A bit disappointing

Rating: 5/10 (26 November 2006)

I was somewhat disappointed by this movie. After looking at the trailer I expected more of a Jim Carey-esquire romp, a'la "Bruce Almighty". Adam Sandler is given a "universal remote" that allows him to fast-forward his life, skip chapters, view past history...everything but REWIND. Using the device, he totally screws up his life, fast-forwarding through much of it. I found myself not liking his character too much.
After a series of fast-forwards, he realizes he is old, his kids are grown, his wife has divorced him, and his father is dead, but he is running his own architecture firm. Typical trade-off for work-minded people, I guess. How many movies have exercised THAT theme? At that point, he wants to fix things but for some reason, the remote doesn't allow him to go back and have a do-over. Good thing my TiVo remote can do that!