Great movie finally, that's not a stupid funny movie !

Rating: 8/10 (2 April 2011)

This is a refreshingly new idea for a movie, that's crisp and funny. Imagine...a magical remote control where Adam Sandler discovers he can adjust the scenes of his life at will. Wife a bit crabby this morning? "Mute" her. Gotta take the kids to a school play? Fast forward it. Wondering how the new project is coming out at work? "Click" a button!
But alas, the same old scenarios come into play, do you really want to know your future or even have that much power over your life? Trying to control your own time-line still brings into the play the same inequities and personality quirks that you used to handle (screw up) the present with, and the same mistakes can easily affect your renewed intentions.
Christopher Walken plays the "mystical owner" of a store that has more purposes hidden behind it's curtains than what might first meet the eye of a prospectively innocent new customer, and it is here that Adam Sandler's life begins to change when he purchases a "new tech" remote control to rid himself of all the separate controls that continue to be misplaced around the house.
Walken's role was perfectly cast, but they could have used more flare and more acting spots to further evolve his character. Problem with most people is that they try to play a role all by themselves of heavily gifted movie critics, and thus this movie has been greatly underrated for its wonderfully entertaining, attention keeping and tickle funny creative concepts.
rent it, buy it, watch it, for it is well worth the "8 star" rating I generously gave it, as I would watch it again and then maybe once more again over a small spell in between, just because I remembered the depth of perception they included in a comedy that gave it its worth and meaning.
The Will Ferrel type of stupidity isn't in this one to grasp a hand towards an excuse of a movie just to claim its a comedy.