Touching and somewhat surprising Adam Sandler film

Rating: 8/10 (7 February 2007)

From what I heard about the film and saw in trailers etc I hadn't expected the sort of film that Click turned out to be. The trailers gave the impression of another goofy (but good) Adam Sandler film where Adam plays a dim-witted but funny drop out type. But Click showed Sandler playing a somewhat different role, that of the slightly less goofy career minded family man, a role that I felt came very naturally to him. Later parts of the film had scenes that were very touching including the scene where an old Sandler is using the remote to view the last time he saw his father before he died. I liked the film and thought certain parts, mainly when he becomes a work-aholic, post-liposuction-ed CEO were reminiscent of the Godfather and Michael Corlione's slip into madness. I felt that the emotional significance of the aforementioned scene was similar to that of 'Freddo's last boat ride' in GF2, whereby you have the protagonist wrongly shunning the loving father/brother ultimately leading to their death. Overall I think Click showed another side of the Sandler film and I would like to see more of this.