Surprisingly enough...an Adam Sandler movie I didn't hate

Rating: Null/10 (23 October 2006)

Let my start by saying this: I have no respect for Adam Sandler. I hated Happy Gilmore, Billy Madison, The Water Boy, and even Punch Drunk Love. I'm not a fan. However, my boyfriend is of a different opinion and insisted on watching Click the day it was released on DVD.
I was very happily surprised.
Adam Sandler plays Michael, a workaholic father of two who always lets his job as an architect come before his family. One day he walks into the waaaaay back of a Bed Bath & Beyond looking for a universal remote control. He is helped by an eccentric sales clerk played by the wonderful Christopher Walken. He gives him an "experimental" blue remote control with the warning "This item is non-returnable." But this is no normal remote control. Michael soon discovers that he can pause, fast forward, mute, and (kind of) rewind his entire life. Soon, the remote begins fast-forwarding all by itself. Michael misses out on huge important portions of his life, but he can't rewind and do them over. He can only go back and watch how he ignored his family, and neglected everything except his job.
This movie teaches us a very obvious lesson. Family is the most important thing, and it should always come first. I love the scenes when Michael realizes this, and falls in love with his family all over again. I'm not sure Adam Sandler would have been my first though for the role, but after watching it, I can't imagine anyone else.
Overall, Click gave me a tiny bit of respect for Adam Sandler, and I'm gonna go try to watch Happy Gilmore again...wish me luck.