basis for the Jewish holiday of Passover. The fact that Sandler's character is skipping through his life creates a pun on this Jewish tradition as he literally "passes-over" sections of his life. The Angel of Death character then makes perfect sense in this context.