Not what I expected at all

Rating: 1/10 (13 December 2006)

OK, what I expected was a "wish fulfillment" movie, you know, one of those movies about what we'd all like, like "Bruce Almighty" or "Hallow Man". That's why I went to see it.
Did I expect intelligent comedy? No. Drama? No. I knew Adam Sandler was in it, so I expected either "The Wedding Singer", "Water Boy" or "Happy Gilmore".
It is NOT like Bruce Almighty. Sure, we'd all like a remote control that controls the universe, right? But this one starts screwing up way too early in the movie, turning it much too quickly from "wish fulfillment" to slightly depressing nightmare.
I once saw a short film on The Comedy Channel (in Australia) which was much better (but much more difficult to find) A girlfriend is yelling at her lazy boyfriend for doing nothing all day, and he defends himself by saying he did do one thing all day; he fixed the remote. By accident, he quickly discovers he can control her with it. He mutes her, makes her get him a beer and then almost makes her, how shall I put it? he makes her head go very close to him, but then just turns her around and uses her as a footstool. Then he drops the remote and she grabs it, and uses it.