Made us laugh and made my mother cry

Rating: 5/10 (25 June 2006)

Adam Sandler in "Click" happily finds himself with Bill Murray in "Groundhog Day" and Jim Carry in "Bruce Almighty" when his character stumbles upon a universal remote, or a remote that controls his universe, (kind of like being God, eh Bruce?), which allows him to fast- forward to what he thinks will be the good times in his life and provides the movie with a good metaphor to describe the way life sometimes feels, much like in "Groundhog Day" when Bill Murray's character wakes up to the same day, everyday. And just as Bill Murray's character realizes he must use every day to become his best self, Sandler's character realizes the consequences of ignoring life. And like "Almighty" (actually, both "Click" and "Bruce Almighty" have a scene where either Sandler or Carry rush through their rush hour traffic with their respective powers--maybe because both screenplays were written by steve koren) and "Groundhog", "Click" is successful in getting its simple but affecting point across, hitting the audience on an emotional level--my mother cried! and despite the fact that Hollywood's violin and rain moments of sadness are a dime a dozen, it's nice to see it tried when a story actually allows. not really that profound or tight a script, "Click" nevertheless tells those idiot workoholics to wake up before their family and health pass them by.
Now if some of you miss the Happy Madison glory days, Sandler, while he doesn't exactly set fire to poo on people's doorsteps in "Click,' he does hint the audience at the inner jackass with a good and funny subplot of torturing the neighbor's jackass kid. So no worries.